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Allen: It's time to perfect your Chinese in only 5 minutes. Ni men hao. Hello, everyone, I'm Allen.
Yajie: And 我是Yajie. Welcome to Chinese Studio. In the next 5 minutes, we're going to learn how to say a person should do something in Chinese.
A: Let’s kick things off with our Key Words of the Day.

Key Words of the Day
应该 means should. 去看病,go to see a doctor. 不用, no need; 午饭, lunch; 上网, to be or to go online.All in today’s Chinese Studio.

A: Hey, Yajie, how do you say should in Chinese.
Y: it’s应该
A: 应该. And as with helping verbs in English, the Chinese 应该 usually comes before the main verb in a sentence.
Y: right. here's a handy construction when you want to say a person should do something. It’s the name of the person or a pronoun + 应该 + what they should do. For instance: You should go to see a doctor. 你应该去看病。 Subject, 你, plus 应该, plus看病.
A: 你应该去看病。
              
Conversation 1

A: 你怎么了 (ni zen me le)？What’s wrong with you?
Y: 我有点儿头疼 (wo you dian tou teng)。I have a little bit of a headache.
A: 你应该去看病 (ni ying gai kan bing)。You should go to see a doctor.
Y: 不用, No need.
A: Bu (second tone) yong, no need.
Y: Remember we learned that 不, the fourth tone, should change to 不, the second tone, when it’s followed by another fourth tone character.
A: Got it. So the opposite of should is shouldn’t , which in Chinese is 不应该（bu ying gai) , has 不remaining in the fourth tone.

Conversation 2

Y: 午饭, lunch. 吃午饭, to have lunch. 太晚了. It’s too late. 咱们该吃午饭了. We should have lunch. Remember, 该 is short for 应该。Means should
A: and bu gai is short for bu ying gai, Shouldn’t. 不该再工作了 (bu gai zai gong zuo le)。We shouldn’t continue to work.

Conversation 3

Y: 十二点了. It’s 12 o’clock. 你不应该还上网. You shouldn’t still be online. 上网, to be or go online.
A: 你不应该还上网 (ni bu ying gai hai shang wang).
Y: 你应该去睡觉。You should go to sleep. 去睡觉, go to sleep.
A:  Be sure to remember the construction: Subject + ying gai or bu ying gai + what they should or should not do.Here is another example of (ying gai), should, and (bu ying gai), should not.

Conversation 4 

A:  打扫 means to clean.
Y: 房间 (fang jian), room. 打扫房间, to clean the room.
A: But it’s a waste to 打扫房间 (da sao fang jian) today, as the weather is so good. 天气这么好 (tian qi zhe me hao). The weather is so good.
Y: So we shouldn’t clean the room. 我们不应该打扫房间 (wo men bu ying gai da sao fang jian). 我们应该去游泳。游泳, to swim. 我们应该去游泳. We should go swimming.Well, that's it for today.

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