Newbie | Who are you waiting for?

0:0010個月 大家好 歡迎來到中文播客 我是秦临 Today's lesson we will talk about not necessarily how you pick up somebody but how you can start a conversation with somebody that you meet on the road or somewhere And in case you're not in the mood for talking we will learn how to refuse such advances as well So in the conversation you will hear the words for Wait 等 and the word for boyfriend 男朋友 So make sure you listen out for those and let's check out the dialogue now

1:00你是一个人吗 不是,我在等人 你在等谁 我的男朋友 好吧 你是一个人吗 不是,我在等人 你在等谁 我的男朋友 好吧 After listening to the conversation Let's check it out lying by line 你是一个人吗 第二次伍复 你是个人吗 你是个人吗 不 我之后 他无 tale 代表 Mind After listening to the conversation, let's check it out line by line. 你是一个人吗? Are you alone?

2:04Are you alone? 你是一个人吗? 不是我在等人? I'm not. I'm waiting for someone. 不是我在等人? I'm not. I'm waiting for someone. 不是我在等人? 你在等谁? Who are you waiting for? 你在等谁? Who are you waiting for? 你在等谁? 我的男朋友 My boyfriend 我的男朋友 My boyfriend 我的男朋友 好吧 ok 好吧 ok 好吧 The conversation starts with the girl

3:05being asked whether or not she was alone. 你是一个人吗? And this question here in the beginning you see the words for you 你 and to be 是 And then in the end of that sentence or the question you find a particle that indicates that this is a question 吗? So together this you are and the question particle becomes to are you 你是吗? That's are you ok and then between those you have three words together that indicate or that mean alone 一个人 一个人 ok So here you find the word for person or people 人 这是人 人 And then in front of that we have the word for one 一 And the most common measure word in Chinese

4:06哥 Remember when you use counting or when you count things you have to use measure words in Chinese So this 哥 here is the most common and you can some often use it when you don't know the actual measure word for things Ok and here we have it together with 一 one But if you say 一 and 哥 together the pronunciation changes a little bit, right? 一个 So there's a little bit of a tone change here So it becomes to the second and the fourth tone together 一个 But if you have the word 一 alone it's first tone If you have any questions on that we have a tone change here is where you can see all these different tone change rules So this 一个人 here means one person or a person and some of you may wonder Wait, could this question mean are you a person like are you a human being as well and sometimes it can have this meaning of a human being

5:07but here in this context now the highlight is on the 一个 which is one and then it becomes are you alone and then she answers 不是 我在等人 So here in the beginning you have I am not which is made up of not and to be 不是 and then she continues going on and says what she does and she's like I 我 and then she uses a small word 在 and this we used to indicate that you're in the progress of doing something or just doing something so what is she doing 等人 So this is made up of the verb for weight 等 等 and then you have person or people again 人 and together this becomes to wait for somebody 在等人 So it's 在 doing something and then 等人 like waiting for somebody

6:07So Lin what else could we wait for 等公交車 to wait for the bus 等 红绿灯 to wait for the traffic light if it's red 等 厕所 to wait for the toilet okay but in the dialogue the guy then goes on and asks the girl who are you waiting for 你在等谁 So here the structure is the same you have the personal pronoun you 你 then this word to indicate that it's going on 在 then wait 等 and then instead of 人 or something just Who 谁 and altogether it's Who are you waiting for 你在等谁 and who is she waiting for 男朋友 男朋友 So this is the boyfriend and it's made up of two parts the first part is male or man

7:09男 and then friend 朋友 So male friend becomes a boyfriend and yeah you could say girlfriend that's where with a female friend 女朋友 and of course you could just wait for a friend as well 朋友 So who else could we wait for maybe your father 爸爸 or your teacher 老师 So obviously the girl doesn't really want to talk to him and then he reacts with a disappointed 好吧 and好吧 can be used to just like okay or if you're a little bit more aggressive it would mean something okay whatever and then you go okay so now we have talked about a lot of things that you can wait for about things and people that you can wait for and in the dialogue we had that one sentence Who are you waiting for 你在等谁 but we could at the same time ask the question

8:11What are you waiting for 你在等什么 So what would be some answers for example if I ask you 你在等什么 我在等飞机 So you're waiting for the plane or 我在等开饭 Oh you're waiting for the rice to be served or the meal to be served so that we can start eating Okay and the other one was like the one in the dialogue 你在等谁 你在等谁 我在等老公 Oh you're waiting for your husband 我在等女儿 or for the daughter So with this in mind let's check out the dialogue again 你是一个人吗 不是 我在等人 你在等谁 我的男朋友 好吧

9:35对 你是一个人吗 不是 我在等人 你在等谁 我的男朋友 好吧 你是一个人吗 不是 我在等人 你在等谁 我的男朋友 好吧 In today's lesson you have learned how to start a conversation with a stranger and how to use the word to wait to refuse these kind of advances So if somebody comes up to you and asks you Are you alone? You could say No, I'm waiting for my boyfriend 我在等我的男朋友

10:37But of course, if you actually want to have a conversation you could of course say Yes, I'm alone 对,我是一个人 It all depends on what you want to answer So if you have any questions on order we have discussed today in our class or if you have simple sentences that you want to answer So if you have any questions on order we have discussed today in our class or if you have simple sentences that you want to share with us just leave them in the comment section below My name is Zhou 我是庆林 下次见 Bye bye Now here's a vocabulary recap 一个人 1 person or alone 等 to wait 谁 男朋友 boyfriend 好吧 OK, whatever

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