Chinese 101: Talk about different kinds of possibilities in Chinese

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    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