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说服 in Context

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说服

Usage 1 - "to persuade, to convince": 

Sentence:

他说服我帮他做这件事。

English:

He convinced me to help him do this.

Top-Down Words:

帮 bāng - to help
做 zuò - to do, make, to cook
件 jiàn - measure word for general matters
事 shì - matter or affair
 


Sentence

我说服他们一起去地铁。

English:

I convinced them to go to the subway station together.

Top-Down Words:

地铁 dìtiě - subway


*Sentence

你说服我了。

English:

You convinced me.

Top-Down Words:


*Sentence:

我觉得我说服不了你。

English:

I don't think I can convince you.

Top-Down Words:

觉得 juéde - to feel, to think



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Gary Cheeseman

Hi guys, do you have a podcast on measure words? An overview and some more detail on how important they are and when they can be substituted for 个 would be really great!

Mandarin Blueprint

Here's our philosophy on measure words: https://www.loom.com/share/cf52ecb6dd404dd4bc97a6a42896141e

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil and Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7mTzGAiVGk&t=4191s


Neil

is the 了 in 說服不了 pronounced liao?

Mandarin Blueprint

Correct! You'll see more lessons that talk about this in the near future (不了 bùliǎo - used after a verb to express impossibility).

MB Team

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIceumfAajc&t=2534s

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Comment   1

Keith Travis

他说服我帮他做这件事

He persuades me to help him do this unit of work.

我说服他们一起去地铁

I persuade them: together go to the subway station.

我觉得我说服不了你

I think I persuaded not you.

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