Studying Chinese

Conversations (1):

A: 你的是台式机还是笔记本电脑？
B: 是一台笔记本电脑。
B: You know Y, I really need a laptop. When I walk into the shangdian, the shop, how do I say that?
Y: Try this, 我想买台笔记本电脑
B: wo2 xiang2 mai3 tai2 bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3.
Y: wo2 xiang3 means I'd like to do sth,
B: wo2 xiang3,
Y: mai3 means to buy,
B: mai3,
Y: tai2 is the measure word for computer. Here it's short for yi4 tai2, which means one,
B: tai2,
Y: bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3.laptop,
B: bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3.
Y: Let's practice the whole sentence: wo2 xiang2 mai3 tai2 bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3.
B: wo2 xiang2 mai3 tai2 bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3. I need a laptop

Conversations (2):

A: 你好，需要帮忙吗？
B: 你好。我想买台笔记本电脑。
B: And the other thing I'm interested to know is, how big is the screen?
Y: With your eyesight B, that's a good question. The screen is 显示屏。
B: xian3 shi4 ping2.
Y: xian3 shi4 means display or reveal,
B: xian3 shi4
Y: ping2 means screen,
B: ping2,
Y: xian3 shi4 ping2.
B: xian3 shi4 ping2. the screen.
Y: And the question: how big is the screen, in Chinese it's 显示屏有多大？
B: xian3 shi4 ping2 you3 duo2 da4?
Y: you3, literally means have,
B: you3,
Y: duo2 da4 means how big,
B: duo2 da4.
Y: xian3 shi4 ping2 you3 duo2 da4?
B: xian3 shi4 ping2 you3 duo2 da4? How big is the screen?

Conversations (2):

Key words reminder
A: 显示屏有多大？
B: 17 英寸

B: I need a little time to decide which laptop I want, thanks for your help Y.

Now question of the day: How do you say, I need a laptop?