51. STUDYING FOR EXAMS

Hi Kim.
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĨ¤

Hey Shawn, good to see you again. How have you been?
āĻšā§‡āχ āĻļāύ, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāĻ›?

OK, I didn’t sleep much last night. I studied until 2 AM for an exam.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ—āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧍āϟāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Same here. The semester is almost over and I’ve had exams all week.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧇āώ, āφāϰ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āϧāϰ⧇āχ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϚāϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤

Are you going back to California after graduation?
āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϜ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĢā§‹āĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇?

Yes, I’ll go home and try to get a job.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤

What kind of job?
āϕ⧋āύ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ?

I want to be an English translator.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤

That’s great.
āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤

Thanks, but my English still isn’t good enough.
āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Don’t worry, it’s better than most classmates.
āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž, āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§€āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤

I’m going to the library to study for tomorrow’s exam.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Good luck.
āĻļ⧁āĻ­āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāύāĻžāĨ¤

You too.
āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻ“āĨ¤


52. DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE?

Hi Angela, it’s Dan.
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϞāĻž, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤

Hi Dan.
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻĄā§āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤

Did you get my message yesterday?
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āϏ⧇āϜ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›?

Yes, I saw your call later. I tried to call back but your phone was off.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I wanted to remind you about the wedding next week. Are you coming?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāϏāĻ›?

Yes, I already bought a gift.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Good. I’ll also invite Megan.
āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻžāύāϕ⧇āĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤

OK, I’ll tell her.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤

We’ll go together. I’ll pick you up first.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦāĨ¤


53. DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT

I’d like to see a doctor.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤

Do you have an appointment?
āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āφāϛ⧇?

No.
āύāĻžāĨ¤

When?
āĻ•āĻ–āύ?

Today, as soon as possible. My stomach hurts.
āφāϜ, āϝāϤ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

Please wait 30 minutes. The doctor is busy.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāĨ¤

OK.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

Please show your insurance card.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύāĨ¤

Here.
āĻāχ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤

The visit is $25.
āĻ­āĻŋāϜāĻŋāϟ āĻĢāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰāĨ¤

OK, I’ll pay cash.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻ—āĻĻ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤

Please fill out these forms.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤


54. MAIL

Did you get the mail?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›?

Yes, just bills and a letter. There was junk mail too.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āφāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‡āχāϞāĻ“ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Anything for me?
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāϛ⧇?

Yes, a letter from the American Embassy.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύ āĻĻā§‚āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤

What does it say?
āĻāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āφāϛ⧇?

Your passport is ready.
āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤

Can you drive me there?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇?

Yes, we can go now.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύāχ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤


55. I HAVE A COLD

How are you?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāĻ›?

Still sick with a cold.
āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āφāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Still? It’s been over a week.
āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“? āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Yes, since last Monday.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻ—āϤ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āĨ¤

A little better now after medicine.
āĻ“āώ⧁āϧ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤

I have a bad cough.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

I might go to the doctor tomorrow.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤

I’m going to the drugstore. Need anything?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“āώ⧁āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇?

Yes, tissues please.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤


56. DINNER INVITATION

Hi James.
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻœā§‡āĻŽāϏāĨ¤

Hi Barbara.
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻžāĨ¤

Are you here for work?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ?

Yes.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρāĨ¤

Want to join us for dinner later?
āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇?

Yes, I have a meeting first, then I’ll come.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āφāϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϏāĻŦāĨ¤

OK. Call me after your meeting.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“āĨ¤


57. SEND ME THE DIRECTIONS

Hi Frank, it’s Pam.
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

Hi.
āĻšāĻžāχāĨ¤

When you get home, send me directions to the party.
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāĻ“āĨ¤

OK.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

Actually, just text me the address.
āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤

Sure, I’ll send it when I get home.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŦāĨ¤

Drive carefully. See you tonight.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ“āĨ¤ āφāϜ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤


58. BAD CELLPHONE RECEPTION

Hi Sharon, what time will you arrive?
āĻšāĻžāχ āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϰāύ, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇?

Sorry, I can’t hear you well.
āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Can you hear me now?
āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›?

Still not clear, bad signal.
āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āύāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻ—āύāĻžāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤

OK, I’ll call you back later.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤


59. GOING TO THE GYM

Let’s do something today.
āφāϜ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

Let’s go to the gym.
āϚāϞ⧋ āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāχāĨ¤

We can play basketball or lift weights.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ“āϜāύ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤

I like basketball.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŦāϞ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

We used to play more in school.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

Yes, but now no time.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

Let’s play soccer later.
āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧋ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāĨ¤

It’s too cold. Let’s wait.
āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤


60. CAR ACCIDENT

Are you OK?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ›?

Yes, but I had a car accident.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Were you hurt?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›?

No, just a sore neck.
āύāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āϘāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāĨ¤

What happened?
āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?

I wasn’t paying attention and hit a car.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Police came and everything is fine.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

I need to fix my car now.
āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤