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Thread: <Try> Chinese Class: Greeting
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[quote=MAY001,38925] In northern China, many prefer another expression when greeting each other. 吃了吗?(Chi 1 Le Ma 1)or 你吃了吗?(Ni 3 Chi 1 Le Ma 1)means 'Have you eaten?' 吃 means 'eat',了 is an auxiliary word,used after the verb or adj. to indicate completion. Usually, we don't accentuate 了. You don't need to answer 'yes' or 'no' seriously. That's just a kind of greeting. Mostly I will answer 吃了 (Chi 1 Le). e.g.: Sam: 你吃了吗? May:吃了,你呢?(Ni 3 Ne 1,means How about you) [/quote]
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