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@ 21436 Which tone was that again
Which tone was that again HTML
A: * 老師，週末我要去化學。*
* lǎoshī, zhōumò wǒ yào qù huàxué.*
* Teacher, I'm going to go chemistry on the weekend.*
B: * 什麼？*
* shénme?*
* What?*
A: * 我要去化學。*
* wǒ yào qù huàxué.*
* I'm going to go chemistry.*
B: * 你是不是想說，我要去滑雪？skiing？*
* nǐ shì bu shì xiǎng shuō, wǒ yào qù huáxuě? skiing?*
* Are you trying to say that you want to go 'hua xue'? Skiing?*
A: * 對。老師，可以再說一遍嗎？*
* duì. lǎoshī, kěyǐ zài shuō yī biàn ma?*
* Yes. Teacher, could you say it one more time?*
B: * 滑雪。*
* huáxuě.*
* Skiing.*
A: * 第幾聲？*
* dì jǐ shēng?*
* Which tone is it?*
B: * 滑是第二聲，滑。雪是第三聲，雪。滑雪。*
* huá shì dì èr shēng, huá. xuě shì dì sān shēng, xuě. huáxuě.*
* 'Hua' is 2nd tone: hua. 'Xue' is 3rd tone: xue. Skiing*
A: * 滑雪。週末我要去滑雪。*
* huáxuě. zhōumò wǒ yào qù huáxuě.*
* Skiing. On the weekend I will go skiing.*
B: * 很好！*
* hěn hǎo!*
* Very good!*
Key Vocabulary* *
老師* lǎoshī* teacher
週末* zhōumò* weekend
要* yào* will, going to
化學* huàxué* chemistry
是不是* shì bu shì* to be or not
想* xiǎng* to want, would like
說* shuō* to say
滑雪* huáxuě* skiing
可以* kěyǐ* can
再* zài* again
遍* biàn* [measure word for occurrences]
第* dì* [marker for ordinal numbers]
幾* jǐ* which number
第幾聲* dì jǐ shēng* which tone
第二聲* dì èr shēng* 2nd tone
第三聲* dì sān shēng* 3rd tone
Supplementary Vocabulary* *
睡覺* shuìjiào* to sleep
餓* è* hungry
聲調* shēngdiào* tone
第一聲* dì yī shēng* 1st tone
第四聲* dì sì shēng* 4th tone
輕聲* qīngshēng* neutral tone
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