Beijing Dialect
No, I can't
算了吧
(suàn le ba)
A: What are your plans for today?
你今天有什么打算?
(nǐ jīntiān yǒu shénme dǎsuàn?)
B: Li Ming and I are going shopping. Do you want to come too?
我和李明去逛超市。你也去吗?
(wǒ hé lǐmínɡ qù ɡuànɡ chāoshì. nǐ yě qù ma?)
A: No, I can't. I'm meeting my friend. He's writing an article and he's asked me to take some photographs for it.
算了吧。我约了朋友。他有一个写文章的活,让我帮着给拍几张照片。
(suàn le ba. wǒ yuē le pénɡyou. tā yǒu yíɡe xiěwénzhānɡ de huó, rànɡ wǒ bānɡzhe ɡěi pāi jǐzhānɡ zhàopiān.)