Ch 2 · Lesson 42Mandarin · Chapter 2 · Lesson 42 · Conversation
Xiao Tao will not hear no
Nine lines of saying no to a man who has another reason ready.
The scene
Xiao Tao has a plan for tomorrow, and you are in it. Every no gets a new reason back. Listen for 吧 at the end of two of his lines: it turns a statement into a let's, or a just do it.
Tap any word to look it up.
- 小涛 Xiǎo Tāo
！
Let's go to Beijing tomorrow!
- You
，。
Sorry, I'm busy tomorrow.
- 小涛 Xiǎo Tāo
！
The coffee in Beijing is great!
- You
。
I don't like coffee.
- 小涛 Xiǎo Tāo
，！
Everyone in Beijing speaks Chinese. You could learn from them!
- You
。
I can learn here too.
- 小涛 Xiǎo Tāo
！“”！
Don't be like that! Just say yes!
Literally: Don't (be) like this! You just say "good"!
- You
，，“”！
Fine, fine, I'll say yes!
- 小涛 Xiǎo Tāo
！！！
Oh! Great! Beijing tomorrow, then!
Pick the right one
0/4Your turn: pick what you said back.
小涛: 明天我们去北京吧！
xiǎo tāo : míng tiān wǒ men qù běi jīng ba ！
小涛: 北京的咖啡很好！
xiǎo tāo : běi jīng de kā fēi hěn hǎo ！
小涛: 北京人都说中文，你可以跟他们学！
xiǎo tāo : běi jīng rén dōu shuō zhōng wén ， nǐ kě yǐ gēn tā men xué ！
小涛: 别这样！你就说“好”吧！
xiǎo tāo : bié zhè yàng ！ nǐ jiù shuō “ hǎo ” ba ！
Matching
0/9Match each line to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/9Put the missing word back.
明天我们去吧！ (Let's go to Beijing tomorrow!)
míng tiān wǒ men qù ___ ba ！
不好意思，我明天很。 (Sorry, I'm busy tomorrow.)
bù hǎo yì si ， wǒ míng tiān hěn ___。
北京的很好！ (The coffee in Beijing is great!)
běi jīng de ___ hěn hǎo ！
我不咖啡。 (I don't like coffee.)
wǒ bù ___ kā fēi 。
北京人说中文，你可以跟他们学！ (Everyone in Beijing speaks Chinese. You could learn from them!)
běi jīng rén ___ shuō zhōng wén ， nǐ kě yǐ gēn tā men xué ！
我在这里可以学。 (I can learn here too.)
wǒ zài zhè lǐ ___ kě yǐ xué 。
这样！你就说“好”吧！ (Don't be like that! Just say yes!)
___ zhè yàng ！ nǐ jiù shuō “ hǎo ” ba ！
好，好，我“好”！ (Fine, fine, I'll say yes!)
hǎo ， hǎo ， wǒ ___“ hǎo ”！
！好！明天我们去北京！ (Oh! Great! Beijing tomorrow, then!)
___！ hǎo ！ míng tiān wǒ men qù běi jīng ！
Lesson 42 of 44 in this chapter