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ID: 0136
Newbie
We were on our way to the studio when our “authentic” Tag Heuer stopping working making us stop abruptly in our “realistic” Nike’s to reach into our “genuine” Prada (man) bag to check the time on our phone…which turned out to be broken. In this podcast, Ken (all real, he claims) and Jenny (unreal, you declare) mend a Mandarin Chinese lesson on things breakin’.
Jenny, Ken
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 借 | jiè | to borrow | |
| 能 | néng | can | |
| 用 | yòng | to use | |
| 坏了 | huài le | to break |
我能借你的手机吗
wǒ 我néng 能jiè 借nǐ de 你的shǒujī 手机ma 吗
Excuse me. Can I borrow your mobile phone?
你没有手机吗
nǐ 你méiyǒu 没有shǒujī 手机ma 吗
Don’t you have a mobile phone?
有但是我的手机坏了
yǒu 有dànshì 但是wǒ de 我的shǒujī 手机huài le 坏了
Yes I do, but my mobile phone is broken.
那你用我的手机吧
nà 那nǐ 你yòng 用wǒ de 我的shǒujī 手机ba 吧
Then use my mobile phone.
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