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Beginner Mandarin Chinese: "How About Having a Drink?" with eChineseLearning

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Channel: eChineseLearning · 2018 · Education

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Today, Teacher Ellie will show you how to discuss plans with others. 

Time word + 你有安排吗 (nǐ yǒu ānpái ma)?

This is the equivalent of saying: "Do you have any plans (at a certain time)?"

安排 (ānpái) = plan

After this, we follow with an invitation:

一起 (Yīqǐ) + do something + 怎么样 (zĕnmeyàng)

一起 (yīqǐ) = together

Yīqǐ kāi gè shìchăng huì zěnmeyàng?
一起开个市场会怎么样？
How about we have a marketing meeting together?
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A more casual way to ask whether someone is available before suggesting a plan is the following structure:

Time word + 你有事儿吗? (nǐ yǒu shì'r ma?)

Wănshang nǐ yǒu shì'r ma?
晚上你有事儿吗?
Do you have any plans tonight?

晚上 (wănshang) = evening 
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Chinese people tend to be more spontaneous and casual when making a plan than those in other countries. To give some flexibility, you will often hear Chinese people making plans with:

Dào shíhou liánxì.
到时候联系.
Let's get in touch then (to later fix an exact time or place).

联系 (liánxì) = to get in touch

We say this instead of confirming the exact time well ahead of the plan date.
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