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Learning to Ask Prices When Shopping
xiǎo měi小美zài在shāng diàn商店mǎi买dōng xī东西，lǐ fāng李芳jiào教tā她yòng用zhōng wén中文xún wèn询问jià gé价格bìng并zhèng què正确biǎo dá表达huò bì货币dān wèi单位。

Xiaomei goes shopping, and Li Fang teaches her how to ask for prices in Chinese and correctly express currency units.

小美
lǐ lǎo shī李老师，zhè ge这个píng guǒ苹果duō shǎo多少qián钱？

Teacher Li, how much is this apple?

李芳
zhè ge这个píng guǒ苹果sān三kuài块qián钱yí gè一个。

This apple costs three yuan each.

小美
nà那liǎng两gè个jiù shì就是liù六kuài块qián钱，duì对ma吗？

So two of them are six yuan, right?

李芳
duì对，nǐ你suàn算dé得hěn很kuài快。

Yes, you calculated that quickly.

小美
zhè这píng瓶niú nǎi牛奶duō shǎo多少qián钱？

How much is this bottle of milk?

李芳
wǔ五kuài块wǔ五。nǐ你yě也kě yǐ可以shuō说‘wǔ kuài wǔ máo五块五毛’。

Five yuan fifty. You can also say 'five yuan and five jiao'.

小美
rú guǒ如果shì是yī kuài一块bā八ne呢？

What if it’s one yuan eighty?

李芳
nà那jiù就shuō说‘yī kuài bā máo一块八毛’。

Then you say 'one yuan and eight jiao'.

小美
yuán lái原来mǎi买dōng xī东西yào要huì会wèn问jià gé价格，hái还yào要huì会tīng dǒng听懂shù zì数字。

So when shopping, I need to know how to ask prices and understand numbers.

李芳
shì是de的，zhè yàng这样nǐ你zài在shāng diàn商店jiù就néng能zì jǐ自己mǎi买dōng xī东西la啦。

Yes, that way you can shop by yourself in stores!

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