**TIME TO GET PAID**
((MANDARIN)) Are you Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) Are both of you Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) I mean are you guys Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) From Fujian, huh?
((MANDARIN)) Both of you are from Fujian?
((MANDARIN)) From where?
Anhui
((MANDARIN)) Oh yea
((MANDARIN)) I can speak Mandarin and Cantonese
((MANDARIN)) You look Fujianese
((MANDARIN)) He looks like a Fujianese, right?
((MANDARIN)) Oh my God...
((MANDARIN)) You're also from Anhui?
((MANDARIN)) I'm from Shanxi
((MANDARIN)) You guys are at...
((MANDARIN)) How come you can speak Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) Did you study in China or something?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) I just like to study other languages
((MANDARIN)) Awesome
((MANDARIN)) This is my hobby
((MANDARIN)) Then are you a student at Kent or?
((MANDARIN)) No, I live in Akron, but...
((MANDARIN)) I'm not a student now. I'm a teacher
((MANDARIN)) Private teacher
((MANDARIN)) Awesome
((MANDARIN)) I teach Japanese, Chinese...
((MANDARIN)) Did I scare you?
((MANDARIN)) That's awesome though
((MANDARIN)) Are you guys relatives?
((MANDARIN)) What?
((MANDARIN)) Relatives
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) Where classmates
((MANDARIN)) What's your major?
((MANDARIN)) Computer
((MANDARIN))You?
((MANDARIN)) How do you say that in Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) I know
((MANDARIN)) What's your name?
((MANDARIN)) What's your name?
((MANDARIN)) My American name is Moses
((MANDARIN)) But my Chinese name is mouse
((MANDARIN)) Mouse?!
((MANDARIN)) Nickname
((MANDARIN)) but I'm the year of that cock
((MANDARIN)) So you were born in 1993?
((MANDARIN)) Therefore you are the year of the cock
((MANDARIN)) I am 1981
((MANDARIN)) My birthday was just last week
((MANDARIN)) This month
(MANDARIN)) I was born...
((MANDARIN)) I'm also the year of the cock
((MANDARIN)) You are 12 years older than me
((MANDARIN)) Oh yea?
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) That's so cool!
((MANDARIN)) I was born 1993
((MANDARIN)) You are 1981
((MANDARIN)) Then we are both brothers
hahahaha
((MANDARIN)) Nice to meet you
''Mommy''
((MANDARIN)) Hello everyone
((MANDARIN)) What's up
((MANDARIN)) Is this your brother?
((MANDARIN)) Is he your brother?
((MANDARIN)) Your brother?
((MANDARIN)) Do you have others?
((MANDARIN)) It seems that the whole family is here today
((MANDARIN)) Right, the whole family
((MANDARIN)) Mom
((MANDARIN)) That's my mom, father and my younger sister
((MANDARIN)) Don't be shy
((MANDARIN)) She's shy
((MANDARIN)) Thank you
((MANDARIN)) What's up?
((MANDARIN)) OK
((MANDARIN)) Orange juice
((MANDARIN)) Orange juice
((MANDARIN)) We say ''cheng2 zhi1''
((MANDARIN)) How is business today?
((MANDARIN)) It's OK
((MANDARIN)) A bit busy
((MANDARIN)) Because it's the weekend. Today is Saturday
((MANDARIN)) Yes, it's Saturday
((MANDARIN)) People mountain people sea ''It's crowded
((MANDARIN)) Nah, it's not that busy
((MANDARIN)) Your husband?
((MANDARIN)) My husband
((MANDARIN)) Your younger brother
((MANDARIN)) What's up
((MANDARIN)) I can
((MANDARIN)) Very good
((MANDARIN)) Awesome
((MANDARIN)) Better than you? how is that possible?
((MANDARIN)) And he can speak a lot of other Asian languages
((MANDARIN)) Why did you say that I was better than you?
((MANDARIN)) Cantonese..
((MANDARIN)) Vietnamese..
((MANDARIN)) Why did you say that?
((MANDARIN)) Why did you say that I was better than you?
((MANDARIN)) You're better than me
((MANDARIN)) How come?
((MANDARIN)) I mean...why you do you feel like that?
((MANDARIN)) She told me that you can speak a lot of languages
((MANDARIN)) Yea, but what does that have to do with.....Mandarin
((MANDARIN)) Why did you say that I was better than you?
((MANDARIN)) Because I'm here so often and I rarely speak Mandarin so I forgot a lot...
((MANDARIN)) But you still understand
((MANDARIN)) He doesn't what?
((MANDARIN)) He doesn't translate the Mandarin
((MANDARIN)) Not used to it...I understand
((MANDARIN)) Now I know that you can speak Chinese...
((MANDARIN)) When I see you, I'm like ...oh he can speak Chinese
((MANDARIN)) You can focus more
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) Not too many people can speak Chinese
((MANDARIN)) When I listen I'm like ''Is he speaking English? No wait, that's Chinese''
hahahaha
'' I know what he's saying''
((MANDARIN)) Did you come here to buy something today?
((MANDARIN)) Talk
((MANDARIN)) Practice
((MANDARIN)) Practice Chinese
((MANDARIN)) Practice all kinds of languages
((MANDARIN)) We just bought earrings
((MANDARIN)) Earrings?
((MANDARIN)) What's your name?
((MANDARIN)) Chinese name?
((MANDARIN)) Both are fine
((MANDARIN)) My English name is Kevin
((MANDARIN)) My Chinese name is Zheng chang
((MANDARIN)) Jackie Chang
((MANDARIN)) Do you live around here?
((MANDARIN)) Yes
((MANDARIN)0 He can speak a little bit. He's still a beginner
((MANDARIN)) This is my younger brother
((MANDARIN)) Have you been to China before?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) I certainly will
((MANDARIN)) If you go to China it will be very good
((MANDARIN)) Especially because you speak Chinese
((MANDARIN)) When you see certain things you will have a better understanding than those who don't speak the language
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) I can't wait
((MANDARIN)) You can't wait
((MANDARIN)) He knows a lot of idioms
((MANDARIN)) ''It's always good to have old friends come to visit from far away''
((MANDARIN))Use the gong fu to study ''Work hard''
((MANDARIN)) He just wastes his time
((MANDARIN)) Waste time doing what?
((MANDARIN)) Playing video games?
((MANDARIN)) Right!
((MANDARIN)) Playing video games
((MANDARIN)) Me too!
((MANDARIN)) I'm like you
((MANDARIN)) I also like it
((MANDARIN)) That's not a waste of time at all
((MANDARIN)) What kind of games?
((MANDARIN)) He understands. He's just thinking how to respond to you.
hahahahaha
((MANDARIN)) Use Chinese to respond
((MANDARIN)) Take your time
((MANDARIN)) What's your name?
((MANDARIN)) American name?
((MANDARIN)) That name in the Bible
((MANDARIN)) You certainly know it
((MANDARIN)) This is religious
((MANDARIN)) Moses
((MANDARIN)) But you certainly won't like my Chinese name
((MANDARIN)) You won't like it
((MANDARIN)) My name is Mark
((MANDARIN)) But he doesn't have a Chinese name
((MANDARIN)) But Mark is OK
((MANDARIN)) Mouse
((MANDARIN)) Some parents call their kids these kinds of names
((MANDARIN)) Like calling me a small dog is also OK
((MANDARIN)) That's a different context
((MANDARIN)) Nickname
((MANDARIN)) Nice to meet you
((MANDARIN)) Nice to meet you
((MANDARIN)) goodbye
((MANDARIN)) Goodbye
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