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Y: Cam, today I'm to teach you a few more popular ways of saying goodbye. Are you excited?

Cam: Yeah, We learned a few last time… and there are other ways to say goodbye?

Y: Absolutely!. Now let’s check Key words of the day!

Key words of the day

Today we'll learn a few more popular expressions of saying goodbye.?

Wo Zou le／Da rao le.

Na li, nin man zou.／Yi hou zai la.All in today's Chinese Studio.?

Y: Wo zou le means I'm going to leave. You remember. Wo. wo, I. zou, to go. Now please follow me to the pronunciation of Le.

Cam: Le.

Y: Le maybe a little difficult for you guys ,so let's learn more about it.? We'll first learn the most common usage of the le. Le is used after a verb to indicate the completion of a real or expected action. Here, Le indicates that you've finished visiting your friends. Wo zou le.

Cam:wǒ zǒu le

Y: If you want to show sincere thanks to your friend, you may add Da rao le to Wo zou le. Da rao le means interruption or disturbance. However, here it does not really means you’ve disturbed your friends. Instead you are just expressing your thanks to them. Is it same in your country?

Cam: Sort of.In the west, we will often apologize for troubling someone as a way of saying thank you.But it is not that common anymore.Mostly, we say sorry for disturbing you if we have actually disturbed them!

Cam: Yajie, what's the response to Dǎráo le, wǒ zǒu le.

Y: The reply should be Na li, Nin man zou. Na li originally means where. Here, it means it's nothing, no problem. And this is the reply to your thanks. Usually the Chinese people would repeat by saying Na li na li.

Cam:nǎli nǎli.

Nin, you. We learnt this last week. Nin is the polite form of saying Ni . Man zou, walk slowly, or take care on your way back home. The pronunciation of Man is similar to that of the English word “man”, the fourth tone. Zou, to walk.

Key Words Reminder:

Wo zou le.

Da rao le, wo zou le.

Na li, nin man zou

Y: Some Chinese may also say Yi hou zai lai a.This means do visit us again in the future.Yi hou, in the future.Zai, again. Lai, to come back. Yi hou zai lai a .

Cam:Yi hou zai lai a .This reflects the hospitality of the Chinese. Ok, we may call it a day. Well everyone, you can win a CRI gift by answering the question of the day: What’s the reply to wǒ zǒu le ? Please make a sentence in pinyin, or English if you like. Well, yajie, it seems that we have a little problem with our original e-mail address, so will you tell our listeners what the new one is?

Key Words and Sentences in Chinese and Pin Yin

1.  Wo zou le.    I'm going to leave.

2.  Da rao le, wo zou le. Sorry for disturbing you. I'm going to leave

3. Na li , nin man zou . It's nothing. Take care (on your way back home).

4. Yi hou zai la a . Do visit us again.

5.  Na   li  na  li. It's nothing. No problem.

 

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