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Finding an Apartment

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ID: 0079 Elementary
So you’ve finally made it to China and with what’s left of the money you spent on taking us for “báijiǔ”, you decide to get an apartment overlooking the Summer Palace. Out of reach? Not at all…but you might want to be able to tell the landlord your basics…unless you don’t mind an “Eastern Toilet”. So, listen in to this podcast and learn to talk about the type of apartment you would like, using Mandarin Chinese.
Fri Jan 13 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
想 xiǎng would like to
租 zū to rent
要 yào to want
多 duō how
你好。我想租房。
nǐhǎo 。wǒ xiǎng zūfáng 。
Hello. I’d like to rent an apartment.
好的。你要多大的？
hǎo de 。nǐ yào duō dà de ？
Good. How big a house do you want?
我想一个人住，所以一间卧室就可以了。你有合适的吗？
wǒ xiǎng yī ge rén zhù ，suǒyǐ yī jiān wòshì jiù kěyǐ le 。nǐ yǒu héshì de ma ？
I’d like to live alone, so one bedroom is enough. Do you have something suitable?
有。你要看吗？
yǒu 。nǐ yào kàn ma ？
Yes. Do you want to have a look?
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