Translation
English | 中文
Sentence patterns for booking a ticket in a hotel | 在旅馆订机票句型
Study the following sentence patterns first.
- 麻烦您 …máfan nín Can I please trouble you…[A polite way to ask someone to do something or to ask a question. It should be followed by a question or a statement of request.]
- 订一张…票？dìng yī zhāng…piào I would like to book a ticket for… [The description of the ticket is placed before票.]
E.g. 订一张明天去西安的飞机票.
- 怎么才能… zěnme cáinéng…What should I do to …/how could I… [Here才indicates that the following action 买到一张飞机票can only happen under a certain condition. In another words, the speaker thinks that the action is difficult to achieve.]
E.g. 怎么才能买到一张飞机票呢？
- 能不能用信用卡付？Néng bùnéng yòng xìnyòngkǎ fù? Could I pay it with a credit card?
- 那… Nà…In this case… [It indicates that the speaker changes his or her mind because a different situation.]
E.g. 那…我就付现金吧!
- 到时…dào shí….then…/at that time …[到时 implies that when the time comes. Usually there is a preset circumstance which is described in the previous clause.]
E.g. 明天上午八点您就可以来拿票了, 到时我把多余的钱一起退给您。