EP99 报平安 Message to safety

 Chinese 101: Message someone safety when take a flight

 

Grammar: Events in quick succession with "一yi...就 jiu..."

 

Language Tips:Cultural innovations behinds “马上”and“平安”

 

Story of the Day:Saiwong and his lost horse 塞翁失马 

 

Dialogue:

 

A:飞机什么时候起飞?

 

fēi jī shí me shí hòu qǐ fēi ?

 

When will your flight take off?

 

B:马上就要起飞了。

 

mǎ shàng jiù yào qǐ fēi le 。

 

It will take off very soon.

 

A:好的,到了记得报平安。

 

hǎo de ,dào le jì dé bào píng ān 

 

Okay, please message me your safety when you arrive.

 

B:没问题,我一落地就告诉你。

 

méi wèn tí,wǒ yī luò dì jiù gào sù nǐ。

 

No problem, I’ll tell you once the plane lands.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【飞机】fēi jī:air plane

 

【起飞】qǐ fēi: take off, departure

 

【马上】mǎ shàng: soon, at once, at this moment

 

【记得】jì dé: remember

 

【报】bào:tell, report

 

【平安】píng ān: safe and sound, well

 

【问题】wèn tí: problem

 

【落地】luò dì: landing, touch down