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<li><span class="speaker">A:</span> 太 贵 了！<span class="pinyin"> Tài guì le !</span><span class="trans">That's too expensive. </span></li> | <li><span class="speaker">A:</span> 太 贵 了！<span class="pinyin"> Tài guì le !</span><span class="trans">That's too expensive. </span></li> | ||
<li><span class="speaker">B:</span> 好 <em>吧</em>, 我 再 看看 别的。<span class="pinyin"> Hǎo <em> ba </em>, wǒ zài kànkan biéde .</span><span class="trans">. All right, I'll take a look at something else </span></li> | <li><span class="speaker">B:</span> 好 <em>吧</em>, 我 再 看看 别的。<span class="pinyin"> Hǎo <em> ba </em>, wǒ zài kànkan biéde .</span><span class="trans">. All right, I'll take a look at something else </span></li> | ||
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| + | <li><span class="speaker">A:</span> 你看 这样 可以 吗？<span class="pinyin"> Zhèyàng kěyǐ ma? </span><span class="trans"> You think this is OK? </span></li> | ||
| + | <li><span class="speaker">B:</span> 行 <em>吧</em>, 我们 的 时间 不多 了。<span class="pinyin"> Xíng <em> ba </em>, wǒmen de shíjiān bù duō le.</span><span class="trans">.Yeah, we don't have a lot of time left.</span></li> | ||
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| + | <div class="liju"> | ||
| + | <ul class="dialog"> | ||
| + | <li><span class="speaker">A:</span> 你看 这样 可以 吗？<span class="pinyin"> Zhèyàng kěyǐ ma? </span><span class="trans"> You think this is OK? </span></li> | ||
| + | <li><span class="speaker">B:</span> 行 <em>吧</em>, 我们 的 时间 不多 了。<span class="pinyin"> Xíng <em> ba </em>, wǒmen de shíjiān bù duō le.</span><span class="trans">.Yeah, we don't have a lot of time left.</span></li> | ||
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The particle 吧 (ba) can also be used to concede a point. That is, 吧 (ba) can be used to accept or agree with something that you're not particularly happy about, the way we might use "all right" or "fine then" in English.
Structure
Similar to other uses of 吧 (ba), this usage is also simply placed on the end of a sentence or statement.
Statement + 吧
Examples
- A: 太 贵 了！That's too expensive.
- B: 好 吧, 我 再 看看 别的。. All right, I'll take a look at something else
- A: 你看 这样 可以 吗？ You think this is OK?
- B: 行 吧, 我们 的 时间 不多 了。.Yeah, we don't have a lot of time left.
- A: 你看 这样 可以 吗？ You think this is OK?
- B: 行 吧, 我们 的 时间 不多 了。.Yeah, we don't have a lot of time left.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级) →buy
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate (汉语口语速成提高篇) (pp. 52-3)
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (p.98) →buy
- Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (p. 55) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (p. 246) →buy
