搭 - dā - to take (a plane, a bus, a train, etc.)
差不多 - chàbùduō - more or less / approximately
出發 - chūfā - to depart
馬上 - mǎshàng - immediately
只 - zhǐ - only / merely
- A:你可以幫我叫計程車嗎?我要去機場了。
- Nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ jiào jìchéngchē ma? Wǒ yào qù jīchǎngle.
- Can you help me call a taxi? I'm going to the airport.
- B:你搭幾點的飛機?
- Nǐ dā jǐ diǎn de fēijī?
- What time is your flight?
- A:兩點半起飛,所以我差不多要出發了
- Liǎng diǎn bàn qǐfēi, suǒyǐ wǒ chàbùduō yào chūfāle
- It takes off at two-thirty, so I'd better set out right about now.
- B:好啊,我馬上來叫。話說,你要去德國多久?
- Hǎo a, wǒ mǎshàng lái jiào. Huàshuō, nǐ yào qù déguó duōjiǔ?
- Ok, I'll call right away. By the way, how long are you going to Germany for?
- A:三個月,我要上戲劇課程
- Sān gè yuè, wǒ yào shàng xìjù kèchéng
- Three months. I'm taking a theater class.
- B:酷!課程是用英文教的嗎?
- Kù! Kèchéng shì yòng yīngwénjiāo de ma?
- Cool! Is the class taught using English?
- A:好像是用德文教
- Hǎoxiàng shì yòng dé wén jiāo
- It seems it's taught using German.
- B:你會說德文?!
- Nǐ huì shuō dé wén?!
- You can speak German?!
- A:會啊,簡單的
- Huì a, jiǎndān de
- I can, simple (German).
- B:怎麼可能?你是美國人啊!美國人不是只會說英文嗎?
- Zěnme kěnéng? Nǐ shì měiguó rén a! Měiguó rén bùshì zhǐ huì shuō yīngwén ma?
- How is that possible? You're American! Don't Americans only speak English?*
- *Note: This phrase has the sense of "don't you know that Americans only speak English?"
- A:傻眼,我們現在在講英文嗎?
- Shǎyǎn, wǒmen xiànzài zài jiǎng yīngwén ma?
- What the hell... are we speaking English now?
- B:也是... 那你就不是美國人吧
- Yěshì... Nà nǐ jiù bùshì měiguó rén ba
- True... Then I guess you're just not an American.
- A:你這個邏輯... 欸,計程車叫了沒?
- Nǐ zhège luójí... Ēi, jìchéngchē jiàole méi?
- This logic of yours... hey, did you call the taxi?
- B:啊!我忘了!
- A! Wǒ wàngle!
- Oh! I forgot!