你周末有时间吗 周末
“Are you free this weekend? This weekend?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
时间不早了 那我就先回去了 小白 拜拜
“It's getting late. I'll head back. Bye-bye, Ivory.”
你 周末 有时间吗 周末
“Are you free this weekend? This weekend?”
好像没有
“I don't think so.”
“I'd really like to see you this weekend if you're free.”
Rather than proposing an activity outright, Chinese speakers usually ask 'Are you free?' first to give the other party an easy, face-saving way to decline without rejecting the activity itself.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
are you free?; do you have time?
The standard, polite conversational opener to check availability before extending an invitation or making a request.
Turns the statement into a standard yes/no question.