"Are you looking forward to...?/are you excited to...?"

[Roosevelt]

I was talking with my Chinese coworker, and she brought up that her mom was going to visit her in the States. I wanted to ask her if she was excited, but didn't know how. So, I asked her how to say it in Chinese, and she thought it would be more appropriate to say "你高兴吗？“ I then tried to ask "are you looking forward to see her?" but I asked "are you happily waiting?" (你高兴地等着吗？）. This is very awkward, even in English, and probably more so in Chinese. She also said it sounded very strange. I don't need exact translations for the English sayings, but rather I'd like to know how one would normally respond in this situation.

[pinion]

Probably 你一定很开心吧 or 很期待吧, I'd say.

[abcdefg]

On 12/2/2024 at 9:47 PM, Roosevelt said:

I don't need exact translations for the English sayings, but rather I'd like to know how one would normally respond in this situation.

 

That's a good way to think about the learning challenge. 

 

On 12/3/2024 at 5:06 AM, pinion said:

Probably 你一定很开心吧 or 很期待吧, I'd say.

 

Those sound good to my ear. Probably what I would say in that situation. 

[honglam]

I'd say "那你一定（or肯定）很开心（or高兴）吧" or "你肯定（or 一定）高兴坏了" in context.

The words given in brackets are not my best choice, but still sound okay.

[Roosevelt]

Thank you for the replies. I appreciate it.