More about line 2a.
The word "ni" means "you." The word "yao" means "want." The word "bu" means
"not." The combination "yao bu yao" means "want not want," which is a way of
asking whether you want something or not. Add "ni yao bu yao" this to your
combinations" page, with the meaning "do you want?" Add yao and mai to
your dictionary, with the correct tones. The word "bu" (not or no) is
sometimes second tone and sometimes 4th tone., so write "bu or bu," with an
upward accent mark on the first one and a downward on the second one.
Here are the other words introduced today, to add to your dictionary.
For item 6d, ce suo: In your dictionary, write "ce suo = bathroom (literally, flushing room)."
Item 6e, wu jin hang. Write hardware store, (literally "five metals store.")
Item 6f. huo che Zhan, train station, literally "Fire car station."
In 7a, "duo" means much, and "shao" means little; together they mean "much
or little," which we usually say in English as "how much." the word "qian,"
pronounced "chee-enn," means "money." All together: "how much money?"
In 7b, another way to say "how much money" is "ji kuai qian." The word "ji," when it is in 3rd tone, means "how much." The word "kuai," pronounced Kwai, to rhyme with "sigh," is an example of a "measure word." The meaning is "units of." So the little translation is "how many units of money?" In English, we shorten this to "how much money."
Other examples
with "ji, with other measure words" are:
"Ji zhang zhi," pronounced "jee jahng zhi," (zhi is
third tone, zhang is first tone) is meaning "how many units of
paper," in English, "how many sheets of paper?"
"Ji zhi niu," pronounced jee jr nee-oh," meaning "how many units of cows," in
English, how many head of cattle?"The zhi in this sentence is first
tone, and the niu is second tone.
For your dictionary, write zhi
(first tone) Measeure word for animals.
zhi (third tone) paper
zhang (first tone) measure word for flat things.
Other words to add (write the correct tone):: duo = many, shao
= few, duo shao = how many, gui= expensive, jie jie = older sister, ji (3rd
tone) = how many, mei mei = younger sister, mang = busy, nan = male, na li (depedningn
on tones, means there or where, zai = at.