Newbie - Getting Off the Metro

(A1251)

A:

下车吗？

xi `ach ¯e ma?

Getting off (the train/bus/metro/vehicle)?

B:

不下。

b`u xi `a.

Nope.

A:

你要下车吗？

nˇı y`ao xi `ach ¯e ma?

Are you getting off?

C:

我不下车。

w ˇo b`u xi `ach ¯e.

No, I’m not getting off (the train/bus/metro/vehicle).

A:

对不起，我要下车。

du`ıbuqˇı, w ˇo y`ao xi `ach ¯e.

Excuse me, I want to get off the metro (train/bus/vehicle).

Key Vocabulary

下车

xi `ach ¯e

to get off or out of a car

/ vehicle / metro car

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吗

ma

interrogative particle

不

b`u

not

你

nˇı

you

要

y`ao

to want

我

w ˇo

I

对不起

du`ıbuqˇı

Sorry!

Supplementary Vocabulary

上车

sh `angch ¯e

to board or get into a

car or vehicle

停车

t´ıngch ¯e

to park (a car)

让一下

r `ang y¯ıxi `a

make way, get out of

the way

坐地铁

zu `o d`ıti ˇe

to take the metro (sub-

way)

坐公交车

zu `o g ¯ongji ¯ao-
ch ¯e

to take the bus

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