LEARN + CHINESE / 157 of 300 HSK 4
You Carry On 你X你的吧
Your friend is trying to finish a report while you keep asking questions. They tell you to carry on with your own work. These conversational frames can also challenge an exaggerated claim or remind someone, with some frustration, that they were told what to do.
你忙你的吧，我自己能把桌子搬过去。
nǐ máng nǐ de ba, wǒ zìjǐ néng bǎ zhuōzi bān guòqù.
You carry on with your work; I can move the table myself.
还专家呢，这么简单的问题都答不上来。
hái zhuānjiā ne, zhème jiǎndān de wèntí dōu dá bu shànglái.
Some expert he is—he can’t even answer such a simple question.
叫你早点儿出门你就不听，现在赶不上车了吧？
jiào nǐ zǎodiǎnr chūmén nǐ jiù bù tīng, xiànzài gǎn bu shàng chē le ba?
I told you to leave early, but you wouldn’t listen. Now you’re going to miss the bus, aren’t you?
让你带伞你就不带，淋湿了吧？
ràng nǐ dài sǎn nǐ jiù bú dài, línshī le ba?
I told you to bring an umbrella, but you didn’t. You got soaked, didn’t you?
Hint · 힌트
你做你的吧 tells someone to continue with their own task. 还X呢 often sounds sarcastic when the speaker doubts the claim; 叫/让你X你就…… recalls advice or an instruction the listener ignored.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
máng | busy |
zìjǐ | oneself |
zhuōzi | table |
bān guòqù | to move over there |
zhuānjiā | expert |
jiǎndān | simple |
wèntí | question; problem |
dá bu shànglái | unable to answer |
zǎodiǎnr | a little earlier |
chūmén | to leave home |
tīng | to listen |
gǎn bu shàng | to be too late for; miss |
chē | vehicle; bus |
dài sǎn | to bring an umbrella |
línshī | to get soaked |
hái X ne | some X (said skeptically) |
nǐ X nǐ de ba | you carry on with your own X |
jiào nǐ X nǐ jiù…… | I told you to X, but you… |
ràng | to tell; let |
ba | softening particle |
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