day 12messages & parcels
unit 2 · errands & getting helpmessages & parcels
Send and answer messages, track a parcel, and say “if … then” (要是……就……) and “otherwise” (否则).
today’s words
- 要是 yàoshi · if
- 否则 fǒuzé · otherwise, or else
- 短信 duǎnxìn · text message
- 发送 fāsòng · send
- 回复 huífù · reply
- 回信 huíxìn · write back; reply letter
- 信息 xìnxī · information; message
- 消息 xiāoxi · news (that you hear)
- 信号 xìnhào · signal
- 联系 liánxì · contact, get in touch
- 通 tōng · get through; open
- 通过 tōngguò · through, by means of; pass
- 提醒 tíxǐng · remind
- 及时 jíshí · in time, promptly
- 快递 kuàidì · express delivery, parcel
- 寄 jì · post, send by mail
- 地址 dìzhǐ · address
- 留 liú · leave, keep; stay
sentences
- 要是明天下雨,我们就不去了。 · If it rains tomorrow, we won’t go.
- 我们快走吧,否则要迟到了。 · Let’s hurry, or we’ll be late.
- 我给你发了短信,你收到了吗? · I sent you a text. Did you get it?
- 请把地址发给我,我给你寄书。 · Send me your address and I’ll post you some books.
- 这里信号不好,电话打不通。 · The signal’s bad here; I can’t get through.