James Harbour Posted September 13, 2014 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 at 03:43 PM So, its the beginning of a new semester next week. And the opening sentence in the book gets me thinking... Taken from the NPCR book 3 lesson 27:”几位来点儿什么“I appreciate that somethings can't be taken to literally but does 点儿 here mean "to order" or "a little" as in 一点儿？..and come to think of it, is 几位 a kind of an address for a group of people in a restaurant? Many thanks James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted September 14, 2014 at 12:57 AM Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 at 12:57 AM The verb here is 來. 點兒 here means "some". 幾位 is the waiter's way to say "you". It sounds more polite than 你們. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 14, 2014 at 02:18 AM Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 at 02:18 AM Note however that 点 when used as a verb can mean to order dishes e.g. 点菜, but as skylee mentioned that is not the usage here. Note that it wouldn't have erhua in that usage either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Harbour Posted September 14, 2014 at 11:36 AM Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 at 11:36 AM thanks both of you. really appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedroski Posted September 14, 2014 at 10:42 PM Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 at 10:42 PM 这属于饭店、茶馆儿、咖啡屋等，服务员用于。 几位来点儿什么 = Hi everyone, what would you like? Why don't they say '各位‘？ Apparently, ‘服务员’ was ‘小二’ who were wont to say '几位客官’。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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