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Buying a Book

Buying a Book
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ID: 1799 Intermediate
If you like reading but still have yet to buy a Kindle, this lesson is for you. Today, our hero ventures into a bookstore but finds that they've forgotten the name of the book they're looking for. What is to be done? Tune in and find out!
Jenny,John
Buying a Book
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
明朝 Míngcháo Ming dynasty
记 jì to remember
记不清 jìbuqīng to not remember clearly
你好我要买一本书能帮我找一下吗
nǐhǎo 你好wǒ 我yào 要mǎi 买yī 一běn 本shū 书néng 能bāng 帮wǒ 我zhǎo 找yīxià 一下ma 吗
Hi, I want to buy a book. Can you help me look for it?
书名是什么
shūmíng 书名shì 是shénme 什么
What's the name of the book?
好像是明朝什么什么后面的我记不太清了
hǎoxiàng 好像shì 是Míngcháo 明朝shénme 什么shénme 什么hòumian 后面de 的wǒ 我jì 记bù 不tài 太qīng 清le 了
I think it's 'Ming Dynasty' something or other. I can't really remember the rest.
不知道书名怎么找啊我们书店这么多书那讲什么的你知道不
bù 不zhīdào 知道shūmíng 书名zěnme 怎么zhǎo 找a 啊wǒmen 我们shūdiàn 书店zhème 这么duō 多shū 书nà 那jiǎng 讲shénme 什么de 的nǐ 你zhīdào 知道bù 不
How can we search for it if you don't know the name? Our bookstore has so many books. Do you know what the book is about?
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