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
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