In this podcast, another from our language teaching archives, Chinese host and Mandarin teacher, Kappa Zhao, talks about the weather in Chinese. Co-host and long time student of Mandarin, Lindi, follows along and helps to guide other learners down the path to understanding and speaking Chinese.

下雨了，我却没带伞

Xià yǔle, wǒ què méi dài sǎn

It's raining and I don't have an umbrella

Vocabulary:

下雨 Xià yǔ Raining

糟糕 Zāogāo Oh no!

带 Dài To take, bring

别 Bié Don't

担心 dānxīn Worry

雨伞 Yǔsǎn Umbrella

一起 Yīqǐ Together

Dialogue:

A: 下雨了。。。

Xià yǔle...

It's raining.

B：糟糕！没带雨伞。。

Zāogāo! Mei dài yǔsǎn..

Oh no! I didn't bring my umbrella...

A：别担心。我带了。我们一起走吧！

Bié dānxīn. Wǒ dàile. Wǒmen yīqǐ zǒu ba!

Don't worry. I brought one. Let's get going!

B：谢谢

Xièxiè

Thanks

Supplementary Vocab/Phrases：

今天我去学校，但是我没有带书。

Jīntiān wǒ qù xuéxiào, dànshì wǒ méiyǒu dài shū.

Today I went to school, but didn't take my books.

我要记得带我的墨镜去沙滩

Wǒ yào jìdé dài wǒ de mòjìng qù shātān

I have to remember to take my sunglasses to the beach

今天（的）天气怎么样？Jīntiān (de) tiānqì zěnme yàng?

How's the weather today?

今天出太阳。Jīntiān chū tàiyáng。It's sunny today.

今天刮风 Jīntiān guā fēng. It's windy today

今天多云 Jīntiān duōyún. It's cloudy today

今天有雾 Jīntiān yǒu wù. It's foggy today

今天打雷闪电 Jīntiān dǎléi shǎndiàn. There's Thunder and Lightening today.

今天外面很冷 Jīntiān wàimiàn hěn lěng. It's cold outside today.

今天很热 Jīntiān hěn rè. Today's very hot.

今天下雪 Jīntiān xià xuě. It's snowing today.

今天下冰雹 Jīntiān xià bīngbáo. It's hailing today.

Catch My Drift:

A: 糟糕！我没带字典！

B：别担心，我带了。你可以坐在我旁边。

A：太好了！那样就可以一起看了。