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🎙️1️⃣4️⃣Still Awake So Late? – Talking About Surprise and Reason in Chinese

🎙️1️⃣4️⃣Still Awake So Late? – Talking About Surprise and Reason in Chinese

Update: 2025-11-05
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It’s late at night, and my colleague just texted me — ‘You still awake?’ 😅 In this episode, we’ll learn how to express surprise with 这么 and 那么, talk about things you haven’t done yet with 还没, and explain reasons using 因为…所以…. 🌙📱

我看了看时间,已经十一点了。我回她:“你还没睡啊?这么晚!”她说:“对啊,因为我刚刚在做工作。”我笑着说:“那早点儿休息吧,明天见!”

Wǒ kàn le kan shí jiān, yǐ jīng shí yī diǎn le.Wǒ huí tā: “Nǐ hái méi shuì a? Zhème wǎn!”Tā shuō: “Duì a, yīn wèi wǒ gāng gāng zài zuò gōng zuò.”Wǒ xiào zhe shuō: “Nà zǎo diǎnr xiū xi ba, míng tiān jiàn!”

(I looked at the time — it was already 11 p.m.I replied, “You haven’t gone to bed yet? So late!”She said, “Yeah, because I was just working.”I smiled and said, “Then rest early, see you tomorrow!”)

  • 这么 / 那么 — so / that (much)

  • 还没 — not yet

  • 因为…所以… — because… so…

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🎙️1️⃣4️⃣Still Awake So Late? – Talking About Surprise and Reason in Chinese

🎙️1️⃣4️⃣Still Awake So Late? – Talking About Surprise and Reason in Chinese

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