Intermediate - Borrowing Money (C1047)

A 喂,张宇,我是李家强。
wéi, Zhāng Yǔ, wǒ shì Lǐ Jiāqiáng.
Hi, Zhang Yu. This is Li Jiaqiang.
B 家强啊,好久没联系了。你最近怎么样?
Jiāqiáng a, hǎojiǔ méi liánxì le. nǐ zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?
Hi, Jiaqiang. It's been a long time. How've you been lately?
A 我......我,遇到点儿麻烦。
wǒ...... wǒ, yùdào diǎnr máfan.
I...I 've got a bit of a problem.
B 怎么了?
zěnme le?
What's the matter?
A 唉,不说了。你能借我点儿钱吗?
āi, bù shuō le. nǐ néng jiè wǒ diǎnr qián ma?
Ah, I don't want to talk about it. Can you lend me a little money?
B 你没事吧?
nǐ méishì ba?
Are you OK?
A 没事,就是需要点儿钱。
méishì, jiùshì xūyào diǎnr qián.
I'm OK, I just need a little money.
B 多少?
duōshǎo?
How much?
A 两万。我很快就还给你。
liǎng wàn. wǒ hěn kuài jiù huán gěi nǐ.
Twenty thousand. I can get it back to you very quickly.
B 嗯......
ng......
Hmm...
A 那,你有多少?一万,有吗?我有急用。
nà, nǐ yǒu duōshǎo? yī wàn, yǒu ma? wǒ yǒu jíyòng.
Well, do you have ten thousand? I need it really soon.
B 五千,怎么样?我只有五千。
wǔ qiān, zěnmeyàng? wǒ zhǐ yǒu wǔ qiān.
How about five thousand? I only have five thousand.
A 好啊。今天赢了,我明天就还给你。
hǎo a. jīntiān yíng le, wǒ míngtiān jiù huán gěi nǐ.
OK. After I win today, I'll get it back to you tomorrow.
B 你说什么?
nǐ shuō shénme?
What'd you say?

Key Vocabulary

联系 liánxì to contact
遇到 yùdào to encounter
麻烦 máfan trouble
jiè to lend
没事 méishì no problem
需要 xūyào to need
huán to return
急用 jíyòng an urgent need
yíng to win

Supplementary Vocabulary

尴尬 gāngà awkward
碰见 pèngjiàn to run into unexpectedly
通常 tōngcháng often
讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià to haggle
答应 dāyìng to respond to
曾经 céngjīng ever
留学 liúxué to study abroad
直接 zhíjiē directly
经历 jīnglì experience
赌博 dǔbó to gamble
欠钱 qiànqián to owe money
信用 xìnyòng credit