John Smith and Li Wei are talking about languages used in their places of birth and residence.
John Smith
你会说什么语言?Nǐ huì shuō shénme yǔyán? TranslateWhat languages can you speak?
Li Wei
我会说广东话,普通话, 还有英语。Wǒ huì shuō Guǎngdōnghuà, Pǔtōnghuà, hái yǒu Yīngyǔ. TranslateI can speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
John Smith
你为什么没提汉语?Nǐ wèishénme méi tí Hànyǔ? TranslateWhy did not you mention Chinese?
Li Wei
汉语有很多方言, 但是大多数人说普通话。Hànyǔ yǒu hěn duō fāngyán, dànshì dà duō shù rén shuō Pǔtōnghuà. TranslateThere are many dialects of the Chinese language, but most people speak Mandarin.
John Smith
在中国说普通话的人有多少?Zài Zhōngguó shuō Pǔtōnghuà de rén yǒu duōshǎo? TranslateHow many people speak Mandarin in China?
Li Wei
70%的中国人会说普通话。Bǎi fēn zhī qī shí de Zhōngguórén huì shuō Pǔtōnghuà. Translate70% of Chinese people can speak Mandarin.
John Smith
可是你也会说广东话。Kěshì nǐ yě huì shuō Guǎngdōnghuà. TranslateBut you can also speak Cantonese.
Li Wei
我是在广东出生的。广东话是母语,普通话是在学校学的。Wǒ shì zài Guǎngdōng chūshēng de. Guǎngdōnghuà shìmǔyǔ, Pǔtōnghuà shì zài xuéxiào xué de. TranslateI was born in Canton. Cantonese is my mother tongue. I learnt Mandarin at school.
John Smith
我是在比利时出生的。母语是荷兰语。后来去了英国。Wǒ shì zài Bǐlìshí chūshēng de. Mǔyǔ shì Hélányǔ. Hòulái qù le Yīngguó. TranslateI was born in Belgium. My mother tongue is Dutch. Later I went to Britain.
Li Wei
比利时人都说荷兰语吗?Bǐlìshírén dōu shuō Hélányǔ ma? TranslateDo all Belgian people speak Dutch?
John Smith
不,比利时有三种官方语言:荷兰语、法语和德语。Bù, Bǐlìshí yǒu sān zhǒng guānfāng yǔyán:Hélányǔ、Fǎyǔ hé Déyǔ. TranslateNo. There are 3 official languages in Belgium: Dutch, French and German.
Li Wei
听起来很复杂。 在欧洲使用的语言有多少种?Tīng qǐlái hěn fùzá. Zài ōuzhōu shǐyòng de yǔyán yǒu duōshǎo zhǒng? TranslateIt sounds very complicated. How many languages are used in Europe?
John Smith
有六十多种。Yǒu liù shíduō zhǒng. TranslateThere are more than 60 languages.
Li Wei
真是不少。欧洲的语言情况太复杂了。Zhēn shì bù shǎo. ōuzhōu de yǔyán qíngkuàng tài fùzá le. TranslateThat is quite a lot. The language situation in Europe is really complicated.