EP149 变卦 Different kinds of possibilites

 Chinese 101: Talk about different kinds of possibilities in Chinese

 

Grammar: Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding"

 

Language Tips：“卦”in Chinese culture and language

 

Song：万芳《不确定》 Not sure by One Fang

 

Dialogue:

 

A：下个月王菲的演唱会，你和娜娜去不去？

 

Xià gè yuè wáng fēi de yǎn chàng huì ，nǐ hé nà nà qù bú qù ？

 

Fare wong will give her concert next month, will you and Nana go?

 

B：我肯定去，但是娜娜不太确定。

 

Wǒ kěn dìng qù ，dàn shì nà nà bú tài què dìng 。

 

I will definitely go, but Nana is not sure.

 

A：她很喜欢王菲的歌，应该会去吧?

 

Tā hěn xǐ huān wáng fēi de gē ，yīng gāi huì qù ba ？

 

She likes Faye Wong’s songs very much. I think that she will probably go.

 

B：不一定，上次她答应和我们一起玩，可是后来又变卦了。

 

Bù yīdìng，shàng cì tā dā yìng hé wǒ men yīqǐ wán，kěshì hòu lái yòu biàn guà le 。

 

Probably not, last time she promised us to hang out together, but later she changed her mind.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【演唱会】yǎn chàng huì: music concert

 

【肯定】kěn dìng：sure, affirm

 

【确定】què dìng：sure

 

【应该】yīng gāi: should

 

【不一定】bù yī dìng: not sure 

 

【答应】dā yìng: promise, respond

 

【后来】hòu lái: later, afterwards

 

【变卦】biàn guà