Hi, I’m Grace.
Welcome to my channel.
Today I will give you 5 super useful sentence patterns in Mandarin
and in the end there is a small conversation to apply these 5 patterns.
You can use it to practice your listening skill.
and see how to use these patterns.
Let’s go
number 1
看起來___ It seems like___
For example:
看起來明天會下雨。
It seems like it will rain tomorrow.
看起來 It seems like
明天 Tomorrow
會 Will
下雨 to rain
看起來他不會來。
It seems like he is not coming.
看起來 It seems like
他 He
不會 Won’t
來 to come
number 2
如果___可以嗎？
Is it okay if ___?
如果我明天不去可以嗎？
Is it okay if I don’t go tomorrow?
如果...可以嗎？ Is it OK if...?
我 I
明天 Tomorrow
不 not
去 to go
如果明天搭你的車可以嗎？
Is it okay if you give me a lift tomorrow?
如果...可以嗎？ Is it OK if...?
明天 Tomorrow
搭 to take
你的 your
車 car
OK, number 3
這就是為什麼___
This is why___
這就是為什麼我一直嘗試。
This is why I keep trying.
這就是為什麼
This is why
我 I
一直 always, continuously
嘗試 try
這就是為什麼我不喜歡南瓜。
This is why I don’t like pumpkins.
這就是為什麼 This is why
我 I
不 not
喜歡 to like
南瓜 pumpkin
number 4
忘記跟你說___
I forgot to tell you___
忘記跟你說明天的活動取消了。
I forgot to tell you that the activity tomorrow is canceled.
忘記跟你說 I forgot to tell you
明天 tomorrow
的 的 here is a particle to connect 明天 “tomorrow” and 活動 “activity”
活動 activity
取消 to cancel
了 了 is a particle and it is used in this case because of a change in condition
忘記跟你說我的朋友等一下會來。
I forgot to tell you that my friend will come later.
忘記跟你說 I forgot to tell you
我的 My
朋友 Friend
等一下 later
會 will
來 come
Number 5
我的意思是___
I mean___
我的意思是他不會同意。
I mean he won’t agree.
我的意思是 I mean
他 He
不會 Won’t
同意 to agree
我的意思是你很大方。
I mean you’re so generous.
我的意思是 I mean
你 You
很 So or Very
大方 Generous
OK, After learning these 5 patterns.
I’m going to show you a small conversation with these patterns.
You can try your best to pick them out in the dialogue.
Here we go:
These are the five sentence patterns for today.
And just like the last time,
I’ve prepared a handout for you.
So if you want to get the handout,
just go to my Instagram and click this story highlight.
Then you can find the file!
And a quick reminder,
if you want to learn more Chinese,
remember to scribe to my channel.
I’ll see you next time, Bye!