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ID: 1607 Elementary
There's a big difference between buying movie tickets in China and buying movie tickets in many other countries: China uses assigned seating. So make sure you know how to get the seats you want. Learn how to do it in Chinese in this lesson.
Dilu,John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
买 mǎi to buy
两 liǎng two
张 zhāng [measure word for tickets]
七点 qī diǎn 7 o'clock
买两张七点的票
mǎi 买liǎng 两zhāng 张qī diǎn 七点de 的piào 票
I'd like to buy two tickets for 7 o'clock.
只有第一排的座位要吗
zhǐ 只yǒu 有dì yī 第一pái 排de 的zuòwèi 座位yào 要ma 吗
There are only seats in the front row. Do you want them?
坐第一排不舒服
zuò 坐dì yī 第一pái 排bù 不shūfu 舒服
Sitting in the front row is uncomfortable.
那你买七点半的吧
nà 那nǐ 你mǎi 买qī diǎn bàn 七点半de 的ba 吧
Then how about 7 thirty?
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