🎙️9️⃣1️⃣ – Maybe / Perhaps / It’s possible that (说不定 shuō bù dìng)
Chinese Bites — with Jianying | HSK3️⃣Show Notes
This morning I saw the sky was cloudy and thought, “Maybe it’s going to rain later.” Turns out I was right! Let’s learn how to say “maybe / perhaps / it’s possible that” in Chinese. 说不定 (shuō bù dìng) Hello，大家好，我是Janine。 Hello, dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Janine.Hello everyone, I’m Janine.
今天早上我出门的时候，看到天有点儿阴。 Jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ chūmén de shíhou, kàn dào tiān yǒu diǎnr yīn.This morning when I went out, the sky was a bit cloudy.
我心想：说不定一会儿要下雨。 Wǒ xīn xiǎng: shuō bù dìng yíhuìr yào xià yǔ.I thought, “Maybe it’s going to rain later.”
所以我赶紧带了一把伞。 Suǒyǐ wǒ gǎnjǐn dài le yì bǎ sǎn.So I quickly grabbed an umbrella.
结果下午真的下雨了，我还挺庆幸的！ Jiéguǒ xiàwǔ zhēn de xià yǔ le, wǒ hái tǐng qìngxìng de!And in the afternoon, it really did rain — I was so glad I brought it!
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