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How to Say ‘I happen to be free next Saturday.’ in Traditional Chinese

下禮拜六我剛好有空。

xià lǐ bài liù wǒ gāng hǎo yǒu kòng

[xià lǐbàiliù wo gānghǎo yoh-kohng]

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Saying you "happen to" be free is a polite way to offer to take a parent-in-law to the doctor. It removes their worry about being a burden.

Phrase Breakdown

下禮拜六

xià lǐ bài liù

next Saturday

下 means 'next'; 禮拜六 (lǐbàiliù) is a common Taiwanese way to say 'Saturday'.

Example

下禮拜六要去哪裡？

Where are you going next Saturday?

Words in this phrase

下

xià

[xià]

Coming immediately after the present one.

Example

下次我會提前通知你。

I will notify you in advance next time.

禮拜六

lǐ bài liù

[lǐbàiliù]

Saturday

Common Taiwanese way to say Saturday.

Example

禮拜六我要去看電影。

I'm going to see a movie on Saturday.

我剛好有空。

wǒ gāng hǎo yǒu kòng

I happen to be free.

剛好 means 'happen to'; 有空 means 'have free time'. Read 空 as kòng.

Example

今天晚上我剛好有空。

I happen to be free tonight.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wo]

I; me

The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.

Example

我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。

I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.

剛好

gāng hǎo

[gānghǎo]

just happen to

By coincidence; exactly right.

Example

我剛好在家。

I happen to be home.

有空

yǒu kòng

[yoh-kohng]

Available

When something or someone is free to be used or accessed.

Example

現在有空的座位不多。

There aren't many available seats now.

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