"na4 wo3, fa1 (??) yao4 gei2 ni3"

[NewUser]

With the (??) part of the sentence being maybe a ni or yi, what would this mean if spoken by a friend of the opposite sex in a suddenly emotional voice?

[NewUser]

Hmm, no takers so I'm guessing my hearing of the sentence is way off the mark.

This is an mp3 of the sentence which hopefully should clarify it!

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~walstone/public/ap999.mp3

[xianhua]

I listened to that several times, before calling in the expert (the wife). She believes she's saying 'na, wo fa email yao gei ni'. The 'email' part sounded more like 'yinyao' to my ears.

So she's saying she'll send you/whoever an email at some point.

[renzhe]

Sorry, but even after slowing it down and listening very carefully, I can't make much sense out of it. I've asked a native speaker, and she is stumped too. I hear what you hear, and it doesn't make much sense to me either.

Doesn't sound like email either. Perhaps 发信号?

Perhaps some more context? What were the few sentences before?

[xianhua]

Newuser, how would you rate the lady's oral English skills? This should clear it up.

[NewUser]

Hmm, the plot thickens!

This is her definitely saying "email" (correcting my "non-Chinesed" version I'd just previously said to her):

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~walstone/public/email.mp3

To me at least it sounds different to the "ni/yi yao" part of the first mp3.

And her English is about par with my Chinese. Which is to say, not good

[NewUser]

Oh as for context, the previous sentence was "if you have time, give me a call (you3 kong4, dian4 hua4)"

[xianhua]

This is her definitely saying "email" (correcting my "non-Chinesed" version I'd just previously said to her):

So she corrected your pronounciation of an English word?

[NewUser]

Bad choice of words on my part. Should have written "confirming"

[xianhua]

The question really is: what else could logically fit that gap? How else would you finish a conversation with those words? "Ok, I'll send you some grass seeds"?

[NewUser]

^^^ Case closed, methinks.

As for the sudden change in emotion, I suspect frustration at my one or two hundredth "du bu qi ting bu dong".