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I’m Grace from Grace Mandarin Chinese.
In Taiwan, most people speak Mandarin,
but some of our speaking habits might puzzle you,
because it’s different from what you learn in textbooks.
So in this video,
I’ll introduce you to
5 common Taiwanese speaking habits,
so it’ll make sense when you encounter them in the future!
The first speaking habit is…
[ How Taiwanese Reply to “Thank You” ]
When replying to 謝謝,
in Taiwan, many people say “不會”
to express “不客氣 You’re welcome”
It might be influenced by Taiwanese Hokkien
where you can say “袂 (bē)”
which can mean “不會”
to reply to a thank you.
So in daily life,
Taiwanese people often reply to 謝謝 with 不會.
The second one is…
[ The Tendency to Politely Decline ]
Taiwanese people tend to tactfully turn someone down.
Sometimes you might not even realize that
you’re being turned down!
Here are some phrases
we commonly use when declining something:
Number 1:
我還好 (I’m okay)
When you offer something to a Taiwanese person or
invite them to participate in something,
but they don't want it
or aren’t feeling it,
they might say “我還好 (I’m okay)”
to turn down the offer.
It expresses the meaning of
The second phrase is
先不要好了 (Maybe later; Not for now)
先 means “first” or “for now”,
so 先不要 means “not for now”,
“好了” here is to show that
the speaker thinks this is more appropriate for the situation.
先不要好了 expresses the meaning of
“I don't want it for now” or “I don't need it for now”.
In Taiwan, it’s a polite way to turn down an offering.
The verb “要 to want, to need”
can also change to other verbs depending on the context,
for example,
The third one is
沒關係 (It’s okay)
In Taiwan, we usually pronounce it as 沒關係
沒關係 this phrase is often used
as a response when someone apologizes to you,
but in Taiwan,
we can also use it to decline offers of help or things.
For example,
The third speaking habit is…
[ Using 幫我 to make a request ]
This is especially common in the service industry in Taiwan.
Many servers often use "幫我 (help me)"
when making requests to their customers.
For example,
So if you come to Taiwan,
you’ll definitely need to get use to this “幫我 (help me)”
and understand that many people,
mostly in the service industry,
just add this phrase to make their requests sound more polite.
The next speaking habit is…
[ Using Some Special Sentence-Final Particles ]
In Taiwan,
we have some special sentence-final particles that
don’t exist in standard Mandarin,
so it might sound a bit confusing.
For example,
we use the particle “齁”
in many different situations.
I’ve talked about it in one of my previous videos,
let’s take a look!
Sometimes it’s also written as these two characters - 吼 / 厚
齁 can be used when you want to get confirmation from others.
It’s like “是不是？ isn’t it?” or “對吧？right?”.
For instance,
It can also be used in imperative sentences as a reminder,
it’s like “好嗎？” or “知道嗎？"
For instance,
齁 can also be added after 對 (right) as in 對齁.
It’s used when someone says something to you
that reminds you about something that you forgot,
so it’s like “Oh, right!” in English.
For example,
Sometimes 齁 is just used to add a pause
when someone is speaking and
it also makes the conversation sound more casual.
For instance,
If you want to learn more about
sentence-final particles used in Taiwan,
check out this video!
Alright, the last one is
[ Mixing some Taiwanese and unique English expressions into conversations ]
In daily life,
you might hear Taiwanese people using some Taiwanese,
or Taiwanese-style English in conversations,
here are some examples:
The first one is 嘿啊.
This Taiwanese phrase 嘿啊 means 是啊 or 對啊,
meaning “Yes!” Or “Right!”.
The second one is 阿災,
阿災 means 我不知道 (I don’t know),
but it’s very casual
so we normally just use it with our close friends.
The third one is… not a good word: 北七
北七 means 白痴 which is “idiot”,
and it can also be used as an adjective,
meaning “stupid” or “dumb”.
And because the number 87 in Mandarin is “八七”,
which sounds similar to 北七
so people also use this number to express the same meaning.
In Taiwan,
we often use “po” to mean “to post (on social media)”,
so for example,
Another one is “social”,
Taiwanese people like to use “social” to express “to socialize”,
for instance,
to say “good at socializing”,
in daily life,
you might hear Taiwanese people say
“很會 social”
Another example,
to express “I don't enjoy socializing”,
you might hear people say “我不愛 social”
So next time when you hear
Taiwanese people use “social” in daily conversations,
remember it means “socialize”.
The next one is “loading”,
in Taiwan,
people often use “loading” to express “workload”,
so for example,
Taiwanese people might say “我這學期修的課 loading 很重”
and this means
“The workload for the classes I'm taking this semester is very heavy.”
Another example,
If you want to learn more Taiwanese expressions like these,
check out this video!
Alright, that’s all for today!
If you’ve visited Taiwan,
or are currently living here,
I’d love to hear your impressions about Taiwanese Mandarin,
and whether there are any aspects that
you find unfamiliar or different from what you're used to.
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