How to disagree when someone says 没关系 or 没有意思?

xiaophil

May 27, 2010, 01:43 AM posted in I Have a Question

Hi everybody,

I have found a few situations where I am not sure how to reply to 没关系 and 没意思.

For example:

没关系的 (It's no problem)

I can't simply say 有关系的, right? What is the simplest, most natural and direct way to say "It is a problem"?

做这样没意思 (Doing it this way is pointless)

Can I simply say 有意思 if I disagree? I feel that it isn't appropriate here, but am not sure. What's the natural way to say it?

Thanks!

bodawei

May 27, 2010, 02:34 AM

有问题。。(if there is a problem)

不同意。。 (if you disagree with something)

xiaophil

Thanks Bodawei,

I have used 有问题 before, but never 不同意, although it seems obvious now. I think I said 不对 in the past. Are these suggestions from your experience, or where you specifically taught them?

By the way, I would be interested in seeing any comment you might write in my current 中文吧. Only if you have the time and inclination of course.

bodawei

Both terms are from experience talking with/listening to native speakers - 不同意! can be used quite forcefully in an argument. The tones butóngyì lend themselves to emphasis, hey? :)

有问题 and 没有问题 are high frequency - actually just 没问题 where the mei becomes m.. it sounds like 'mwenti'.

I'll look at 中文吧 later; should be working. :-(

suansuanru

May 28, 2010, 09:06 AM

disagree with 没关系

语气从轻到重：

不会吧/不是吧

真的吗（imply真的没关系吗？）

怎么没关系？（if there is a problem）

pointless应该是“没意义”吧。

if you disagree with pointless,you can say:

我（并）不这样认为/我觉得是有意义的。

bodawei

Hi suansuanru

Thanks for this - useful stuff. I can see that my suggestions are rather crude by comparison.