Languages / Mandarin / Level 3 · Unit 4

随便吃嘛 — Casual Register

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You are learning casual register: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (casual register: sentence-final particles (嘛, 呗, 啦, 呢)), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

A bustling sidewalk barbecue stall (烧烤摊) on Shouning Road, Shanghai's late-night food street

Midnight BBQ on Shouning Road

晚上十一点,小李发消息说:「出来吃烧烤呗,反正明天不上班嘛。」我说:「好啦好啦,来了来了。」

寿宁路的烧烤摊很热闹。到处都是烟和香味。小李已经坐好了,桌子上摆了啤酒和花生。他说:「坐呗,随便吃嘛,不用客气。」我说:「你怎么点了这么多啊?」他说:「反正也不贵嘛。」

我们点了羊肉串、鸡翅、烤茄子。老板说:「要辣的还是不辣的呢?」小李说:「辣的呗,吃烧烤不吃辣有什么意思嘛。」老板笑了。

烤串端上来了。我咬了一口羊肉串,嗯,太香了。小李说:「好吃吧?我早就说了嘛。」我说:「确实好吃啦。」我们喝着啤酒,吃着烤串,聊着天。到了一点多才回家。寿宁路的深夜烧烤,就是这个味道嘛。