Team meetings at work: Asking someone to repeat or clarify a point

💬 In Taiwan 哪 is often said (nǎ), but you'll also hear (něi) before 一. Here 一 is read (yí) because it comes before a falling tone.

🇹🇼 Asking which part shows that the manager is happy to re-explain. Saying you didn't follow is normal and not embarrassing.

💬 Weekdays are just 星期 plus a number, so Monday is 星期一 and Thursday is 星期四. Sunday is the exception: 星期天 or 星期日.

💬 Putting 是 right before the detail you're unsure of puts the focus on it, so here you're checking whether Friday specifically is the deadline. Adding 嗎 at the end turns any statement into a yes/no question.

💬 不 is read (bú) here because it comes before the falling tone of 是 (shì).

💬 下 before a time word means "next" and 上 means "last": 上星期 "last week," 下個月 "next month."

💬 再 means "again" and goes before the action: 再說一次 is "say it once more." Try 再寫一次 "write it once more."

🇹🇼 Naming the exact thing you missed, like the time, sounds attentive. It also saves the speaker from repeating everything.

💬 以前 goes after the time it refers to, the reverse of English "before": 五點以前 "before five." 以後 "after" works the same way.

💬 Chinese time expressions go from biggest to smallest: first the week, then the day, then the part of the day, then the hour.

💬 The 了 here shows that something has changed: you didn't know before, and now you do. Without it, 我知道 just means "I know" in general.

💬 The second 謝 is said lightly with no tone: (xiè xie).

🇹🇼 Thanking someone with their job title, like 謝謝經理, is normal and respectful in Taiwan — calling a manager by first name would feel odd.

💬 There's no word for "if" here; 有問題 placed first sets up the condition by itself. Watch out: 有問題 can also mean "there's a problem," depending on context.

💬 In this sentence 再 means "then" or "at that point," not "again": you ask when a question comes up.

🇹🇼 This is a manager's friendly way of closing the conversation. It's a genuine invitation to follow up later.