Languages / Mandarin / Level 2 · Unit 2

我觉得 — Giving Opinions

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In this lesson

You are learning giving opinions: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (我觉得 + [opinion clause] — expressing opinions), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

A crowded dumpling house near People's Square — the debate over which filling is supreme. Pork? Crab? Shrimp? 觉得 gives you a voice.

馅之辩 — The Filling Debate

The dumpling house near People's Square has three versions: pork, crab, and shrimp. Three friends, three opinions. The steamers arrived at the same time.

The first friend tried the pork. 「我觉得猪肉馅最经典。」 I think pork filling is the most classic. The second tried the crab. 「我觉得蟹粉更好吃。味道更丰富。」 I think crab is more delicious. The flavor is richer.

The third was diplomatic. 「我觉得都不错。」 I think they're all good. 「但是你觉得哪个最好?」 But which do you think is best? He paused. 「我觉得虾仁的最新鲜。」 I think the shrimp one is the freshest.

「你觉得呢?」 What do you think? They looked at the foreigner at the next table. He had been listening. 「我觉得...我需要再吃一笼。」 I think... I need another basket. Everyone laughed. The best opinion is always: more.