HSK 3 / TOCFL Band A1
Delaying an Action: 原因 + ...再 (Reason + ... zài)
Grammar Analysis:
因為某個原因,延後應該要做的事情到一個期待的時間點。
Yīnwèi mǒu gè yuányīn, yánhòu yīnggāi yào zuò de shìqíng dào yí gè qīdài de shíjiān diǎn.
Delaying something that should be done until an expected time point for a specific reason.
Examples
10:30 PM
A下個月的旅行你都安排好了嗎?我們要去哪些地方呀?
A: Xià gè yuè de lǚxíng nǐ dōu ānpái hǎo le ma? Wǒmen yào qù nǎxiē dìfāng ya?
A: Have you arranged everything for next month's trip? Where are we going?
B安排好了。時間有點晚了,明天再跟你說好嗎?
B: Ānpái hǎo le. Shíjiān yǒudiǎn wǎn le, míngtiān zài gēn nǐ shuō hǎo ma?
B: It is arranged. It is getting late. I will tell you tomorrow.
At the closed restaurant
A太可惜了!餐廳今天沒開......
A: Tài kěxī le! Cāntīng jīntiān méi kāi...
A: What a pity. The restaurant is closed today.
B附近好像有一間也不錯的餐廳,我們下次再來這間吧!
B: Fùjìn hǎoxiàng yǒu yì jiān yě búcuò de cāntīng, wǒmen xià cì zài lái zhè jiān ba!
B: There is another good restaurant nearby. Let's come back to this one next time.
In the office
Colleague你可以給我昨天說的那份文件嗎?
Tóngshì: Nǐ kěyǐ gěi wǒ zuótiān shuō de nà fèn wénjiàn ma?
Colleague: Can you give me that document we talked about yesterday?
Me那份文件我還有一頁還沒做完,等一下做完再給你好嗎?
Wǒ: Nà fèn wénjiàn wǒ hái yǒu yí yè hái méi zuò wán, děng yíxià zuò wán zài gěi nǐ hǎo ma?
Me: I have one page left to finish. I will give it to you later after I finish.
Exercises
At the restaurant
A這間餐廳的菜看起來很好吃,我們要點菜了嗎?
A: Zhè jiān cāntīng de cài kàn qǐlái hěn hǎochī, wǒmen yào diǎncài le ma?
A: The food here looks delicious. Shall we order now?
B我的朋友還沒來,等他到了
,好嗎?
B: Wǒ de péngyǒu háiméilái, děng tā dào le [wǒmen zài diǎncài], hǎo ma?
B: My friend has not arrived. Let's wait until he arrives. We will order later.
In the office
A王經理,這份報告現在可以給您嗎?
A: Wáng jīnglǐ, zhè fèn bàogào xiànzài kěyǐ gěi nín ma?
A: Manager Wang, can I give you this report now?
B我現在要開會,
,好嗎?
B: Wǒ xiànzài yào kāihuì, [děng kāi wán huì zài kàn], hǎo ma?
B: I have a meeting now. I will look at it after the meeting.