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0	6000	Thander Chinese, A Modular Approach, Orientation Module Unit 2, Comprehension Tape 1
7000	11000	In this unit, you'll learn about questions which call for a yes or no answer.
11000	16000	You'll learn two more questions about people's names, and you'll learn how to exchange polite greetings.
16000	22000	This is a comprehension tape. All you have to do is listen, but listen as actively as you can.
22000	28000	In the first unit, you'll learn to ask questions with who, say, and what.
28000	30000	Here are two live examples.
30000	32000	你是谁?
32000	34000	我是胡美玲.
34000	36000	你姓什么?
36000	38000	我姓王.
38000	40000	Now let's look at another kind of question.
40000	42000	One that can be answered yes or no.
42000	44000	Listen to this exchange.
44000	46000	Is she Mrs. Wang?
46000	48000	她是王太太吗?
48000	51000	她是王太太吗?
51000	53000	She is Mrs. Wang.
53000	55000	她是王太太.
55000	58000	她是王太太.
58000	63000	Notice that the question is exactly the same as the answer except for the syllable ma at the end.
63000	65000	Listen for ma.
65000	67000	Is she Mrs. Wang?
67000	69000	她是王太太吗?
69000	71000	她是王太太吗?
71000	73000	She is Mrs. Wang.
73000	75000	她是王太太.
75000	78000	她是王太太.
78000	81000	Any statement may be turned into a yes-no question.
81000	85000	That is, a question that can be answered yes or no by adding ma at the end.
85000	87000	Here is the exchange lot.
87000	89000	她是王太太吗?
89000	91000	她是王太太.
91000	92000	Again.
92000	94000	她是王太太吗?
94000	96000	她是王太太.
96000	99000	Here is another example of a yes-no question with ma.
99000	101000	Are you Mr. Wang?
101000	103000	你是王先生吗?
103000	106000	你是王先生吗?
106000	108000	I am Wang Danian.
108000	111000	我是王大年.
111000	115000	Notice that Mr. King does not refer to himself as 王先生.
115000	120000	One seldom uses the title 先生和小姐 when referring to oneself.
120000	124000	A married woman, however, will refer to herself by her husband's name with 太太.
124000	127000	Here is the exchange lot.
127000	129000	你是王先生吗?
129000	131000	我是王大年.
131000	132000	Again.
132000	134000	你是王先生吗?
134000	136000	我是王大年.
136000	139000	Now let's see if you understand this live exchange.
139000	141000	你姓王吗?
141000	143000	我姓王.Again.
143000	145000	你姓王吗?
145000	147000	我姓王.
147000	151000	Here it is again with a pause after each line and then the English.
151000	154000	Use the pause to try to translate the line to yourself.
154000	157000	你姓王吗?
157000	159000	Is your surname Wang?
159000	162000	我姓王.
162000	164000	My surname is Wang.
164000	167000	Here is another live exchange.
167000	169000	你姓胡吗?
169000	171000	我姓胡.Again.
171000	173000	你姓胡吗?
173000	175000	我姓胡.
175000	180000	If the answer is no, one way to handle it is simply to give the correct information.
180000	182000	Listen to this exchange.
182000	184000	Are you Mr. Ma?
184000	186000	你是马先生吗?
186000	188000	你是马先生吗?
188000	190000	I am Wang.
190000	192000	我是王大年.
192000	195000	Again live.
195000	197000	你是马先生吗?
197000	200000	我是王大年.
200000	203000	Here is another example.
203000	205000	他是王太太吗?
205000	207000	他是马太太.Again.
207000	209000	他是王太太吗?
209000	211000	他是马太太.
211000	215000	Another way to reply if the answer is no is with a negative sentence.
215000	217000	Listen carefully.
217000	219000	Are you Mr. Ma?
219000	221000	你是马先生吗?
221000	223000	你是马先生吗?
223000	225000	I am not Mr. Ma.
225000	227000	我不是马先生.
227000	229000	我不是马先生.
229000	232000	The negative of 是 is...
232000	237000	不是.不是.不是.不是.
237000	242000	Listen for 不是 in this exchange.
242000	244000	Are you Mr. Ma?
244000	246000	你是马先生吗?
246000	249000	你是马先生吗?
249000	250000	I am not Mr. Ma.
250000	252000	我不是马先生.
252000	255000	我不是马先生.
255000	258000	Let's compare a statement with its negative.
258000	259000	Listen.
259000	261000	I am 王大年.
261000	263000	我是王大年.
263000	265000	我是王大年.
265000	268000	I am not 王大年.
268000	271000	我不是王大年.
271000	273000	我不是王大年.
273000	275000	Here it is live.
275000	277000	我是王大年.
277000	280000	我不是王大年.
280000	282000	Here's another comparison live.
282000	285000	我是胡美玲.
285000	287000	我不是胡美玲.
287000	288000	Again.
288000	290000	我是胡美玲.
290000	293000	我不是胡美玲.
293000	295000	Here's another live exchange.
295000	296000	Listen.
296000	298000	你是马先生吗?
298000	300000	我不是马先生.
300000	302000	我姓王.
302000	303000	Again.
303000	305000	你是马先生吗?
305000	307000	我不是马先生.
307000	309000	我姓王.
309000	311000	Try translating it.
311000	315000	你是马先生吗?
315000	317000	Are you Mr. Ma?
317000	320000	我不是马先生.
320000	322000	I am not Mr. Ma.
322000	325000	我姓王.
325000	328000	My surname is 王.
328000	334000	In the following exchanges, listen carefully for whether the answer is in the affirmative with 是 or in the negative with 不是.
334000	340000	When you've had time to decide, I'll tell you which it was, affirmative or negative.
340000	343000	他是马名李吗?
343000	345000	他是马名李.
345000	348000	Affirmative.
348000	350000	他是王太太吗?
350000	353000	他不是王太太.
353000	355000	Negative.
355000	358000	他是马小姐吗?
358000	361000	他是马小姐.
361000	363000	Affirmative.
363000	365000	他是胡先生吗?
365000	368000	他不是胡先生.
368000	370000	Negative.
370000	374000	The negative of 性 works the same way as the negative of 是.
374000	375000	Listen.
375000	377000	Is your surname Fang?
377000	379000	你姓方吗?
379000	381000	你姓方吗?
381000	384000	My surname is not Fang.
384000	386000	我不姓方.
386000	388000	我不姓方.
388000	391000	Is the negative of 性.
391000	394000	不姓.
394000	396000	不姓.
396000	399000	Listen for 不姓.
399000	401000	Is your surname Fang?
401000	403000	你姓方吗?
403000	405000	你姓方吗?
405000	408000	My surname is not Fang.
408000	410000	我不姓方.
410000	412000	我不姓方.
412000	417000	Let's compare a statement with 性 and its negative with 不姓.
417000	419000	My surname is 王.
419000	421000	我姓 王.
421000	423000	我姓 王.
423000	425000	My surname isn't 王.
425000	427000	我不姓 王.
427000	429000	我不姓 王.
429000	431000	Here it is live.
431000	432000	我姓 王.
432000	434000	我不姓 王.
434000	437000	Here is another comparison live.
437000	438000	我姓 胡.
438000	440000	我不姓 胡.
440000	441000	Again.
441000	443000	我姓 胡.
443000	445000	我不姓 胡.
445000	448000	Now listen to this live exchange.
448000	450000	你姓 马吗?
450000	451000	不姓 马.
451000	453000	姓 王.
453000	454000	Again.
454000	456000	你姓 马吗?
456000	457000	不姓 马.
457000	459000	姓 王.
459000	462000	Notice that in the question 你姓 马 马.
462000	467000	The word 马 is a surname while the word 马 is a yes no question marker.
467000	472000	Notice also that Mr. 马 doesn't bother to supply the subject for his sentences.
472000	475000	It's obvious from the question that the subject must be 爱.
475000	479000	Is there a word translation using not or 不?
479000	482000	You are surnamed 马 question mark.
482000	484000	你姓 马吗?
484000	486000	你姓 马吗?
486000	489000	Not am surnamed 马.
489000	491000	不姓 马.
491000	493000	不姓 马.
493000	495000	Am surnamed 王.
495000	497000	姓 王.
497000	499000	姓 王.
499000	502000	Now let's see if you can follow this live conversation.
502000	504000	Listen carefully.
504000	506000	你是方小姐吗?
506000	508000	我不姓方姓胡.
508000	510000	我是胡美玲.
510000	512000	Again.
512000	514000	你是方小姐吗?
514000	517000	我不姓方姓胡.
517000	519000	我是胡美玲.
519000	521000	Try translating it.
521000	524000	你是方小姐吗?
524000	526000	Are you Ms. Fang?
526000	530000	我不姓方.
530000	532000	My surname isn't Fang.
532000	535000	姓胡.
535000	537000	It's 胡.
537000	541000	我是胡美玲.
541000	544000	I'm 胡美玲.
544000	547000	So far you've learned one way to ask someone's surname.
547000	549000	你姓什么?
549000	551000	This is a straightforward way to ask someone's surname.
551000	553000	But it's considered somewhat blunt.
553000	558000	Even in an official setting, you're quite likely to be asked your surname in a more respectful way.
558000	561000	The way that would be quiet in a more social situation.
561000	564000	Listen to this polite exchange.
564000	566000	Your surname?
566000	568000	您归姓.
568000	570000	您归姓.
570000	572000	My surname is Wang.
572000	574000	我姓王.
574000	576000	我姓王.
576000	578000	Here's the polite word for you.
578000	583000	您.
583000	585000	Let's compare the polite word for you.
585000	586000	您.
586000	588000	With the plain word for you.
588000	589000	你.
589000	591000	There are two differences in pronunciation.
591000	594000	First, the polite word has a final end sound.
594000	595000	您.
595000	597000	While the plain word doesn't.
597000	598000	你.
598000	600000	Second, the polite word is in the rising tone.
600000	601000	您.
601000	603000	While the plain word is in the low tone.
603000	605000	你.
605000	608000	Listen to the polite and plain words for you.
608000	610000	您.
610000	612000	你.
612000	614000	Again.
614000	615000	您.
615000	617000	你.
617000	619000	Here's the polite word for surname.
619000	621000	Literally honorable surname.
621000	623000	归姓.
623000	625000	归姓.
625000	627000	归姓.
627000	629000	You'll recognize the element 姓.
629000	632000	which you've already had as a verb to be surname.
632000	635000	Here it's the noun surname.
635000	639000	归 by itself means precious or expensive and hence honorable.
639000	641000	Listen for the polite words 您.
641000	646000	你 and 归姓 surname in the exchange.
646000	649000	You're surname 您归姓.
649000	651000	您归姓.
651000	653000	My surname's 王.
653000	655000	我姓 王.
655000	657000	我姓 王.
657000	665000	Literally then 您归姓 is something like you surname with both words being special polite forms.
665000	670000	Notice by the way that this polite question is answered in just the same way as the plain question.
670000	672000	你姓什么.
672000	674000	Here's the exchange live.
674000	675000	您归姓.
675000	677000	我姓 王.
677000	679000	Again 您归姓.
679000	681000	我姓 王.
681000	683000	Try translating it.
683000	686000	您归姓.
686000	687000	Your surname.
687000	690000	我姓 王.
690000	693000	My surname's 王.
693000	695000	Like the question 你姓什么.
695000	701000	The question 你是谁 is also felt to be straight forward to the point of being blunt.
701000	706000	If someone wants to know your full name, he's only likely to hint at it by asking your surname.
706000	709000	If you catch the hint, you can supply your full name.
709000	711000	Listen to this live exchange.
711000	712000	您归姓.
712000	714000	我姓 王.
714000	716000	Again 您归姓.
716000	718000	我姓 王.
718000	720000	Try translating it.
720000	723000	您归姓.
723000	725000	Your surname.
725000	729000	我姓 王.
729000	731000	I'm 王.
731000	734000	On these tapes, when you're asked 您归姓.
734000	738000	Take the question in its literal sense and answer with surname alone.
738000	740000	That's how we'll confirm it.
740000	744000	But you should be aware that it's common and sometimes even more appropriate to answer with the full name.
744000	749000	Don't be surprised if you hear the fuller answer in some of the dialogues.
749000	753000	After you've said your surname, you might be asked for your given name alone.
753000	756000	Listen to the following exchange.
756000	758000	What's your given name?
758000	760000	你叫什么?
760000	762000	你叫什么?
762000	764000	My given name's Danyan.
764000	766000	我叫 Danyan.
766000	768000	我叫 Danyan.
768000	770000	The verb 叫 means to be called.
770000	773000	In this context, we might say that it means to be given named.
773000	777000	Listen to the verb to be called or to be given named.
777000	781000	叫.
781000	783000	Now listen to the exchange again.
783000	785000	What's your given name?
785000	787000	你叫什么?
787000	789000	你叫什么?
789000	791000	My given name's Danyan.
791000	793000	我叫 Danyan.
793000	795000	我叫 Danyan.
795000	797000	Here it is live.
797000	798000	你叫什么?
798000	800000	我叫 Danyan.
800000	801000	Again.
801000	803000	你叫什么?
803000	805000	我叫 Danyan.
805000	807000	Try translating it.
807000	810000	你叫什么?
810000	812000	What's your given name?
812000	815000	我叫 Danyan.
815000	818000	My given name's Danyan.
818000	823000	You may have noticed the parallel between 性 to be surnamed and 叫 to be given named.
823000	826000	They function just the same way in the sentence.
826000	828000	Here's a similar exchange, live.
828000	830000	你叫什么?
830000	832000	我叫美玲.
832000	833000	Again.
833000	834000	你叫什么?
834000	836000	我叫美玲.
836000	838000	Try translating it.
838000	840000	你叫什么?
840000	842000	What's your given name?
842000	844000	我叫美玲.
844000	847000	My given name's Meiling.
847000	854000	Let's review the various ways we've covered of asking for the full name, surname alone, or given name alone.
854000	862000	In the following exchanges, use the pause between question and answer to predict to yourself whether the answer will contain the full name, 王大年,
862000	867000	the surname alone, Wang, or the given name, Danyan alone.
867000	870000	你是谁?
870000	873000	我是王大年.
873000	876000	你姓什么?
876000	878000	我姓王.
878000	881000	你叫什么?
881000	884000	我叫大年.
884000	886000	您归姓?
886000	889000	我姓王.
889000	892000	你叫什么?
892000	894000	我叫大年.
894000	896000	您归姓?
896000	899000	我姓王.
899000	902000	你姓什么?
902000	905000	我姓王.
905000	908000	你叫什么?
908000	911000	我叫大年.
911000	914000	你是谁?
914000	917000	我是王大年.
917000	920000	你叫什么?
920000	922000	我叫大年.
922000	928000	Now let's take a look at greetings. Listen to Miss Hu ask Mr. King how he is.
928000	930000	How are you?
930000	932000	你好啊.
932000	933000	I'm fine.
933000	936000	我好.我好.
936000	941000	You already know me, you, and war, I.
941000	945000	But here they seem to be in the rising tone instead of the low tone.
945000	950000	Here's the exchange slide. Listen for the rising tones on me and war.
950000	953000	你好啊.我好.
953000	956000	This is one of the few exceptions in the system of tones.
956000	960000	A low tone changes into a rising tone before another low tone.
960000	965000	Listen again and notice that both me and war are followed by a low tone.
965000	969000	你好啊.我好.
969000	973000	Here's the word we translated as am fine in the answer.
973000	978000	好.好.好.
978000	982000	Listen for how am fine in the answer.
982000	985000	你好啊.我好.
985000	989000	Notice that there are three words in the English sentence, I am fine,
989000	993000	but only two in the Chinese sentence,我好.
993000	998000	Since war is I,好 is the equivalent to, I am fine.
998000	1001000	Although the English sentence contains the verb to be,
1001000	1004000	the Chinese sentence does not contain the verb 是.
1004000	1006000	Listen to the answer again.
1006000	1009000	你好啊.我好.
1009000	1013000	If我好 means I am fine,
1013000	1017000	你好 must mean you are fine.
1017000	1022000	The unstressed syllable 啊 is added as a carrier of a rising tone which signals a question.
1022000	1026000	You might consider the high pitched syllable 啊 as a spoken question mark.
1026000	1029000	Now listen to the exchange with word for word translation.
1029000	1032000	You are fine question mark.
1032000	1036000	你好啊.你好啊.
1036000	1041000	I am fine.我好.我好.
1041000	1045000	The best idiomatic equivalent for 你好啊.
1045000	1049000	What you would probably say in English in the same situation is how are you.
1049000	1054000	Although as you can see the Chinese is literally something like you are fine.
1054000	1057000	Besides meaning to be fine or to be well,
1057000	1061000	the word 好 can also mean to be good or to be okay.
1061000	1065000	Try translating the exchange.你好啊.
1065000	1069000	How are you?我好.
1069000	1072000	I am fine.
1072000	1077000	We mentioned that the added syllable 啊 could carry a rising intonation to signal a question.
1077000	1083000	A question formed in this way is felt to be somewhat softer than one formed with the yes, no, marker or mark.
1083000	1089000	In our dialogues you'll hear this added syllable 啊 used to carry a variety of different intonation contours
1089000	1093000	which subtly modulate the message in different ways.
1093000	1096000	Now let's complete the exchange of greetings. Listen.
1096000	1101000	How are you?你好啊.你好啊.
1101000	1105000	I am fine.我好.我好.
1105000	1109000	And you?你呢?你呢?
1109000	1115000	Fine, thank you.好,謝謝.好,謝謝.
1115000	1122000	Instead of repeating the full question 你好啊,Mr. King just asks and you?你呢?
1122000	1128000	Adding the syllable 呢 turns the single word 你 into a question.And you?
1128000	1138000	How about you? Here's the conversation line. Listen for the marker 呢.你好啊.我好,你呢?
1138000	1146000	好,謝謝.Now here's the word for thank you.謝謝.謝謝.謝謝.
1146000	1156000	Listen for 謝謝.Thank you.你好啊.我好,你呢?好,謝謝.
1156000	1165000	Now try translating it.你好啊.How are you?我好.我好.
1165000	1172000	I'm fine.你呢?And you?好,謝謝.
1172000	1180000	Fine, thank you. Now let's review what we've covered on this tape. Listen to the following live conversation.
1180000	1186000	Miss Hu and Mr. King have not yet met. She has been sent to his hotel to act as his guide.
1186000	1190000	She approaches the only American in the lobby. Listen.
1190000	1200000	您是王先生吗?是,我是王大年,您貴姓.我姓胡,叫美玲.胡小姐,你好啊.
1200000	1218000	Are you Mr. Wang?是,我是王大年,您貴姓.我姓胡,叫美玲.胡小姐,您好啊.好,謝謝.你呢?我好.
1218000	1229000	Try translating it line by line.您是王先生嗎?Are you Mr. Wang?是,我是王大年,您貴姓.
1229000	1245000	那您是王先生吗?我姓胡,叫美玲.
1245000	1247000	我的名字是梅琳
1247000	1249000	胡小姐,您好啊
1251000	1253000	梅琳,您好
1253000	1255000	好,谢谢,你呢?
1257000	1259000	好,谢谢,安朱
1259000	1261000	我好
1261000	1263000	我好
1263000	1267000	接下来,梅琳先生的电话,
1267000	1269000	听到他们的谈话,
1271000	1273000	是胡梅琳小姐吗?
1273000	1274000	是啊,您是谁?
1274000	1276000	我是王大年
1276000	1278000	啊,您是黄先生
1278000	1282000	不是,我不姓黄,姓王啊
1282000	1284000	哦,王先生,您好啊
1284000	1286000	Again
1286000	1288000	是胡梅琳小姐吗?
1288000	1290000	是啊,您是谁?
1290000	1292000	我是王大年
1292000	1294000	啊,您是黄先生
1294000	1298000	不是,我不姓黄,姓王啊
1298000	1302000	哦,王先生,您好啊
1302000	1304000	好,谢谢
1306000	1308000	您好啊
1308000	1310000	我好,谢谢
1310000	1312000	您好
1312000	1314000	您好,我叫胡梅琳小姐
1314000	1316000	是的,我叫黄先生
1316000	1318000	好,谢谢
1318000	1320000	您好,我叫黄先生
1320000	1322000	您好,我是王先生
1322000	1324000	您好,我是黄先生
1326000	1328000	改了,您好
1328000	1330000	您好,我叫黄先生
1330000	1334000	不是, 我不姓黄, 姓王啊。
1337000	1340000	No, my surname isn't 黄, it's 王。
1341000	1344000	Oh, 王先生,您好啊。
1346000	1349000	Oh, Mr. Wang, how are you?
1350000	1354000	Now try giving the English for the following random sentences.
1355000	1357000	您归姓。
1357000	1359000	Your surname?
1360000	1361000	你姓王吗?
1363000	1365000	It's your surname, 王。
1366000	1368000	他不是马先生。
1371000	1373000	He isn't Mr. 马。
1374000	1375000	我叫大年。
1377000	1379000	My given name is 大年。
1380000	1381000	您好啊。
1383000	1384000	How are you?
1384000	1386000	我不姓马。
1389000	1391000	My surname isn't 马。
1392000	1394000	是, 我是王大年。
1397000	1399000	Yes, I'm 王大年。
1400000	1402000	我好, 你呢?
1404000	1406000	I'm fine, isn't you?
1407000	1409000	他不叫大年。
1409000	1411000	His given name isn't 大年。
1412000	1414000	你是胡玫琳小姐吗?
1417000	1419000	Are you Miss 胡玫琳?
1421000	1422000	好,谢谢。
1424000	1426000	Fine, thank you.
1427000	1428000	你叫什么?
1429000	1431000	What's your given name?
1432000	1434000	不是, 他不是马名李太太。
1434000	1437000	No, she isn't Miss 马名李太太。
1440000	1443000	No, she isn't Mrs. 马名李。
1444000	1446000	方同志叫宝兰吗?
1449000	1452000	It's comrade Fang's given name 宝兰。
1454000	1456000	This is the end of orientation module unit 2.
1456000	1465000	Comprehension Tape 1.