Hostage Negotiations: Hostage: A Pizza Delivery Guy
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Key Phrases
放了那個人
fàng le nà gè rén
Let go of that person
胡椒香腸披薩
hú jiāo xiāng cháng pī sà
Pepperoni pizza
交易成立，你的披薩將安全送達
jiāo yì chéng lì nǐ de pī sà jiāng ān quán sòng dá
Deal, your pizza will be delivered safely
Skills You'll Learn
Expressing commands or suggestions
表達命令或建議
biǎo dá mìng lìng huò jiàn yì
Talking about food items
討論食物項目
tǎo lùn shí wù xiàng mù
Negotiating and confirming agreements
談判和確認協議
tán pàn hé què rèn xié yì
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine a playful negotiation scene where a person encounters someone holding their pepperoni pizza hostage over a demand for extra dipping sauce. A lighthearted exchange follows, as they discuss the number of sauce packets needed to secure the person's release and the safe delivery of the pizza.
放了那個人，他帶著我的胡椒香腸披薩！
fàng le nà gè rén tā dài zhù wǒ de hú jiāo xiāng cháng pī sà
Let that person go, he has my pepperoni pizza!
除非你給我更多的沾醬，不然他不能走。
chú fēi nǐ gěi wǒ gèng duō de zhān jiàng bù rán tā bù néng zǒu
He can't leave unless you give me more dipping sauce.
多少醬料你需要？兩包？三包？
duō shǎo jiàng liào nǐ xū yào liǎng bāo sān bāo
How much sauce do you need? Two packets? Three packets?
五包！我需要五包沾醬。
wǔ bāo wǒ xū yào wǔ bāo zhān jiàng
Five packets! I need five packets of dipping sauce.
五包？這披薩只配三包的。
wǔ bāo zhè pī sà zhǐ pèi sān bāo de
Five packets? This pizza only comes with three.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
放
fàng
Put
了
le
Completed action marker
💬 [了] after a verb often shows the action is completed: [吃了] = ate, [拿了] = took. In requests like [放了他吧], it can also make the action sound like "go ahead and do it now."
See breakdown →放了
fàng le
Let go
💬 [放] by itself is "put" or "set down," but [放了] can mean "let go" when the object is a person: [放了他] = let him go. You'll often need the object to tell which meaning is intended.
See breakdown →那個
nà gè
That
💬 [那個] means [that], and before a noun it works like [that + noun]: [那個人] (that person), [那個門] (that door). In speech, [那個] is also a common filler like "um," so context matters.
See breakdown →人
rén
Person
那個人
nà gè rén
That person
他
tā
He
帶著
dài zhù
Carrying
💬 [著] after a verb often means the state continues: [拿著] = holding, [穿著] = wearing. So [帶著] is not just "bring" but "have/carry with you."
See breakdown →他帶著
tā dài zhù
He has
💬 [帶著] suggests someone has something with them, not just that they brought it earlier. You can reuse it with other things: [他帶著鑰匙] = he has his keys with him.
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