In this episode, learn how to invite someone to do something with you in Chinese!We review hobby vocabulary from last episode and build new patterns like 我们一起…吧 and 你想不想…？Perfect for making your Chinese more social and natural!
Patterns:
我们一起…吧 → Let’s … together
你想不想…？ → Do you want to…?
Eg.
我们一起去游泳吧！
wǒmen yìqǐ qù yóuyǒng ba!Let’s go swimming together!
我们一起打篮球吧！
wǒmen yìqǐ dǎ lánqiú ba!Let’s play basketball together!
我们一起看电影吧！
wǒmen yìqǐ kàn diànyǐng ba!Let’s watch a movie together!
我们一起听音乐吧！
wǒmen yìqǐ tīng yīnyuè ba!Let’s listen to music together!
你想不想一起打篮球？
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng yìqǐ dǎ lánqiú?Do you want to play basketball together?
你想不想看电影？
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng kàn diànyǐng?Do you want to watch a movie?
你想不想去公园？
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng qù gōngyuán?Do you want to go to the park?
你想不想听音乐？
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng tīng yīnyuè?Do you want to listen to music?
✅ Saying YES
好啊！
hǎo a!Sure! / Sounds good!
可以！
kěyǐ!Okay! / Yes, that works!
我想！
wǒ xiǎng!I want to! / Yes, I would!
❎ Saying NO (polite)
不好意思，我今天很忙。
bù hǎoyìsi, wǒ jīntiān hěn máng.Sorry, I’m very busy today.
下次吧。
xià cì ba.Maybe next time.
我不能去。
wǒ bù néng qù.I can’t go.