Lesson 32 Looking for an Apartment

1. 我想租房。

Wǒ xiǎng zū fáng.

I’d like to rent an apartment.

2. 您想找什么样的房子？

Nín xiǎng zhǎo shénme yàng de fángzi?

What kind of apartment do you have in mind?

3. 您想花多少钱租？

Nín xiǎng huā duōshao qián zū?

What’s your budget?

4. 什么时候能搬进来？

Shénme shíhou néng bān jìnlai?

When can I move in?

5. 房租怎么付？

Fángzū zěnme fù?

How often do I pay the rent?

对话：

对话一：

A：我想租房。

Wǒ xiǎng zū fáng.

I’d like to rent an apartment.

B：您想找什么样的房子？

Nín xiǎng zhǎo shénmeyàng de fángzi?

What kind of apartment do you have in mind?

A: 带家具的两居。房子不要太旧。

Dài jiājù de liǎng jū. Fángzi bú yào tài jiù.

A furnished, two-bedroom apartment, and I don’t want an old apartment.

对话二：

B：您想花多少钱租？

Nín xiǎng huā duōshao qián zū?

What’s your budget?

A：月租3000元以内吧。

Yuèzū sānqiān yuán yǐnèi ba.

Less than 3,000 yuan per month.

B：您看这房怎么样？

Nín kàn zhè fáng zěnmeyàng?

What do you think of this apartment?

A：不错。

Búcuò.

It’s nice.

对话三：

A: 什么时候能搬进来？

Shénme shíhou néng bān jìnlái?

When can I move in?

B: 下个月底。

Xià gè yuèdǐ.

At the end of next month.

A: 房租怎么付？

Fángzū zěnme fù?

How often do I pay the rent?

B: 一次付三个月的。

Yí cì fù sān gè yuè de.

Once every three months.