Invitations, requests, and refusals223d. ֖㜳у㜳ᑤᡇҦњᕖ⭫ᖧ車ϋ(inability – don’t have time to go to
the ticket office)
֖㜳у㜳ᒡᡇ䋭ޟᕫ䴱ᖧ車ϋ
Nh néng bu néng bang wi mfi lifng zhang diànyhng piào?
Can you help me buy two movie tickets?
e. ᡇᴿࠖѠ䰤从θ㾷ੇᛞ䈭ᮏȾ(time conflict – have to attend a meeting)
ᡇᴿᒴفஅ亂θ㾷ੇᛞ䄁ᮏȾ
Wi yiu jh gè wèntí, yào xiàng nín qhngjiào.
I have a few questions that I’d like to ask you.
f. ᡇਥԛٕ⭞жсᛞⲺ⭫䈓੍ϋ(inability – phone is broken)
ᡇਥԛٕ⭞жсᛞⲺ䴱䂧ఄϋ
Wi kgyh jièyòng ycxià nín de diànhuà ma?
Can I borrow your phone for a minute?
➪ 62.34 Kelly is having coffee with her girlfriends when she receives a text message
from a man she met the other day asking her to dinner at a Thai restaurant
next week. She does not want to go and she is asking her friends for advice
on how to turn him down. Translate her girlfriends’ suggestions:
Abby: Tell him you don’t like Thai food.
#ATHY *UST SAY YOUVE BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY SO YOU ARE AFRAID YOU DONT HAVE TIME
Emily: Say you’ll think about it and that it’s a little inconvenient to talk right now.
Imagine you are one of Kelly’s girlfriends. What suggestion would you give her?