「我不會跟外國人聊天」
🚫不是 I can’t conversation with foreigners. 🚫
Conversation 為何不行?
文法方面:can 是助動詞,後面接原型動詞,但是 conversation 是名詞 🫣。好啦,converse with someone 是動詞沒有錯,但是這字偏正式,較少用喔!
語意方面:can’t 是能不能、有沒有被禁止,can’t have a conversation 的語意聽起來很像被禁止或有什麼不可抗力因素而導致的結果。
💡不會跟外國人聊天的意思應該是不知道如何找話聊或繼續聊,我們來看看這字真正的用法 ⬇️
Make conversation
指積極主動找話題、試著聊聊
⚠️注意中間不要加任何東西 make a/the conversation,也不要加 s
「我不會跟外國人聊天」這裡就管用了,I don’t know how to make conversation with foreigners. 不知如何跟外國人找話題聊天,語意快狠準!
Why do you say that? -[I’m just making conversation. I’m just curious.] 為什麼這樣說呢?只是聊個天,好奇而已。
Eric is very good at making conversation. It is nice to have someone like him at a gathering. 艾瑞克很會聊天,在聚會時有這種人真的很好。
💡那 chatty 或 talkative (adj) 呢?比較偏向愛聊天、說不停的感覺,有時負面或自嘲,例如 Sometimes I am a Chatty Cathy. Once I start, I can’t stop.(有時候我會聊天聊不停)。
Have a conversation
一般的聊天,跟 talk about 用法一樣
have a conversation with someone about something
talk with someone about something
⚠️注意這裡就可以加 ~a or s~ ,have a conversation 當一般可數名詞
Amy and I had a good conversation about career. She gave me several pointers and made me feel validated. 艾米跟我好好聊了職業這方面,她給我一些建議,讓我有被認可的感覺。
What were you doing with Amy in the break room? We were just having conversations. 你跟艾米在休息室做什麼?聊天而已啊。(= We were just talking.)
I don’t know how to have a conversation about money with my husband. 我不知道怎麼跟我老公討論錢的事情(= talk about money)
💡 Discuss 不行嗎?Discuss 這字聽起來比較嚴肅,有論點、目標性地分析討論,一般聊天我不會建議商味重的字。
⭐️加分說法 He can hold a conversation
意思是這個人不只很會聊天,簡直是大師,不但懂得問問題、聆聽、說故事,對於新事物也能夠侃侃而談。
Eric is very mature for his age. He can really hold a conversation with older folks. 艾瑞克以他年紀來說真的很會聊天,能夠跟年長的人侃侃而談!
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