哈囉大家好！ 哈啰大家好！
I’m Grace.
When asking for someone’s help,
asking politely increases the chances of receiving that help.
Just as in English, when making requests,
you would probably say “is it okay if…”,
“Do you mind if…” or “Would it be possible to…”
Using these sentence structures makes you sound more polite
and reasonable when making a request.
So in today’s video, I’ll give you some Chinese phrases and sentence structures
that can help you ask for help politely
Before moving on
I’d like to thank HelloTalk for kindly sponsoring today’s video.
HelloTalk is a language exchange app
that helps connect you with native speakers of the language you’re learning
I love language exchange
because you get to make new friends who speak your target language
It gives you the opportunity to actually use the language
and also the motivation to keep learning it
Even though language exchange is an excellent tool for language learning,
it’s not always easy to find a language exchange partner in real life.
This is why I recommend using HelloTalk,
because it helps you find suitable language partners
and it has a lot of tools and functions that help you easily communicate with them
For example, if you don’t understand what the other person is saying,
you can click the speech bubble to see a translation.
Another function I like about this app is you can help correct each other’s sentences,
which is very convenient and helpful.
Here is a conversation I had with one of the users on the app,
at the time I was wondering how to use the word “spectrum”,
so we discussed how to use it, and he was very helpful with my questions.
So yeah, I really recommend you find some language exchange partners for yourself.
It’d be of great help in your language learning journey.
If you’d like to try using HelloTalk, which is free by the way,
I’ve put a link in the description below
Before making a request,
you have to get the attention of the other person.
Here are some phrases you can use to start the conversation:
Or you can say
If you want to sound casual but still polite, you can use the following:
Or you can say
At this point, you can either directly make your request
or give the other person a heads up that you’re going to make a request.
To give a heads up, you can say:
If the person says yes, we can move on to make our requests.
Here are some sentence structures you can use…
For example,
The second one is
For instance,
Next,
Another one is
For example, you can say
The next one is
An example would be
If you want to sound casual but polite in the meantime, here is a structure you can use:
After making a request,
if you don’t want the other person to feel pressured,
here are some phrases you can add…
Also, after making a request,
we often say something to express that we feel sorry for troubling them.
To express that, you can say…
If you ask for help that takes a lot of work, you can say…
To sound casual but also polite, you can say
It’s also important to show your appreciation, here are some phrases you can use:
You can simply say…
Or you can say…
To sounds causal, you can say
Okay, now let’s try a speaking exercise.
I’ll say the sentences in the blue speech bubbles,
and you say the ones in the orange speech bubbles
Okay, that’s all for today! If you liked today’s speaking practice,
let me know in the comments below!
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