{"id":13567,"date":"2019-11-18T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/learn-chinese-l23-can-you-come-to-my-birthday-party-this-thursday-evening\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T15:23:37","slug":"learn-chinese-l23-can-you-come-to-my-birthday-party-this-thursday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/learn-chinese-l23-can-you-come-to-my-birthday-party-this-thursday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Chinese L23: Can you come to my birthday party this Thursday evening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On a street in campus, Sun Dawei meets Li Mei holding many things that she bought from the supermarket.<\/p>\n<p>  Dialogue One<\/p>\n<p>  l\u01d0\u3000 m&eacute;i\u3000 n\u01d0\u3000w&egrave;i\u3000sh&eacute;n\u3000 me\u3000m\u01cei\u3000le\u3000zh&egrave;\u3000me\u3000 du\u014d\u3000 d\u014dng\u3000xi<br \/>  \u674e\u3000\u6885\uff0c \u4f60\u3000\u4e3a\u3000\u3000\u4ec0\u3000\u3000\u4e48\u3000 \u4e70\u3000 \u4e86\u3000 \u8fd9\u3000 \u4e48\u3000\u3000\u591a\u3000\u3000\u4e1c\u3000 \u897f\uff1f<br \/>  Li Mei, why did you buy so many things?<br \/>  w&egrave;i\u3000 w\u01d2\u3000 de\u3000sh\u0113ng\u3000 ri\u3000 j&ugrave;\u3000 hu&igrave;\u3000zu&ograve;\u3000zh\u01d4n\u3000 b&egrave;i<br \/>  \u4e3a\u3000\u3000\u6211\u3000 \u7684\u3000\u3000\u751f\u3000\u3000\u65e5\u3000\u805a\u3000\u4f1a\u3000 \u505a\u3000\u3000\u51c6\u3000\u3000\u5907\u3002<br \/>  zh\u014du\u3000s&igrave;\u3000 n\u01d0\u3000n&eacute;ng\u3000 l&aacute;i\u3000c\u0101n\u3000ji\u0101\u3000w\u01d2\u3000de\u3000 sh\u0113ng\u3000ri\u3000 j&ugrave;\u3000 hu&igrave;\u3000ma<br \/>  \u5468\u3000\u3000\u56db\u3000\u4f60\u3000 \u80fd\u3000\u3000\u6765\u3000 \u53c2\u3000 \u52a0\u3000\u6211\u3000 \u7684\u3000\u3000\u751f\u3000\u3000\u65e5\u3000\u805a\u3000\u4f1a\u3000 \u5417\uff1f<br \/>  To prepare for my birthday. Could you come to my birthday party on Thursday?<br \/>  x&iacute;ng\u3000w\u01d2\u3000y&iacute;\u3000d&igrave;ng\u3000 l&aacute;i<br \/>  \u884c\uff0c\u3000\u6211\u3000\u4e00\u3000\u5b9a\u3000\u3000\u6765\u3002<br \/>  Sure.<br \/>  Dialogue Two<br \/>  h\u0113i\u3000l\u01d0\u3000m&eacute;i\u3000 zh&egrave;\u3000me\u3000qi\u01ceo<br \/>  \u563f\uff0c\u674e\u3000\u6885\uff0c\u3000\u8fd9\u3000\u4e48\u3000\u3000\u5de7\uff01<br \/>  Hi, Li Mei. What a coincidence.<br \/>  h\u0113i\u3000d&agrave;\u3000chu\u0101n\u3000sh&igrave;\u3000a\u3000zh\u0113n\u3000qi\u01ceo\u3000zh&egrave;\u3000 zh\u014du\u3000 s&igrave;\u3000n&eacute;ng\u3000 l&aacute;i<br \/>  \u563f\uff0c \u5927\u3000\u3000\u5ddd\u3002\u3000\u662f\u3000\u554a\uff01\u771f\u3000\u3000\u5de7\uff01\u3000\u8fd9\u3000\u3000\u5468\u3000\u3000\u56db\u3000 \u80fd\u3000\u3000\u6765<br \/>  c\u0101n\u3000 ji\u0101\u3000w\u01d2\u3000de\u3000 sh\u0113ng\u3000 ri\u3000 j&ugrave;\u3000hu&igrave;\u3000ma<br \/>  \u53c2\u3000\u3000\u52a0\u3000\u6211\u3000 \u7684\u3000\u3000\u751f\u3000\u3000\u65e5\u3000\u805a\u3000\u4f1a\u3000 \u5417\uff1f<br \/>  Hi, Dachuan. Yes, this is a coincidence. Could you come to my birthday party on Thursday?<br \/>  &egrave;n\u3000\u3000w\u01d2\u3000zh\u014du\u3000s&igrave;\u3000w\u01cen\u3000shang\u3000y\u01d2u\u3000k&egrave;\u3000b&ugrave; \u3000n&eacute;ng\u3000 q&ugrave;\u3000le<br \/>  \u55ef&hellip;&hellip; \u6211\u3000 \u5468\u3000\u3000\u56db\u3000\u665a\u3000\u3000 \u4e0a\u3000\u3000 \u6709\u3000 \u8bfe\uff0c\u4e0d\u3000\u3000\u80fd\u3000\u3000\u53bb\u3000\u4e86\u3002<br \/>  h&aacute;i\u3000sh&igrave;\u3000y&agrave;o\u3000 zh&ugrave;\u3000n\u01d0\u3000 sh\u0113ng\u3000 ri\u3000ku&agrave;i\u3000l&egrave;<br \/>  \u8fd8\u3000 \u662f\u3000 \u8981\u3000\u3000\u795d\u3000 \u4f60\u3000\u3000\u751f\u3000\u3000\u65e5\u3000\u5feb\u3000 \u4e50\uff01<br \/>  Oh I&#8217;m sorry, I&#8217;m busy! I have class this Thursday evening. Still, I wish you a happy birthday!<br \/>  m&eacute;i\u3000gu\u0101n\u3000 xi\u3000 xi&egrave;\u3000xie<br \/>  \u6ca1\u3000\u3000\u5173\u3000\u3000\u7cfb\u3002\u8c22\u3000 \u8c22\uff01<br \/>  No problem. Thanks\uff01<br \/>  Explanation of difficult points<\/p>\n<p>  1. \u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<br \/>  &quot;\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48&quot; (w&egrave;i sh&eacute;n me) means &quot;why&quot;. &quot;\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48&quot; is usually put at the beginning of a sentence. The sentence which begins with &quot;\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48&quot; can be ended with a question mark, it can also be ended with &quot;\u5462&quot; (ne)\uff0b &quot;\uff1f&quot; or &quot;\u5440&quot; (ya) \uff0b &quot;\uff1f&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>  2. \u8fd9\u5468\u56db\uff08\u4f60\uff09\u80fd\u6765\u53c2\u52a0&hellip;&hellip;<br \/>  In &quot;\u8fd9\u5468\u56db\uff08\u4f60omitted\uff09\u80fd\u6765\u53c2\u52a0&hellip;&hellip;&quot; [zh&egrave; zh\u014du s&igrave; (n\u01d0) n&eacute;ng l&aacute;i c\u0101n ji\u0101], the subject &quot;\u4f60&quot; (n\u01d0) is omitted because it is assumed. &quot;\u6765&quot; (l&aacute;i) can also be omitted, but it is added for emphasis to mean &quot;participate&quot; as opposed to simply &quot;coming to participate&quot;. 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