Basic Chinese I - Origin and Languages - What languages do you speak?

Dialogue - What languages do you speak?

Wang Ming and Li Hao talk about what languages they speak.

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王明：	李好，你会说英语吗？
Wáng Míng:	Lǐ Hǎo, Nǐ huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma?
Wang Ming:	Li Hao, do you speak English?
李好：	我会说一点英语。您会说什么语言？
Lǐ Hǎo:	Wǒ huì shuō yī diǎn Yīngyǔ. Nín huì shuō shénme yǔyán?
Li Hao:	I can speak a little English. What languages do you speak?
王明：	我会说英语，法语和中文。我的母语是英文。
Wáng Míng:	Wǒ huì shuō Yīngyǔ, Fǎyǔ hé Zhōngwén. Wǒ de mǔyǔ shì Yīngwén.
Wang Ming:	I can speak English, French and Chinese. My mother tongue is English.
李好：	您会说广东话吗？
Lǐ Hǎo:	Nín huì shuō Guǎngdōnghuà ma?
Li Hao:	Can you speak Cantonese?
王明：	不会，我只会说普通话。
Wáng Míng:	Bù huì, wǒ zhǐ huǐ shuō Pǔtōnghuà.
Wang Ming:	No, I only speak standard Chinese.

Vocabulary

Look at the vocabulary below. To practice your understanding you can hide either the Chinese or the English. Click on the reveal icon to see the hidden word again.

hp	会	huì	to able, can
hp	说	shuō	to speak
hp	英语	Yīngyǔ	English (language)
hp	一点	yīdiǎn	a little
hp	法语	Fǎyǔ	French (language)
hp	中文	Zhōngwén	Chinese (language)
hp	母语	mǔyǔ	mother tongue
hp	英文	Yīngwén	English (language)
hp	普通话	Pǔtōnghuà	Putonghua (standard Chinese)
hp	只	zhǐ	only
hp	广东话	Guǎndōnghuà	Cantonese

Exercises

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Listen to the dialogue and then reorder the dialogue below accordingly:

王明：李好，你会说英语吗？
李好：我会说一点英语。您会说什么语言？
王明：我会说英语，法语和中文。我的母语是英文。
李好：您会说广东话吗？
王明：不会，我只会说普通话。

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