Dialogue to get you through those daily frustrations, like changing money at the bank:

Mary says:

Nǐ hǎo. Wǒ yào huàn qián.

你好。我要换钱。

Hello. I want to change some money.

Bank teller says:

Nín hǎo. Qǐng gěi wǒ nín de hùzhào. Nín yào huàn shénme?

您好。请给我您的护照 。您要换什么？

Hello. Please give me your passport. What do you want to change?

Mary says:

Wǒ zhànghù shàng de qián shì ōuyuán. Wǒ yào bǎ ōuyuán huàn chéng rénmínbì.

我账户上的钱是欧元。我要把欧元换成人民币。

I have euros in my account. I want to exchange those euros into RMB.

Bank teller says:

Hǎo de. Wǒ kàn yíxia. Nín de zhànghù shàng yǒu bāqiān wǔbǎi ōuyuán. Nín yào quánbù dōu huàn chéng rénmínbì ma?

好的。我看一下。您的账户上有8500欧元。您 要 全部 都 换成人民币吗？

OK. Let me check. There is 8500 euro in your account. Do you want to change all that money into RMB?

Mary says:

Bú yòng. Zhǐyào huàn sānqiān kuài qián.

不用。只要换3000块钱。

No. I only want to change 3000 RMB.

Bank teller says:

Hǎo de. Nà nín tián yíxià zhè zhāng biǎo. Ránhòu zài zhèr qiānzì.

好的。那您填一下这张表。然后在这儿签字。

OK. Please fill in this form and sign here.

Mary says:

Xièxiè.

谢谢。

Thanks.

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