An Evening of Romance and Laughter

About

June's colleagues had been so eager to set her up with Peter that she had resisted for over a month,

coming up first with this excuse and then that one before finally succumbing to at least one date. But

now that the two of them were alone together, she wondered why had she waited? He was handsome,

and funny and charming. Even the waiters, ever sensitive to the delicacy of unfolding love, had slowly

cleared the rest of the guests indoors, leaving the two of them alone on the candlelit terrace.

Learning Chinese? Our show today is at the more difficult end of our spectrum when it comes to lessons

for absolute beginners. In it, we cover a useful sentence pattern for telling other people how you feel

about them... or life in general. But if it is too difficult for you, don't worry. Just hop back to our lesson

archive for hundreds of even easier lessons for total beginners to the Chinese language.

Sentences

我觉得你很特别,非常特别。

wǒ juéde nǐ hěn tèbié , fēicháng tèbié 。

I think that you're very special... extremely special.

你不觉得我的笑声很烦人吗?

nǐ bù juéde wǒ de xiàoshēng hěn fánrén ma ?

You don't find the sound of my laughter aggravating?

不不不,很好听。

bù bù bù , hěn hǎotīng 。

Not at all! It's very pleasant.

可是别人都说很刺耳。

kěshì biérén dōu shuō hěn cì'ěr 。

But other people say it's irritating.

不不不不,那是他们没有幽默感,无聊,很无聊。

bù bù bù bù , nà shì tāmen méiyǒu yōumògǎn , wúliáo ,

hěn wúliáo 。

Vocabulary

觉得

juéde

to feel

verb

很

hěn

very

adverb

非常

fēicháng

unusually

adverb

笑声

xiàoshēng

laughter

noun

别人

biérén

other people

noun

特别

tèbié

special

adjective

烦人

fánrén

annoying

adjective

好听

hǎotīng

pleasant sounding

adjective

刺耳

cì'ěr

harsh sounding

adjective

幽默

yōumò

humorous

adjective