CLO_091: Traffic was especially bad
Dialogue: Numbers
A: Jin1tian1 wo3 tai4 wan3 qu4 shang4ban1.
B: Wei4 shen2me? Chu1 le shen2me shi4 le?
A: Jin1tian1 de jiao1tong1 te4bie2 cha4.
B: Shi4de. Cheng2shi4 li3 de jiao1tong1 yi4zhi2 shi4 ge wen4ti2. Ye3xu3 xia4ci4 ni3 zuo4 di4tie3 qu4 hui4 bi3jiao4 hao3.
A: Huo4xu3 wo3 ke3yi3 zao3 yi1dian3 zou3.
Dialogue: Tones
A: Jīntiān wǒ tài wǎn qù shàngbān.
B: Wèi shénme? Chū le shénme shì le?
A: Jīntiān de jiāotōng tèbié chà.
B: Shìde. Chéngshì lǐ de jiāotōng yìzhí shì ge wèntí. Yěxǔ xiàcì nǐ zuò dìtiě qù huì bǐjiào hǎo.
A: Huòxǔ wǒ kěyǐ zǎo yīdiǎn zǒu.
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April 23rd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Adam,
In the premium podcast for this lesson, “or” is translated as “huo4xu3,” where as in the main dialog it is “huo4shi4.” Which one is correct?
Salvador
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Hi Salvador. They are actually both correct. I have since updated the regular lesson to only include “huo4xu3” just to keep it consistent.
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November 27th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Huo4 xu3 and ye3 xu3 These two words are the same meaning: perhaps or may be.
Zao3 mean Early in this last sentence is Zhao3 mean to find . Which one is correct ? I confuse.
November 28th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Hello Orapin,
Yes you are right about huo4xu3 and ye3xu3 which both mean maybe.
In the last sentence she is saying zao3 which means early.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Hello Adam
These two phrases:
Nǐ zěnme jīntiān shàngbān wǎn le?
Jīntiān wǒ tài wǎn qù shàngbān
Are they both correct? In the first “wan” is after the verb, in the second it is before the verb. Can you help?
Many thanks!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Hi John,
They are both grammatically correct. However one form of construction may be more likely to be used in certain parts of China than others. For example in our course, we tend to use the second construction more often.
Hope that helps!