Temple Mandarin Part 2: Learn Taiwanese Divination | Ep. 23 | Mandarin on the go

Peggy and Bertie are back at Longshan Temple in Taipei, this time to teach Bertie how to do divination. *Vocabulary list below!* In part one of this temple series, Bertie learned the basics of temple etiquette. Now, he's back with his Taiwanese Mandarin teacher Peggy (‪@peggyfoshow‬ ) to learn how temple divination works. Taiwanese temple-goers employ wooden divination blocks (also known as moon blocks) to get their questions answered by the gods. After tossing the divination blocks, if they receive a favorable answer, they can draw a lot. The number on the lot corresponds to a numbered drawer that contains the answer to their prayer. In this episode, Bertie learns how to express key spiritual concepts and grammar points in Mandarin.

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Chapters:
00:00 Bertie Learns Divination in a Taiwanese Temple
01:11 Sample Dialogue
01:22 Why do we need to throw divination blocks?
01:50 Because we want to draw lots, so we need to throw divination blocks.
02:14 Will we always get the lots?
02:36 Sometimes you do, but sometimes you don't.
03:05 The Matchmaker God
03:35 Phrase Review
04:27 Because Peggy teaches well, so my Mandarin is good.
05:24 Credits

*Vocabulary & Phrases*
為什麼
wèi shén me
Why

擲筊
puǎh pue
Throw divination blocks

為什麼要擲筊
wèi shén me yào puǎh pue
Why do we need to throw divination blocks?

求籤
qiú qiān
Draw lots

因為要求籤
yīn wèi yào qiú qiān
Because we want to draw lots,

所以要擲筊
suǒ yǐ yào puǎh pue
so we need to throw divination blocks.

因為___所以___
yīn wèi ___ suǒ yǐ ___
Because ____, so ____.

請問會求得到籤嗎
qǐng wèn huì qiú dé dào qiān ma
Will we always get the lots?

有時候有 有時候没有
yǒu shí hòu yǒu yǒu shí hòu méi yǒu
Sometimes you do, but sometimes you don’t.

有時候有
yǒu shí hòu yǒu
Sometimes you do,

有時候没有
yǒu shí hòu méi yǒu
but sometimes you don’t.

有時候___有時候___
yǒu shí hòu ___ yǒu shí hòu ___
Sometimes____, sometimes___.

謝謝
xiè xie
Thank you.

月老
yuè lǎo
The Matchmaker God

因為Peggy很會教
yīn wèi Peggy hěn huì jiāo
Because Peggy teaches well,

所以中文很好
suǒ yǐ zhōng wén hěn hǎo
so my Mandarin is good.

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