Good Manners 礼貌 (3)

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Key words of the day

Do you mind if I smoke?你介意我抽烟吗?No, I don’t mind.不介意。

Could you please pass me the ketchup?请把番茄酱递给我,好吗?

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B: Yajie, do you mind if I smoke?

Y: no… I don’t mind… but Brendan, I don’t know you smoke.

B: hehe I don’t… I just want to know how to say it in Chinese.

Y: I see. You can say “ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma?”

B: ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma?

Y: ni3 means you,

B: ni3,

Y: jie4 yi4 means mind,

B: jie4 yi4,

Y: wo3 means I,

B: wo3,

Y: chou1 yan1 means smoke,

B: chou1 yan1,

Y: ma is often put at the end of a question.

B: ma.

Y: ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma?

B: ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma? Do you mind if I smoke.

Conversation 1:

A:你介意我抽烟吗?

B:不介意。您随便。

B: Yajie, what if a Chinese asks me this question and I want to say “I don’t mind”.

Y: you can say “bu2 jie4 yi4.”

B: bu2 jie4 yi4.

Y: bu2 means not,

B: bu2,

Y: jie4 yi4 means mind,

B: jie4 yi4,

Y: bu2 jie4 yi4

B: bu2 jie4 yi4 I don’t mind.

Conversation 2:

A:你介意我抽烟吗?

B:不介意。

B: Yajie, Could you please pass me the ketchup?

Y: Sure… here you are.

B: thanks. What if the person I ask don’t understand English?

Y: then you can say it in Chinese, like this :请把番茄酱递给我,好吗?

B: qing3 ba3 fan1 qie2 jiang4 di4 gei3 wo3, hao3ma?

Y: qing3 means please,

B: qing3,

Y: fan1 qie2 means tomato,

B: fan1 qie2.

Y: jiang4 means something paste like jam,

B: jiang4.

Y: fan1 qie2 jiang4, ketchup,

B: fan1 qie2 jiang4

Y: di4 means pass,

B: di4,

Y: gei3 wo3 means give something to me,

B: gei3 wo3.

Y: hao3ma, is it okay?

B: hao3ma

Y: qing3 ba3 fan1 qie2 jiang4 di4 gei3 wo3, hao3ma

B: qing3 ba3 fan1 qie2 jiang4 di4 gei3 wo3,hao3ma Could you please pass me the ketchup?

Conversation3:

A:请把番茄酱递给我,好吗?

B:好的。给你,

A:谢谢,

B:不客气。