Elementary | Are You Busy?

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Dialogue 1:23

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1:23 Dialogue 哪位？ nǎ wèi？ Who is it? 方老师，是我，李小文。 Fāng lǎoshī， shì wǒ， Lǐ Xiǎowén。 Mr. Fang, it's me, Li Xiaowen. 请进！ qǐng jìn！ Please, come in! 您现在忙吗？我想问您几个问题。 nín xiànzài máng ma？ wǒ xiǎng wèn nín jǐ ge wèntí。 Are you busy now? I'd like to ask you a few questions. 我现在有事儿。 wǒ xiànzài to be busy。 I'm busy now. 哦，那您什么时候方便？ ò， nà nín shénme shíhou fāngbiàn？ Oh, then, when would be a good time for you? 下午吧。你下午到办公室找我。 xiàwǔ ba。 nǐ xiàwǔ dào bàngōngshì zhǎo wǒ。 How about this afternoon? Come to my office this afternoon. 好的。谢谢您！ hǎo de。 xièxie nín！ OK. Thank you!

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那位？ 方老师，是我，李小文 请进 您现在忙吗？我想请您几个问题 我现在有事儿 哦哦，那您什么时候方便？ 下午吧，你下午到办公室找我 好的，谢谢您

[@andresbenavides1768]

I'm kind of lost in the line when the students says: 我想请您几个问题 or 我想问您几个问题

[@EdlizofChinesePod]

Hi @andresbenavides1768! The correct expression is "我想问您几个问题。" The word "请" (please) is typically used when requesting someone to do something, while "问" (ask) specifically refers to the act of asking questions. Therefore, "I would like to ask you a few questions" (我想问您几个问题) sounds more natural. Saying "I would like to please you a few questions" (directly translated as "我想请您几个问题") is uncommon and doesn't follow typical grammatical structure. "问" is the more appropriate verb here.

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@@EdlizofChinesePod Thank you for taking the time and respond. 谢谢

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[@MindsetSAMR]

是谁这样哪位？

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Hi @MindsetSAMR! Greetings from ChinesePod, this is Edliz. For this Elementary lesson, "Are You Busy", the hosts are Jenny and Ken. I hope you learned a lot from this lesson.

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Thank you so much! It’s so nice learn on this way, 对 🥹

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