Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)
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ID: QW0018
Intermediate
You may recognize 还是 (háishi) from its other claim to fame: 'or', but today we explore another side of 还是 (háishi)... Listen in and master it too!
Ken, Connie, Amber
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我想吃快餐好不好
wǒ 我xiǎng 想chī 吃kuàicān 快餐hǎo 好bù hǎo 不好
I want to eat fast food. How about it?
我想我们还是去吃意大利菜吧
wǒ 我xiǎng 想wǒmen 我们háishì 还是qù 去chī 吃Yìdàlì 意大利cài 菜ba 吧
I think I had better eat Italian instead
我们同意我们陪你去
wǒmen 我们tóngyì 同意wǒmen 我们péi 陪nǐ 你qù 去
We agree. We'll come with you.
这么晚了他可能不会回来了你还是回去吧
zhème 这么wǎn 晚le 了tā 他kěnéng 可能bùhuì 不会huílai 回来le 了nǐ 你háishì 还是huíqu 回去ba 吧
It's so late now, he might not be able to come back. You had better go back!
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