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62 Invitations, requests, and refusals
1 a. ླȾHfo. Okay. b. ਥԛȾKgyh. I can. c. ֖འᇘ≊Ⱦ/֖འᇘ≙ȾNh tài kèqi.
You are too polite. d. ਥԛȾKgyh. I can. e. ླȾHfo. Okay.
2 a. ֖འᇘ≊ҼȾ/֖འᇘ≙ҼȾNh tài kèqi le. You are too polite.
b. у㾷ᇘ≊Ⱦ/у㾷ᇘ≙ȾBù yào kèqi. Don’t be polite. (That’s not necessary.)
c. ᡇ䈋䈋ⵁȾ/ᡇ䂜䂜ⵁȾWi shì shì kàn. I’ll see what I can do.
d. ᚆᙋᡇའᘏȾKingpà wi tài máng. I’m afraid I’m too busy.
e. ⧦൞ᴿж⛯уᯯȾ
⨴൞ᴿж唔уᯯȾ
Xiànzài yiu ycdifn bù fangbiàn.
It’s a little inconvenient right now.
f. ᡇᚆᙋᑤуҼ֖ⲺᘏȾ
ᡇᚆᙋᒡуҼ֖ⲺᘏȾ
Wi kingpà bangbùlifo nh de máng.
I am afraid I am unable to help you.
3 a. ሯу䎭θᡇуৱҜᓍȾ
ቃу䎭θᡇуৱᴮᓍȾ
Duìbuqh, wi bù qù shediàn.
b. уླᝅᙓθᡇᐨ㔅ᴿࡡⲺᆿᧈҼȾ
уླᝅᙓθᡇᐨ㏉ᴿ࡛ⲺᆿᧈҼȾ
Bùhfoyìsi, wi yhjing yiu bié de anpái le.
c. ሯу䎭θᡇ⧦൞ᗍৱр䈴Ⱦ
ቃу䎭θᡇ⨴൞ᗍৱр䃨Ⱦ
Duìbuqh, wi xiànzài dgi qù shàngkè.
d. ሯу䎭θᡇԀཟ⋗ᴿᰬ䰪Ⱦ
ቃу䎭θᡇԀཟ⋈ᴿᱸ䯉Ⱦ
Duìbuqh, wi jcngtian méiyiu shíjian.
e. ሯу䎭θᡇ⧦൞ᗍৱᔶՐȾ
ቃу䎭θᡇ⨴൞ᗍৱ䯁ᴹȾ
Duìbuqh, wi xiànzài dgi qù kai huì.
f. ᡇⲺ⭫䈓අҼȾ
ᡇⲺ䴱䂧༔ҼȾ
Wi de diànhuà huài le.
4 Abby: 䇿Ԍ֖у⅘⌦ള㨒Ⱦ/䁪Ԍ֖у↗⌦ു㨒Ⱦ
Gàosù ta nh bù xhhuan Tàiguó cài.
Cathy: ቧ䈪֖ᴶ䘇ᖾᘏθᚆᙋ⋗ᴿᰬ䰪Ⱦ/ቧ䃠֖ᴶ䘇ᖾᘏθᚆᙋ⋈ᴿᱸ䯉Ⱦ
Jiù shud nh zuì jìn hgn máng, kingpà méi yiu shíjian.
Emily: 䈪֖Ր㘹㲇㘹㲇Ⱦ䈪֖⧦൞уᯯ䈪䈓Ⱦ
䃠֖ᴹ㘹ឤ㘹ឤȾ䃠֖⨴൞уᯯ䃠䂧Ⱦ
Shud nh huì kfoll kfoll. Shud nh xiànzài bù fangbiàn shud huà.
You: