Dialogue: Two colleagues talk about the big news of the day; it’s sales time!

A-我听说ZARA正打折呢。七折！

Wǒ tīng shuō ZARA zhèng dǎzhé ne. Qī zhé! I heard Zara is having a sale. 30 per cent off!

 

B-真的吗？

Zhēn de ma?

 Really?

 

 A-咱俩平时老在淘宝上买便宜货。今天去那儿看看吧。

Zán liǎ píngshí lǎo zài táobǎo shàng mǎi piányí huò. Jīntiān qù nà’er kàn kàn ba.

Yes. We are always shopping online at Taobao for cheap things. Today let’s go to Zara to take a look instead.

 

B-对对，走。

Sure. Let’s go.

 

我听说：I heard

打折：on sale

 七折：30 per cent off

 真的吗：Really?

咱俩：We (two people)—casual expression

老：often

淘宝：Chinese online shopping site

便宜货：cheap products

今天：today

去那儿：go there

看看：take a look