Lesson31: Internet

"Internet" in the Chinese language is 網路 (wang lu | ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄨˋ)

You may want to use the internet to send email but you don't have any internet connection now in your room. In this situation, you may want to find an Internet cafe = 網吧 (wang ba | ㄨㄤˇ ㄅㄚ).

Where is the Internet cafe? = 網吧在哪裡? (wangba zai na li? | ㄨㄤˇ ㄅㄚ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄚˇ ㄌ一ˇ?)

Is there any Internet cafe around here? = 這附近有網吧嗎? (zhe fujin you wangba ma? | ㄓㄜˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ 一ㄡˇ ㄨㄤˇ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄚ?)

around here (near here) = 這附近 (zhe fu jin | ㄓㄜˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐ一ㄣˋ)

At another case, you probably will go to somewhere that has wireless internet connection.

Wireless Internet = 無線網路 (wu xian wang lu | ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄨˋ)

Is there any wireless internet here? = 這裡有無線網路嗎? (zhe li you wuxian wanglu ma? | ㄓㄜˋ ㄌ一ˇ 一ㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄚ?)

here = 這裡 (zhe li | ㄓㄜˋ ㄌ一ˇ)

Some wireless internet connection may require password = 密碼 (mi ma | ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ)

What is the password? = 密碼是什麼? (mi ma shi sheme? | ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄕˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ?)

To ask if the wireless internet connection is FREE = 免費 (mian fei | ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ), you will say

Is the wireless internet connection free of charge? = 無線網路是免費嗎? (wuxian wanglu shi mianfei ma? | ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄇㄚ?)

Just in case if the wireless internet connection is NOT free, you may want to ask about the fee per hour.

How much is for one hour? = 一個小時多少錢? (yi ge xiaoshi duoshaoqian? | 一 ㄍㄜ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ?)

hour = 小時 (xiao shi | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ)

How much money? = 多少錢? (duo shao qian? | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ?)