5 Responses to “CLO_080: When do you eat breakfast?”

1. sandra cardona Says:
   October 10th, 2009 at 4:57 am

   Hi Adam,

   In the premium podcast there s a sentence where I get a bit mixed up:
   Wo3 yao4 shang4ban3 - I m going to work
   Can I also say :
   wo3 yao4 qu4 shang4ban3, does it mean the same?Or whats the difference?

   And Anotherone:
   Wo3 hui4 wan3 yi1dian3 qu4 - I will go later

   How do I say then I can go later?

   Thanks
   Sandra

2. Adam Says:
   October 12th, 2009 at 12:07 am

   Hi Sandra,

   Good question. There is a slight difference between the two:

   Wo3 yao4 shang4ban3 actually means “I have to work”

   while

   Wo3 yao4 qu4 shang4ban3 means “I have to go to work”.

   They can be used in a variety of situations. So if someone asks you “Ni3 yao4 qu4 na3li3?” you would probably reply with “Wo3 yao4 qu4 shang4ban3″.

   However if someone asked “Ni3 jin1wan3 yao4 zuo4 shen2me?” (What are you doing tonight?) you could reply with “Wo3 yao4 shang4ban3″.

   Regarding your second question, does this help?

   Wo3 hui4 wan3 yi1dian3 qu4 - I will go later
   Wo3 ke3yi3 wan3 yi1dian3 qu4 - I can go later.

3. sandra cardona Says:
   October 12th, 2009 at 9:39 am

   thanks Adam.

   Everything is much clear now.

4. Griselda Says:
   April 23rd, 2011 at 8:32 am

   Hello.

   I don’t know how nobody noticed, but

   zuǒ yòu is missing from line 2, and

   qǐ chuáng tài wǎn in text

   is tài wǎn qǐ chuáng in podcast.

   Thank you for these lessons, I am having fun learning Chinese! (who would have thought that )

5. Adam Says:
   April 29th, 2011 at 3:49 am

   Hi Griselda,

   Thanks for pointing this out. It’s been fixed now!

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