我一会儿还有事 得先走
“I have things to do. I need to leave now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
董事长
“Chairman.”
我 一会儿 还有事 得 先走
“I have things to do. I need to leave now.”
一会儿有事你要先走
“You have to leave now?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Leaving a social or business engagement before a superior requires offering a polite, vague excuse such as having errands, preventing offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a little while; shortly
Extremely frequent Northern Chinese spoken marker indicating an action happening soon.
have to leave first
A polite, standard social formula used when excusing oneself before others.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have something to do. I'll go first.”
“I have matters to attend to, I'll take my leave.”
“I have things to do. I'm leaving.”
“Are you two going anywhere else? We can give you a ride.”
“♪ Lighting up this moment ♪ I was worried you might need something, so I waited for a bit.”
“I'm going out for a while.”
“I need to stay a while longer.”
“What I'm about to say might be presumptuous,”
“I need to be somewhere else. I'll get going. Alright.”
“I have some things to do. I must go now. Don't.”