"In that case..."

[brownbat]

In Pimsleur, I recently encountered something like "Na ma" for "In that case." The syllables do not seem toned, or I can't really make out the tones, and I'm not sure what characters are used in this phrase. Internet searching wasn't very helpful, maybe this is not commonly used? Or maybe "in that case" and "na ma" are too ambiguous to easily refine a search. (Google translate gives me "在这种情况下" for "in that case.")

So here's a two line dialogue:

W: Xiàn zài bù hǎo. Wǒ xiǎng guǒ yī huǐ er.

现在不好。我想过一会儿。

M: Na ma, shénme shíhou?

那？，什么时候？

1) What character for "ma"? Surely it's not question word ma?

2) What tones for "na ma", both unstressed?

3) Is 那 correct?

4) Did I mess anything else up here? Is it "Nama" rather than "na ma"?

(More generally, I hit a wall in lesson 2-5 of Pimsleur, so I'm really breaking down the lesson line by line. Fun!)

[skylee]

那么 (simplified script). 么 is me (neutral tone) -> http://us1.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88

[renzhe]

过一会 should be guo4 yi1 huir4

And, like skylee said, it's 那么, pronounced na4 me. When spoken fast, it will sound like neme.

[chrix]

the 會 in 一會兒 in Taiwan is the third tone...

[brownbat]

Thank you.

It actually took me a few minutes to realize that "Then..." is a synonym for "In that case..."

Putting "Then" into Google Translate (which has gotten a lot better recently) goes right to:

那么

nà me

Google Translate provides this tonal recommendation for the other part:

guò yī huǐ er

Thanks for catching "guò" too, bonus points!

[Gingal]

W: Xiàn zài bù hǎo. Wǒ xiǎng guǒ yī huǐ er.

现在不好。我想过一会儿。

M: Na ma, shénme shíhou?

那？，什么时候？

1) What character for "ma"? Surely it's not question word ma?

only Na in taiwan speak "ㄋㄚˋ" , and in this sentence just like then.

2) What tones for "na ma", both unstressed?

3) Is 那 correct?

correct

4) Did I mess anything else up here? Is it "Nama" rather than "na ma"?

那=Na or ㄋㄚˋ

么=麼=Ma it ˙ㄇㄛ it sound like "mer"

么's traditional chinese is 麼.

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