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Learn Mandarin Chinese – One vase, two vases, red vase, blue vase (Lesson 74)

Learn how to offer choices, use the topic position, and verb reduplication. Become multilingual today with Lenguin’s comprehensive language courses. ║ Let’s Get Multi ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ Practice what you learned in this video ►► http://lenguin.com/yt Subscribe to get multi! ►► http://lenguin.com/yt/subscribe Watch the entire course free ►► http://lenguin.com/yt/chinese ║ Support ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ ♥ ♥ Want to help us grow? We want to make lots of courses. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Help us reach that goal, visit ► http://lenguin.com/support ♥ ♥ ║ More ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ Next Lesson ► {NEXT} ♫ Listen to the Lenguin soundtrack ► http://lenguin.com/ost ║ Connect ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ Follow us on Twitter ► http://twitter.com/LenguinPenguin Like us on Facebook ► http://fb.com/LenguinPenguin Pin us on Pinterest ► https://pinterest.com/LenguinPenguin ║ Sections ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ Qǐng Ni Gěi Wo Kànkan Nèige Huāpíng. – 0:39 To Look At – 0:52 To Take A Look At – 1:03 Vase – 1:23 Qǐng Ni Gěi Wo Kànkan Nèige Huāpíng. – 1:36 To Read – 1:49 Nǐ Xiǎng Kàn Zhèiběn Zázhì Ma? – 1:58 Zhèige Lánde, Háishi Zhèige Hóngde? – 2:32 To Be Blue – 2:51 To Be Red – 2:58 Or – 3:06 Shi Nánháizi, Shi Nǚháizi? – 3:22 Zhèige Lánde, Háishi Zhèige Hóngde? – 4:07 Nèi Liǎngge Dōu Gěi Wo Kànkan. – 4:23 Give Me Both To Look At. All Right? – 4:44 American Books, We Don’t Sell. – 5:12 Give Me Both To Look At. All Right? – 5:19 Nèi Liǎngge Dōu Gěi Wo Kànkan. – 5:28 Books, Newspapers, And Magazines – 5:56 Zhèige Hóngde Duōshao Qián? – 6:19 This Red Kind Is $12 For One. – 6:35 Zhèige Hóngde Duōshao Qián? – 6:44 Lánde Tài Guì Le. – 7:23 Too – 7:35 Expensive – 7:43 The Blue One Is Too Expensive. – 7:50 Download them here ► https://lenguin.com/learn/chinese/choices/gallery ║ Credits ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ Producer – Fame Ketover Writers – John Harvey, Lucille Barale, Roberta Barry, Thomas Madden, Susan Pola Script Supervisor – Fame Ketover Chinese Speakers – Chuan Chao, Ying-chih Chen, Hsiao-jung Chen, Eva Diao, Jan Hu, Tsung-mi Li, Yunhui Yang Original Music – Fame Ketover Editor – Fame Ketover Special Thanks – Check our Patreon Page to have your name listed here Stock Imagery – Wikimedia Commons, Shutterstock © 2015 Fames Games, all rights reserved. The Lenguin name and penguin mascot are trademarks of Fames Games. ║ Lesson Transcript ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ Full transcript ► https://lenguin.com/learn/chinese/choices/transcript Partial transcript —————————————-­——- Hi, I’m Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com and this is Mandarin Chinese. Today while going shopping, we’ll look at ways of discussing choices. Mr. Bower is at the Friendship department store in Beijing. Listen as he asks the clerk for help. ● Please give me that vase to look at. ○ Qǐng ni gěi wo kànkan nèige huāpíng. ○ Qǐng ni gěi wo kànkan nèige huāpíng. Here’s the verb “to look at”. kàn kàn Chinese verbs are often doubled with a loss of tone on the second repetition. Listen to the doubled version of the word “kàn”. kànkan kànkan This doubling is called reduplication. Reduplication has the effect of suggesting that the action will be tried out several times. We might try to capture this by usi…