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Shortening “I would like”

Shortening “I would like”

From the course: Essential Mandarin in Two Hours with Paul Noble

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Shortening “I would like”

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(Paul) Now, actually, when you say, "I would like to go" in Chinese or "I would like to eat," you can use a shortened version of "I would like" if you want to. Again, what is "I would like"? (Kai-Ti) «Wǒ xiǎng yào.» (Ze Shen) «Wǒ xiǎng yào.» (Paul) Now, this literally means "I think to want." The... (Kai-Ti) «wǒ xiǎng» (Paul) ...bit means "I think." And the... (Kai-Ti) «yào» (Paul) ...bit means "to want." And this is how Chinese speakers express the idea "I would like." Now, as I mentioned a moment ago, when you said "I would like to go" in Chinese or "I would like to eat," you can use a shortened version of "I would like" if you want to. So again just one more time, what is "I would like" in Chinese, literally, "I think to want"? What is "I would like"? (Kai-Ti) «Wǒ xiǎng yào.» (Ze Shen) «Wǒ xiǎng yào.» (Paul) So what would be just "I think"? (Kai-Ti) «Wǒ xiǎng.» (Ze Shen) «Wǒ xiǎng.» (Paul) So "I would like" is "I think to want", which is... (Kai-Ti) «Wǒ xiǎng yào.» (Ze Shen) «Wǒ…

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