Where is…? Directions & transport

Where is…? Directions, transport, and not getting lost in Shanghai.

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qián hòu zuǒ yòu

Recording · 前后左右

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Front, back, left, right. Four words, every direction you'll ever be given.

22:00 / 60:00space · ← → 30s · demo runs 12× so a class fits a minute

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Transcript

0:00Session 31. You land in Shanghai, the taxi app doesn't load, and you need the metro. This is the lesson for that.
0:45请问，地铁站在哪儿？Qǐngwèn, dìtiě zhàn zài nǎr?Excuse me, where is the metro station? 请问 opens every question politely.
5:00在zài在 — the location verb. Thing + 在 + place. 我在公司 — I'm at the office.
18:00前后左右qián hòu zuǒ yòuFront, back, left, right. Four words, every direction you'll ever be given.
25:00往前走，然后往左。Wǎng qián zǒu, ránhòu wǎng zuǒ.Go straight, then left. 往 means 'towards' — you'll hear it constantly.
38:00坐地铁 · 坐出租车 · 坐飞机zuò dìtiě · zuò chūzūchē · zuò fēijī坐 — to sit — is how you 'take' any transport. You sit the metro.
48:20远吗？不远，五分钟。Yuǎn ma? Bù yuǎn, wǔ fēnzhōng.Is it far? Not far, five minutes. Notice 不 stays fourth tone before 远.
56:40Roleplay Thursday: one of you is lost, one of you is a Shanghai auntie. I'll run the pairs.

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Key sentences

·请问，地铁站在哪儿？ Qǐngwèn, dìtiě zhàn zài nǎr?

·往前走，然后往左。 Wǎng qián zǒu, ránhòu wǎng zuǒ.

·远吗？不远，五分钟。 Yuǎn ma? Bù yuǎn, wǔ fēnzhōng.

坐 means 'to sit' — you sit the metro, the taxi, the plane.

HomeworkVoice note: four instructions from the metro to your office. Due Thursday.

OptionalWrite the same four lines in hanzi.

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