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The usage of 会


xiaojiang216

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大家好~

会 can be used in many ways. For example:

你会武术吗?

--会

你会写中文吗?

--会

But... There is also another way to use it... 会 can also be used as "will", right?

Then is this sentence correct?

我明年的夏天会去中国!

I'm self-concious about this sentence... so I've been avoiding it... Instead, I have been saying... 我明年的夏天才能去中国! This has more of a "finally" kind of tone to it, but does it work?

Thank you all for your patience! :mrgreen:

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Hi,

Yes, you're right. 會 can mean 'be able to/can" or "will".

Then is this sentence correct?

我明年的夏天会去中国!

Yes, it's correct.我明年(的)夏天会去中国!

我明年的夏天才能去中国

literally meaning I will be able to go to China till next summer. When you use....才能....., it means you will be able to do something when some condition exists. For examples:

我要有空才能去. I will be able to go when I am free.

你不要一直講話, 我才能專心. If you don't talk nonstop, I can be able to focus.

如果你一直用功自學, 你才能越來越上手. If you keep self studying hard, you'll be able to get better hang of it.

* Compare:

如果你一直用功自學, 你會越來越上手. If you keep self studying hard, you will get better hang of it.

Hope it helps! :)

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我們的學校有一個從台灣來的留學生. 他常常教我台灣的口語...

我常常當他的翻譯者. 可是, 他的英文提高得很快! 所以對他來說, I'm not very important anymore... (怎麼說呢?)

可是, 我們是最好的朋友! :mrgreen:

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To me, it will be a bit dramatic and literary to say 對你而言 我已不再重要, compared with spoken Chinese. It will probably appear in a letter or in acting dialogues. Funny! If someone said that to me face to face, I might probably burst out laughing, thinking s/he is making a joke. Just a thought. :mrgreen:

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  • 3 weeks later...

if u know japanese, u'll know that 會 also meets to meet,

我會去會我的情人.( often said when u're asked what'll u be doing, and you wanna be funky, as this is a rather formal statement...often results in laughter,esp ur parents...if you donno what i'm saying, never mind ...)

back to business....我會去會我的情人 wo3 hui4 qu4 hui4 wo3 de qing2 ren2 i will go meet my lover, notice the 2 different usage for 會...cheers :mrgreen:

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