Learn how to invite someone somewhere
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Chinese Season 1, Lesson 24 - Offering an Invitation. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to invite someone out in Chinese. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the formal way to say 'Do you have plans on Friday night?' in Chinese. |
| Cho: [Normal] 周五晚上有什么计划吗？(zhōuwǔ wǎnshàng yǒu shénme jìhuà ma ?) |
| Eric: First is a noun meaning 'Friday' |
| Cho: [Normal] 周五 [Slow] 周五 (zhōuwǔ) |
| Eric: Next is the noun meaning 'evening' |
| Cho: [Normal] 晚上 [Slow] 晚上(wǎnshàng) |
| Eric: Next is the phrase meaning 'have what' |
| Cho: [Normal] 有什么 [Slow] 有什么(yǒu shénme) |
| Eric: Next is the noun meaning 'plan' |
| Cho: [Normal] 计划 [Slow] 计划(jìhuà) |
| Eric: Last is the question marker. |
| Cho: [Normal] 吗 [Slow] 吗(ma) |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'Do you have plans on Friday night?' |
| Cho: [Slow] 周五晚上有什么计划吗？ [Normal] 周五晚上有什么计划吗？ |
| Eric: Ok, now let's see the informal way to ask 'Do you have plans on Friday night?' |
| Cho: [Normal] 星期五晚有计划吗？(Xīngqīwǔ wǎn yǒujìhuà ma ?) |
| Eric: First is a noun meaning 'Friday' |
| Cho: [Normal] 星期五 [Slow] 星期五 (xīngqīwǔ) |
| Eric: Next is the adjective meaning 'night' |
| Cho: [Normal] 晚 [Slow] 晚(wǎn) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to have' |
| Cho: [Normal] 有 [Slow] 有(yǒu) |
| Eric: Next is the noun meaning 'plan' |
| Cho: [Normal] 计划 [Slow] 计划(jìhuà) |
| Eric: Last is the question marker. |
| Cho: [Normal] 吗 [Slow] 吗(ma) |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Do you have plans on Friday night?' |
| Cho: [Slow] 星期五晚有计划吗？ [Normal] 星期五晚有计划吗？ |
| Eric: Next, we’ll learn the formal way to say 'I'm going to the movies.' |
| Cho: [Normal] 我准备去看电影。(Wǒ zhǔnbèi qù kàn diànyǐng . ) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'I' |
| Cho: [Normal] 我 [Slow] 我(wǒ) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to prepare' |
| Cho: [Normal] 准备 [Slow] 准备(zhǔnbèi) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to go' |
| Cho: [Normal] 去 [Slow] 去(qù) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to watch' |
| Cho: [Normal] 看 [Slow] 看(kàn) |
| Eric: Last is the noun meaning 'movie' |
| Cho: [Normal] 电影 [Slow] 电影(diànyǐng) |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'I'm going to the movies.' |
| Cho: [Slow] 我准备去看电影。 [Normal] 我准备去看电影。 |
| Eric: Finally, we’ll see an informal way to say 'Will you join?' |
| Cho: [Normal] 你来吗？(nǐ lái ma ? ) |
| Eric: First is a pronoun meaning 'you' |
| Cho: [Normal] 你 [Slow] 你(nǐ) |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning 'to come' |
| Cho: [Normal] 来 [Slow] 来(lái) |
| Eric: Last is the question marker. |
| Cho: [Normal] 吗 [Slow] 吗(ma) |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Will you join?' |
| Cho: [Slow] 你来吗？ [Normal] 你来吗？ |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Cho: Imagine somebody has knocked at your door, and you want him or her to come in. You can say jìn lai. But this is a very informal way of addressing someone and you should be careful with your tone, because sometimes it could sound like an order. If you want to invite someone in more formally, you can say qǐng jìn. Literally, this means “please come in”, but here we don’t need to say lái at the end. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Cho: 再见 |
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