{"id":13565,"date":"2019-11-18T13:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/learn-chinese-l25-sorry-i-039-m-late\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:24:35","slug":"learn-chinese-l25-sorry-i-039-m-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/learn-chinese-l25-sorry-i-039-m-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Chinese L25: Sorry. I&#039;m late."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The people are just a<em><\/em>bout to blow out the candles at Lei Mei&#8217;s birthday party when there is a knock on the door.<\/p>\n<p>  Dialogue One<\/p>\n<p>  du&igrave;\u3000b&ugrave;\u3000q\u01d0\u3000w\u01d2\u3000 l&aacute;i\u3000w\u01cen\u3000le<br \/>  \u5bf9\u3000 \u4e0d\u3000\u8d77\uff0c\u6211\u3000 \u6765\u3000 \u665a\u3000 \u4e86\u3002<br \/>  Sorry. I&#8217;m late.<br \/>  w\u0101\u3000w\u01d2\u3000 y\u01d0\u3000w&eacute;i\u3000n\u01d0\u3000b&uacute;\u3000hu&igrave;\u3000l&aacute;i\u3000le<br \/>  \u54c7\uff01 \u6211\u3000 \u4ee5\u3000\u4e3a\u3000 \u4f60\u3000\u4e0d\u3000 \u4f1a\u3000\u6765\u3000\u4e86\uff01<br \/>  Oh, I thought you wouldn&#8217;t come.<br \/>  w\u01d2\u3000xi\u01ceng\u3000g\u011bi\u3000n\u01d0\u3000 y&iacute;\u3000 g&egrave;\u3000j\u012bng\u3000 x\u01d0<br \/>  \u6211\u3000\u3000\u60f3\u3000\u3000\u7ed9\u3000\u4f60\u3000\u4e00\u3000\u4e2a\u3000 \u60ca\u3000 \u559c\u3002<br \/>  I want to give you a surprise.<br \/>  z&igrave;\u3000 x&iacute;ng\u3000 ch\u0113\u3000w\u01d2\u3000t&agrave;i\u3000x\u01d0\u3000huan\u3000le<br \/>  \u81ea\u3000 \u884c\u3000\u3000\u8f66\uff01 \u6211\u3000 \u592a\u3000\u559c\u3000 \u6b22\u3000 \u4e86\uff01<br \/>  A bicycle! Thank you!<br \/>  Dialogue Two<br \/>  du&igrave;\u3000b&ugrave;\u3000q\u01d0\u3000du&igrave;\u3000b&ugrave;\u3000q\u01d0\u3000w\u01d2\u3000b&uacute;\u3000sh&igrave;\u3000g&ugrave;\u3000 y&igrave;\u3000de<br \/>  \u5bf9\u3000 \u4e0d\u3000\u8d77\uff0c\u5bf9\u3000 \u4e0d\u3000\u8d77\uff0c\u6211\u3000 \u4e0d\u3000\u662f\u3000 \u6545\u3000\u610f\u3000\u7684\u3002<br \/>  Sorry, I didn&#8217;t do that on purpose.<br \/>  m&eacute;i\u3000gu\u0101n\u3000 xi<br \/>  \u6ca1\u3000\u3000\u5173\u3000\u3000\u7cfb\u3002<br \/>  No worries.<br \/>  ku&agrave;i\u3000c\u0101\u3000ca\u3000ba<br \/>  \u5feb\u3000\u3000\u64e6\u3000\u64e6\u3000\u5427\uff01<br \/>  Clear it quickly!<br \/>  h\u01ceo\u3000 de\u3000 xi&egrave;\u3000xie<br \/>  \u597d\u3000\u3000\u7684\uff0c \u8c22\u3000 \u8c22\u3002<br \/>  OK. Thanks.<br \/>  Explanation of difficult points<\/p>\n<p>  1. \u4ee5\u4e3a<br \/>  &quot;\u4ee5\u4e3a&quot; (y\u01d0 w&eacute;i) means &quot;to be under the impression that&#8230;&quot;. For example: &quot;\u6211\u4ee5\u4e3a\u662f\u4ed6\u5462\uff0c\u6ca1\u60f3\u5230\u662f\u4f60\u3002&quot; (w\u01d2 y\u01d0 w&eacute;i sh&igrave; t\u0101 ne m&eacute;i xi\u01ceng d&agrave;o sh&igrave; n\u01d0) which means &quot;I thought it was him, I didn&#8217;t realise it was you.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>  2. \u60ca\u559c<br \/>  &quot;\u60ca\u559c&quot; (j\u012bng x\u01d0) always describes a good surprise.<\/p>\n<p>  3. \u64e6\u64e6<br \/>  &quot;\u64e6\u64e6&quot; (c\u0101 ca) is an example of the habit of duplicating verbs to denote short duration or casualness. It has the same effect as saying &quot;\u64e6\u4e00\u4e0b&quot; (c\u0101 y&iacute; xi&agrave;), as covered in Lesson 16; another way to say it is &quot;\u64e6\u4e00\u64e6&quot; (c\u0101 yi c\u0101). 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