吧 (ba) and 要不 (yào bù)
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ID: QW0370
Intermediate
Our show today will feature two questions; the usages of two words, 吧 and 要不. Even though these words look simple it is harder than it appears! Thanks to aprillardie and applejan9 for their great questions. We are looking forward to more questions to come from our poddies.
Jenny,David,Ryan
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吧
ba 吧
(indicates suggestion, softens tone, expresses agreement, "I guess", pausing in a sentence, list an example)
把你的意见说给我听听吧
bǎ 把nǐde 你的yìjiàn 意见shuō 说gěi 给wǒ 我tīngting 听听ba 吧
Why don't you tell me your suggestion?
你负责做饭我负责吃吧
nǐ 你fùzé 负责zuòfàn 做饭wǒ 我fùzé 负责chī 吃ba 吧
You are responsible for cooking the food, and I'm responsible for eating it.
说了好几遍你现在应该同意了吧
shuōle 说了hǎojǐ 好几biàn 遍nǐ 你xiànzài 现在yīnggāi 应该tóngyì le 同意了ba 吧
We've said it so many times. You should agree now, right?
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