Lesson 18 - 你想喝什么？

Today we discuss beverages. To ask, "What would you like to drink?" we say:
ni3 xiang3 he1 shen2 me? 你想喝什么？
To answer we just replace the 什么 with the beverage of choice and change you to I. Example:
wo3 xiang3 he1 ka1fei1. 我想喝咖啡。
Some other useful beverages are listed below:
tea cha2 茶
cola ke3le4 可乐
milk niu2nia3 牛奶
water shui3 水
beer pi2jiu3 啤酒

Since many beverages are served warm in China, it is often important to the foreigner to get ice in their drink (or at least cooled). To do this we just add bing1 冰 before the noun to modify it. Example:
I would to drink cold water. wo3 xiang3 he1 bing1 shui3.
我想喝冰水。

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