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Renting an Apartment through an Agent 3
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ID: 1506 Intermediate
Sometimes you find an apartment you think you can be happy with, but it all comes down to the dealings with the landlord. What is the landlord's attitude like? Willing to replace things? Willing to make other changes? In this lesson, there's just a bit of friction. Learn the Chinese to deal with this apartment hunting situation in this lesson.
Fri Sep 24 2010 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
套 | tào | [measure word for apartments] | |
满意 | mǎnyì | satisfied | |
地方 | dìfang | place | |
房东 | fángdōng | landlord |
吴先生,这套房子你还满意吗?
Wú xiānsheng ,zhè tào fángzi nǐ hái mǎnyì ma ?
Mr. Wu, are you pretty happy with the apartment?
还不错。就是有几个地方我不太喜欢。
hái bùcuò 。jiùshì yǒu jǐ ge dìfang wǒ bùtài xǐhuan 。
It's not bad, but there are a few things I don't like very much.
什么地方?可以跟房东商量商量。
shénme dìfang ?kěyǐ gēn fángdōng shāngliang shāngliang 。
What are they? You can discuss them with the landlord.
你看,墙有点脏,能不能重新刷一下?
nǐ kàn ,qiáng yǒudiǎn zāng ,néng bu néng chóngxīn shuā yīxià ?
Look, the walls are a little dirty. Could I paint over them?
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