Staying at home? Learn Chinese – 4

Today’s lesson will cover some useful phrases that you can use if you meet a friend after many days of not seeing him/her, because of self-imposed social distancing or because of a lockdown.

Lesson 4 ບົດຮຽນທີ4

ສະບາຍດີ

你好！ Listen here:

Recall from previous lessons: how do you say ສະບາຍດີ in Chinese to an older person?

ບໍ່ໄດ້ພົບດົນນານແລ້ວ ຄິດຮອດເຈົ້າຫຼາຍ

好久没见面了，很想念你。Listen here:

For “好久” (hao3 jiu3), it can be broken up into its two words to understand its meaning better. “好” (hao3) means ‘good’, whereas “久” (jiu3) means ‘a long time’. So, literally the meaning of “好久” (hao3 jiu3) is ‘a good length of time’. You can also achieve the same meaning by saying “很久” (hen2 jiu3) which also means ‘very long time’ Listen here:

ຫວ່າງມໍ່ນີ້, ເຈົ້າສະບາຍດີບໍ່?

近来，你的身体好吗？  Listen here:

ດີຫຼາຍ, ຂອບໃຈ. ເຈົ້າເດ?

 很好，谢谢。你呢？Listen here:

ດີຄືກັດ, ຂອບໃຈ.

同样好，谢谢。Listen here:

ຮັບສາສູຂະພາບດີດີເນີ.

多多保重Listen here:

ພົບກັນໃໝ່

再见Listen here:

Question: In your opinion, which of the above Chinese phrases is the most useful during this period?

Feedback needed: what do you want to learn next? How can these lessons be improved?