Day 28: How to say “I’m sorry”
To Americans unfamiliar with Chinese culture, the Chinese seems to over-apologize. However in China, it is simply a form of politeness. In this lesson, we learn how to say “I’m sorry”. Then we construct another sentence with the word “beautiful”.
Track 28
Chinese: 对不起
English: Sorry
Pinyin: duì bù qǐ
COE: yes, no, up
Chinese: 项链(儿)
English: necklace
Pinyin: xiàng liàn
Chinese: 你的
English：your
Pinyin: nǐ de
“de” is a possessive article.
Chinese: 我的
English: my
Pinyin: wǒ de
A: 你的项链儿很漂亮 (nǐ de xiàng liàn er hěn piào liang)
[Your necklace is beautiful]
B: 谢谢 (xìe xìe)
[Thanks]
A: 你没有项链儿 (nǐ méi yǒu xiàng liàn er)
[You don’t have a necklace]
*COE: Chinese ordered English
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Posted by admin on February 28th, 2007 filed in Podcasts
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