Newbie - To bag or not to bag?

(A1043)

A:

要袋子吗？

y`ao d `aizi ma?

Do you want a bag?

B:

要。

y`ao.

Yes.

A:

两毛钱。

li ˇang m ´aoqi ´an.

That will be two mao.

B:

那不要了。

n `a b`u y`ao le.

Then I don’t want it.

Key Vocabulary

要

y`ao

to want

袋子

d `aizi

bag

两

li ˇang

two

毛

m ´ao

Chinese dime

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钱

qi ´an

money

那

n `a

if that is the case

不

b`u

not

Supplementary Vocabulary

超市

ch ¯aosh`ı

supermarket

塑料袋

s `uli `aod `ai

plastic bag

买

m ˇai

to buy

多少钱

du ¯oshao qi ´an

how much?

块

ku `ai

one Chinese RMB

元

yu ´an

one Chinese RMB

角

ji ˇao

Chinese dime

分

f¯en

Chinese cent

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