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Where's the soap?

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ID: 1580 Elementary
You know how to say you want to wash your hands. You know the word for water. But what about hand soap? First of all - do you want liquid or bar soap? Second - where is it? Learn how to ask for different kinds of soap at the grocery store in today's elementary lesson.
Thu Jan 06 2011 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
超市 chāoshì supermarket
真 zhēn really
大 dà big
找不到 zhǎobudào to be unable to find
这个超市真大。
zhè ge chāoshì zhēn dà 。
This supermarket is really big.
是啊。我找不到洗手液。
shì a 。wǒ zhǎobudào xǐshǒuyè 。
Yeah. I can't find the liquid hand soap.
我们问一下吧。
wǒmen wèn yīxià ba 。
Let's ask someone.
小姐，请问洗手液在哪儿？
xiǎojie ，qǐngwèn xǐshǒuyè zài nǎr ？
Ma'am, where are the liquid hand soaps?
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