crouchingdragon Posted December 8, 2007 at 07:23 PM Report Posted December 8, 2007 at 07:23 PM Recently on Da Shan's Travel in Chinese program on CCTV 9, there was dialogue in a hair salon; the gentleman was asked if he wanted his hair blow dried to which he answered, "sure" - according to the provided English translation. I could not understand the word he said in Putonghua that meant "sure." It sounded like Douna ?? I am familiar with Dui, Shi, or yiding as possible ways to respond similarly in this situation. Could someone out there please reply with what word this tv person probably said to mean "sure / certainly." Many thanks, Quote
crouchingdragon Posted December 8, 2007 at 09:49 PM Author Report Posted December 8, 2007 at 09:49 PM Thank you Yonglin ! How to write 当然 in pinyin ? Quote
HashiriKata Posted December 8, 2007 at 09:58 PM Report Posted December 8, 2007 at 09:58 PM 当然 in pinyin: dang1ran2 Quote
taijidan Posted December 8, 2007 at 10:05 PM Report Posted December 8, 2007 at 10:05 PM dang1 ran2 Hey does anyone know if the Travel in Chinese series is available on DVD? rgds Chi Quote
skylee Posted December 9, 2007 at 01:46 AM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 01:46 AM I would reply "好啊". Quote
Luobot Posted December 9, 2007 at 05:51 AM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 05:51 AM I just say 是 because the way I say it, it comes out sounding the same as "sure" does in the fourth tone anyway. How about 是啊 Quote
Lu Posted December 9, 2007 at 07:10 AM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 07:10 AM I would reply "好啊".I think that's the more southern version. Quote
Tom Higgins Posted December 9, 2007 at 01:31 PM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 01:31 PM Or he might have said 对啊 (dui a) or 对啦 (dui la). Quote
johnd Posted December 9, 2007 at 02:55 PM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 02:55 PM crouchingdragon, I think the guy probably said "Dui Ya", which when said quickly sounds like dooya. Quote
muyongshi Posted December 9, 2007 at 02:57 PM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 02:57 PM Personally I would just mutter an 嗯 Quote
pandagirl Posted December 9, 2007 at 03:44 PM Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 03:44 PM I think any language in the world can communicate. "sure" in English is "confirm,certainly"表示肯定的means.so you translate it into any 肯定的mean,That will be ok.such as,ok,好啊,行啊,吹吧,恩. 她是没有固定的翻译的,不是只能译成一个词, Quote
crouchingdragon Posted December 9, 2007 at 05:52 PM Author Report Posted December 9, 2007 at 05:52 PM Thank you everybody for your help in this thread. Hopefully others looking in have benefited too. I believe now that duiya. or dui a or dui la must be what I heard on this CCTV 9 learning Chinese program. The gentleman said it quickly I just couldn't get it on my own. I am much the wiser now. In response to taijidan 's question: From CCTV 9 's website: We’ve published books and DVDs of all programs of Communicate in Chinese. If you want to buy them, please contact Popular Science Press. Tel: 8610-62103210 8610-62103213 Quote
cdn_in_bj Posted December 10, 2007 at 02:16 AM Report Posted December 10, 2007 at 02:16 AM Personally I would just mutter an 嗯 Same here. Or I were feeling more talkative, I might say 行. Quote
SWWLiu Posted March 4, 2008 at 05:27 PM Report Posted March 4, 2008 at 05:27 PM I noticed that no one mentioned 行! P.S. Oh, I'll take it back ... cdn_in_bj just did, but without the exclamation mark. Quote
adrianlondon Posted March 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM Report Posted March 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM "xing pling" does have a nice ring to it ;) Quote
monto Posted March 5, 2008 at 03:12 AM Report Posted March 5, 2008 at 03:12 AM I can't think of any such word except “当然啦”（dang1 ran2 la) which fit to the clue (Douna) crouchingdragon has given in the beginning and the ending in pronunciation. Quote
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