Giving Suggestion with 吧 ba

Final Particles 吧 ba

Checking or confirmation: compare with 嗎吗 ma, this one you already have some guessing in your mind. 🔊

你nǐ是shì日本人rìběnrén吧ba? 你nǐ是shì日本人rìběnrén吧ba?
You are Japanese, right?

你nǐ喜歡xǐhuān貓māo吧ba? 你nǐ喜欢xǐhuan猫māo吧ba?
You like cats, don’t you?

Suggestion 🔊

你nǐ學xué一點yìdiǎn中文zhōngwén吧ba! 你nǐ学xué一点儿yìdiǎnr中文zhōngwén吧ba!
You should learn some Chinese!

我們wǒmen今天jīntiān吃chī牛肉麵niúròumiàn吧ba!!我们wǒmen今天jīntiān吃chī牛肉面niúròumiàn吧ba!!
Let’s eat beef noodles today! (suggest)

Compromise (Using as a compromise you need to speak with a slight draw) 🔊

好hǎo吧ba… 好hǎo吧ba…
Fine….( Implying that you have no choice but to say yes.)

那nà就jiù吃chī牛肉麵niúròumiàn吧ba… 那nà就jiù吃chī牛肉面niúròumiàn吧ba…
Fine…then let’s have beef noodles.

Practice

• 嗎吗, 吧, 呢 Practice

• Final particles 2: 啊 a, 呀 ya, 哇 wa, 哪 na, and 啦 la (HSK 2)

• Final particles 3: 喔 o, 嘍喽 lou, 耶 ye, and 嘛 ma (HSK 3)