After-work drinks: Talking about your weekend

💬 不錯 literally means "not bad" but works as a warm "nice". 不 before falling-tone 錯 becomes (bú cuò).

🇹🇼 Ending with 耶 (ye) is a very Taiwanese, friendly touch that makes the reaction sound lively and casual.

🇹🇼 Fish balls are a Tamsui specialty, often served in soup with pork filling inside.

💬 Put 呢 after any person or thing to bounce the same question back: 他呢？ "What about him?"

💬 The second syllable is usually said lightly with no clear tone: (xiū xi).

💬 在 + place comes before the action, not after like in English. Swap: 我在公司吃飯 "I eat at the office".

💬 Numbers need a counting word before the noun, and movies take 部: 一部電影 "one movie". Note it's 兩 (liǎng), not 二, before a counting word.

💬 很 here mostly just completes the sentence rather than meaning "very"; the adjective needs no 是. Swap in another: 很好吃耶！ "So tasty!"

💬 Adding 嗎 to the end turns any statement into a yes/no question. 好看 means "good to watch"; for food you'd say 好吃嗎？ "Was it tasty?"

💬 不錯 literally means "not bad" but actually works as solid praise, like "pretty good". The 不 is read (bú) here because 錯 has a falling tone: (bú cuò).

💬 下 means "next" with time words too: 下週 (xià zhōu) "next week".

💬 吧 at the end turns a statement into a suggestion, like "let's". Swap: 我們一起吃飯吧！ "Let's eat together!"

🇹🇼 Like "we should hang out sometime", this is often a friendly gesture rather than a firm plan; a follow-up with a date makes it real.

🇹🇼 The polite way to leave a group gathering before others; saying it signals you're not just slipping away. Adding 不好意思 (bù hǎo yì si) "sorry" makes it softer.

💬 Put any time before 見 to say when you'll meet: 下週見 "See you next week".

🇹🇼 A caring send-off people say to someone leaving, especially at night or after drinks.

🇹🇼 Borrowed from English "bye-bye", 掰掰 (bāi bāi) is the everyday casual goodbye in Taiwan, used by all ages.