In episode 15, I talk about how you might be misunderstanding your own forgetfulness. Meanwhile, Ah-Ming (阿明) and Xiao-Li (小李) fight over who's going to pick up the check.
Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters only)
- Ah-Ming (M)：你吃飽了嗎？
- Xiao Li (L)：吃好飽！
- M：不好意思，我們要買單！
- Waiter (F)：好的，這樣五百八
- M：好，來
- L：等一下！你要請我嗎？
- M：對啊，你剛來台灣，當然要請你啊
- L：不行，上次你請我，這一次換我請你啦！
- M：不要啦！我請你就好，等我去美國你再請我
- L：很不好意思
- M：不用不好意思！你來我的地盤，當然我請你啊
- L：那好吧...
- M：不好意思，這裡一千，麻煩你
- F：收你一千，請稍等一下... 好，找你四百二！
- M：好， 謝謝！
Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation)
- Ah-Ming (M)：你吃飽了嗎？
- Nǐ chī bǎole ma?
- Are you full?
- Xiao Li (L)：吃好飽！
- M：不好意思，我們要買單！
- Bù hǎoyìsi, wǒmen yāo mǎidān!
- Excuse me, we'll take the check!
- Waiter (F)：好的，這樣五百八
- Hǎo de, zhèyàng wǔbǎi bā
- Ok, that'll be five hundred eighty.
- M：好，來
- L：等一下！你要請我嗎？
- Děng yīxià! Nǐ yàoqǐng wǒ ma?
- Wait a sec! You're going to treat me?
- M：對啊，你剛來台灣，當然要請你啊
- Duì a, nǐ gāng lái táiwān, dāngrán yàoqǐng nǐ a
- Yeah, you just came to Taiwan, of course I'm treating you.
- L：不行，上次你請我，這一次換我請你啦！
- Bùxíng, shàng cì nǐ qǐng wǒ, zhè yīcì huàn wǒ qǐng nǐ la!
- No way, you treated me last time, this time it's my turn to treat you!
- M：不要啦！我請你就好，等我去美國你再請我
- Bùyào la! Wǒ qǐng nǐ jiù hǎo, děng wǒ qù měiguó nǐ zài qǐng wǒ
- Nah! I'll treat you and that's it. Wait till I go to the US, then you can treat me.
- L：很不好意思
- Hěn bù hǎoyìsi
- I feel really bad.
- M：不用不好意思！你來我的地盤，當然我請你啊
- Bùyòng bù hǎoyìsi! Nǐ lái wǒ dì dìpán, dāngrán wǒ qǐng nǐ a.
- Don't feel bad! You come to my turf, of course I'm gonna treat you.
- L：那好吧...
- Nà hǎo ba...
- Well, alright...
- M：不好意思，這裡一千，麻煩你
- Bù hǎoyìsi, zhèlǐ yīqiān, máfan nǐ
- Excuse me, here's a thousand, sorry to trouble you.
- F：收你一千，請稍等一下... 好，找你四百二！
- Shōu nǐ yīqiān, qǐng shāo děng yīxià... Hǎo, zhǎo nǐ sìbǎi èr!
- Receive your thousand, please wait a moment... Ok, your change: four hundred twenty.
- M：好， 謝謝！
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