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How to Say ‘Xiaofang and I are moving next month.’ in Traditional Chinese

我跟小芳下個月要搬家。

wǒ gēn xiǎo fāng xià gè yuè yào bān jiā

[wǒ gēn Xiǎofāng xià guh yuè yaow bānjiā]

💬 Usage Tip: 我跟小芳 means 'Xiaofang and I'; 跟 works as 'and' between people. 要 before a verb marks a planned future action.

Phrase Breakdown

我跟小芳

wǒ gēn xiǎo fāng

Xiaofang and I

跟 (gēn) means 'and' or 'with'. 小芳 (Xiǎofāng) is a name. In Chinese, 我 (wǒ) usually comes first: 我跟小芳.

Example

我跟小芳是好朋友。

Xiaofang and I are good friends.

Words in this phrase

我

wǒ

[wǒ]

A pronoun referring to oneself.

Example

我是老師。

I am a teacher.

跟

gēn

[gēn]

and

Colloquial word joining two nouns.

Example

我買了麵包跟牛奶。

I bought bread and milk.

小芳

xiǎo fāng

[Xiǎofāng]

Xiaofang (name)

A common female given name, often a nickname.

Example

小芳很會做菜。

Xiaofang is good at cooking.

下個月

xià gè yuè

next month

下 (xià) means 'next', 個 (ge) is a light-tone measure word, and 月 (yuè) means 'month'. Time words usually come before the verb.

Example

下個月我要去日本。

I'm going to Japan next month.

Words in this phrase

下

xià

[xià]

Indicating a following event or time, coming immediately after the present one.

Example

我們下週五有一個聚會。

We have a gathering next Friday.

個

gè

[guh]

general classifier

A very common measure word used with many everyday objects and items.

Example

我想要一個這個。

I would like one of this.

月

yuè

[yuè]

month

A calendar month.

Example

下個月我要去台南。

Next month I'm going to Tainan.

要搬家。

yào bān jiā

are going to move

要 (yào) shows a future plan, like 'going to'. 搬家 (bānjiā) means 'to move house'. Both syllables of bānjiā are high and flat.

Example

他們明年要搬家。

They are going to move next year.

Words in this phrase

要

yào

[yaow]

want; need; going to

Often means 'want to' or 'need to.' In ordering, it asks about your choice or preference.

Example

你要用燕麥奶的話，要多加十元。

If you want to use oat milk, it costs ten dollars extra.

搬家

bān jiā

[bānjiā]

to move house

To relocate to a new home.

Example

他們上週搬家了。

They moved last week.

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