Texting & dating apps: Texting after the date to say you had fun

💬 家 is the counting word for businesses like shops and restaurants. Other examples are 這家店 "this shop" and 一家咖啡廳 "a café."

💬 好 + a verb makes a "good to do" adjective. 好吃 means "tasty," 好喝 (hǎo hē) means "tasty to drink," and 好看 (hǎo kàn) means "good-looking."

💬 Chinese says "the restaurant is delicious" where English would say the food was good. It's perfectly natural to describe a place by its food this way.

🇹🇼 對啊 is a very Taiwanese way to agree, softer and friendlier than just 對. In texts it's often shortened even further to 對阿.

💬 This uses the same 好 + verb pattern as 好吃. 聊 means "chat," so 好聊 is "easy or pleasant to chat with."

🇹🇼 Telling someone 你很好聊 is a warm but low-key compliment. It signals you enjoyed their company without coming on too strong.

💬 The 啊 at the end softens the reply and makes it sound warm and casual. Without it, 你也是 can come across as a bit flat.

💬 下 (xià) "down" means "next" with time words, and 上 (shàng) "up" means "last": 下次 "next time", 上次 "last time", 下週 "next week."

💬 Putting a verb next to its negative form turns a sentence into a question, so no 嗎 is needed. Other examples are 好不好 "okay?" and 去不去 "going or not?"

💬 一起 goes before the verb, not after it the way "together" does in English. For example, 一起吃飯 means "eat together."

🇹🇼 Suggesting a concrete next date in the follow-up text is a clear sign of interest in Taiwan. A movie is a classic, low-pressure second-date choice.

💬 Time words like this usually come at the very start of the sentence, or right after the person: 這個週末你有空嗎？ or 你這個週末有空嗎？.

💬 Tack 可以嗎？ onto any suggestion to check it's fine with the other person. Also 三點，可以嗎？ "Three o'clock, OK?"

💬 可以嗎？ is an all-purpose "does that work?" you can tack onto any suggestion. For example, 明天可以嗎？ means "does tomorrow work?"

💬 約 means "make plans or arrange to meet." It's also the everyday word for a date or appointment, as in 有約 "have plans."

🇹🇼 我們再約時間 can be a genuine yes. However, without a follow-up it's also a polite way to stay vague, so watch whether they actually propose a time.

💬 點 after an adjective means "a bit more." So 早點 is "a bit earlier," 快點 (kuài diǎn) is "hurry up a bit," and 多吃點 means "eat a bit more."

🇹🇼 Telling someone to rest early is a caring way to wrap up a late-night chat in Taiwan. The softening 喔 makes it sound gentle and affectionate.

💬 Doubling 好 into 好好 before a verb means "properly" or "thoroughly." For example, 好好吃飯 means "eat properly" and 好好休息 means "rest well."