Shopping Retrospective
Grocery shopping in February: AM I REALLY SUPPOSED TO EAT THIS?
Grocery shopping in May: Niu nai ma? Milk, yeah?
Grocery shopping in August: Cao mei suan nai zai nali? Where’s the strawberry yogurt?
Grocery shopping in October: Wo kan bu dong, qing wen, bo lou pian you mei you bai tang? I’m illiterate, could you tell me if this is dried pineapple or candied?
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1The Humanaught
wrote on 16 October 2006 at 10:51
can = kan
chien = qing
And hey, thanks.. I never knew how to say yoghurt before… why it didn’t occure to me to just ask for sour dairy… well…
2The Humanaught
wrote on 16 October 2006 at 11:00
occure = occur (shakes head…)
3Meg
wrote on 16 October 2006 at 11:05
haha when I was first told that was the word for yogurt, I thought my friend was BSing me.
I think it’s also the word for cheese but I’m not sure.
4Meg
wrote on 16 October 2006 at 11:08
PS is qing supposed to be third tone? It always sounds like 2 syllables when I hear it.