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Beginner Chinese: "Let's go to Paris!" with eChineseLearning

1,409 views · Published 6 September 2017 · 5:12 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: eChineseLearning · 2017 · Education

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吧 (ba) is a particle word that can be used to indicate suggestions and suppositions. 

However, in today's lesson, we will learn how to use 吧 (ba) to make a suggestion. The most commonly used sentence structure is:

subject + to do something + 吧 (ba)
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In Chinese, if you want to make your point be known in the form of a suggestions ("Shall we?") rather than a direct command, you can use 吧 (ba) to soften the tone. 

我们去巴黎吧!
Wǒmen qù bālí ba!
Let's go to Paris!

我们喝 Gin & Tonic 吧!
Wǒmen hē Gin & Tonic ba!
Let's drink Gin & Tonic!

In spoken Chinese, the "subject" in this structure can be omitted.
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Another encouraging and upbeat Mandarin Chinese lesson is to tell your friends, instead of "Let's do it..", you can cheer "You can do it...". You can watch the full lesson on this with us HERE: https://goo.gl/uVzkHY
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