Languages / Mandarin / Level 2 · Unit 2

我要 — Confident Ordering with Opinions

Lesson 35 of 170 · Level 2 of 6All lessons
In this lesson

You are learning confident ordering with opinions: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (我要 + [item] + 因为我觉得 + [reason]), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Lost Heaven (花马天堂), a Yunnan-Shanghainese fusion restaurant on the Bund. You know what you want. You order with conviction. Opinions meet action.

花马天堂 — Ordering with Purpose

Lost Heaven sits on the Bund with views of the Pudong skyline. The menu blends Yunnan minority cuisine with Shanghai refinement — wild mushrooms, Dai-style grilled fish, Bai cheese. It demands confident ordering.

She opened the menu. 「你推荐什么?」 What do you recommend? The waiter pointed: 「最有名的是云南野生菌。」 The most famous is the Yunnan wild mushrooms.

「好,我要野生菌,因为我觉得菌类最好吃。」 Good, I'll have the wild mushrooms, because I think mushrooms are the most delicious. 「还要一条鱼。我更喜欢清淡的做法。」 Also a fish. I prefer the lighter preparation.

Her friend ordered: 「我要红烧肉,还要两碗米饭。」 I'll have braised pork, and two bowls of rice. 「先来一瓶啤酒。」 Beer first. The waiter nodded. 「够了吗?」 Enough? 「够了。」 Enough. Confident, clear, complete.