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Buying flowers for someone else

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ID: 2868 Intermediate
In today's lesson, an older brother is helping out his younger sibling by buying some flowers ready for his first date. Learn some useful language for when buying flowers. Photo by Joshua Morley
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
摆 bǎi to place
约会 yuēhuì date
束 shù bouquet (measure word)
挑 tiāo to pick
先生你好要买花吗
xiānsheng 先生nǐhǎo 你好yào 要mǎi 买huā 花ma 吗
Hello Sir, would you like to buy some flowers?
是
shì 是
Yeah...
是要摆家里还是要送人
shì 是yào 要bǎi 摆jiālǐ 家里háishì 还是yào 要sòng 送rén 人
You want them for the house or to give as a gift?
嗯都不是我弟弟第一次约会想买束花送那个女孩子他说不会挑叫我帮他买
ng4 嗯dōu bùshì 都不是wǒ 我dìdi 弟弟dì yī cì 第一次yuēhuì 约会xiǎngmǎi 想买shù 束huā 花sòng 送nàge 那个nǚháizi 女孩子tā 他shuō 说bùhuì 不会tiāo 挑jiào 叫wǒ 我bāng 帮tā 他mǎi 买
Eh... neither. My little brother is going on his first date and he wants to buy a bouquet for the girl. He says he doesn't know how to choose flowers, so he asked me to buy them for him.
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