Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

Expressing apologies, regrets, sympathy, and bad news

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e. A: ________Ⱦᱥᡇ⋗䈪␻ᾐȾ

________Ⱦᱥᡇ⋈䃠␻ᾐȾ

________. Shì wi méi shud qcngchu.

________. It is I who didn’t speak clearly.

B: ⋗ީ㌱Ⱦមម䈪Ⱦ

⋈䰒׸Ⱦមម䃠Ⱦ

Méi guanxi. Mànmàn shud.

It’s all right. Take your time.

➪ 63.1.1–63.1.3

2 Provide an expression of sympathy to comfort your friend when he tells you
his bad news.
a. ᡇᱞཟࡐҦⲺᆍޮθԀཟቧјҼȾ
ᡇᱞཟ࢑䋭ⲺᆍޮθԀཟቧѕҼȾ
Wi zuótian gang mfi de zìdifn, jcntian jiù die le.
The dictionary that I bought only yesterday, I lost it today.
(Today I lost the dictionary that I just bought yesterday.)
b. ᡇօҼॷࠖཟॱ䲘θᱞཟ࠰ࡐ䲘Ⱦ
ᡇօҼॷᒴཟ䟡䲘θᱞཟ࠰࢑䲘Ⱦ
Wi zhù le shí jh tian ycyuàn, zuótian gang cheyuàn.
I was hospitalized for more than ten days and was only released yesterday.
c. ᡇ䘏⅗㘹䈋㘹ᗍᖾуླȾ
ᡇ䙏⅗㘹䂜㘹ᗍᖾуླȾ
Wi zhè cì kfoshì kfo de hgn bù hfo.
I did really poorly on this exam.
d. 䘏Ѡᇔ僂ᖾуᡆࣕȾ
䙏فሜ傍ᖾуᡆࣕȾ
Zhège shíyàn hgn bù chénggdng.
This experiment has not been successful.
e. ੢䈪㘷⧁Ⲻᆟᆆ⋗ᴿ㘹рཝᆜȾ
㚳䃠㘷⧁Ⲻᆟᆆ⋈ᴿ㘹рཝᆮȾ
Tcngshud lfo Wáng de háizi méi yiu kfoshàng dàxué.
I’ve heard that Lao Wang’s child did not pass the college entrance
examination.
f. ᡇᴶ䘇འᘏȾ䓡։ҕуའ㡈ᵃȾ
ᡇᴶ䘇འᘏȾ䓡儊ҕуའ㡈ᵃȾ
Wi zuì jìn tài máng. Shbnth yg bù tài shefu.
I have been really busy lately, and my health has not been too good.
➪ 63.2