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Tom：你们会不会说中文吗
你： 是的
Lemme translate this back into English in order to demonstrate how bad this Chinese is:
Tom: Can you (plural) speak Chinese
You (singular): It is.
Edit: I'll fix it for ya though :)
TOM: 我怎麼能去廁所？
你：你會不會說中文？
TOM: 當然了
Whoa that’s traditional Chinese isn’t it? I’ve never seen that before outside of my books, which I promptly ignore until I get a hang on simplified 😂
Yup. I like it more because I think it's prettier and more logical. I was taught simplified growing up, though.
I suppose I could just Google it or ask her, but I’ve noticed that my teaching uses 是的 to mean yes, but you noted it as “it is”, and my girlfriend uses “对的” when she’s talking to other 中国人. What is the best to use just as “yes”?
Chinese doesn't really have a real "yes". 對的 (对的) just means correct. The most straightforward yes answer to a yes/no question would probably be [verb you want to confirm]+的. So "yes" in response to "會不會" would be 會的.
Ooooh!!!! That makes sense!!! Thank you so much!
不用謝！
Sorry, by the way, if I seemed rude in my initial comment. I didn't mean to, but in hindsight it could have appeared so.
Haha no worries, it fit right in with my cheeky comment.
Haha thanks. I just did it while I was pooping, should’ve proofread 😂