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How to Say ‘Then I'll go over first.’ in Simplified Chinese

那我先过去了。

nà wǒ xiān guò qù le

[nà wo shyen guòqu le]

💬 Usage Tip: 了 at the end here marks a change of plan — "I'm off now" — even though you haven't left yet. Same pattern: 那我先走了 "then I'll head off first".

Phrase Breakdown

那我先

nà wǒ xiān

then I'll first

那 means 'then / in that case' and 先 means 'first' or 'ahead of others'.

Example

那我先走。

Then I'll go first.

Words in this phrase

那

nà

[nà]

then; in that case

Used at the start of a sentence to mean 'well then' or 'so'.

Example

那我们走吧。

Then let's go.

我

wǒ

[wo]

The speaker referring to themselves.

Example

我明天有空。

I am free tomorrow.

先

xiān

[shyen]

first; for now

Used to say you want to do something before anything else.

Example

我先看看特别菜单。

I'll first take a look at the special menu.

过去了。

guò qù le

head over (there)

过去 means 'go over there'. 了 marks that the action is about to happen. Say 了 lightly as 'le'.

Example

他已经过去了。

He has already gone over.

Words in this phrase

过去

guò qù

[guòqu]

to go over (there)

Moving from here toward another place.

Example

我们过去看看。

Let's go over and take a look.

了

[le]

change-of-state particle

Used with 快…了 to show something is about to happen.

Example

火车快来了。

The train is about to arrive.

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