Happy Chinese（快乐汉语） is an entertaining, fun and easy Chinese series. In Season I, we will focus on daily life Chinese. It will helps the foreigners not only just know what to say, but also how to use it. 快乐汉语系列一《日常生活汉语》主要教授在中国家庭生活及学校生活中的日常用语。我们将以情景剧的方式帮助大家理解和掌握这些句子。

Sentences:

1.你歇会儿吧。
You'd better take a rest.
语气助词“吧”常用在表达建议的句子末尾，比如“咱们走吧”、“你喝点儿水吧”。
The modal particle "ba" is normally placed at the end of a suggestive sentence. For example: "We'd better go", "You'd better drink some water".

2.你们想选什么，柚子还是香瓜？
What do you choose, grapefruit or muskmelon?
在汉语中，有时“还是”用在问句里，询问的是对方对所给的两个选择项会做出什么选择。在回答时，我们可以用“或者”来表示有两种可能的选择。比如：“你喝什么，茶还是咖啡”，“茶或者咖啡都可以”。
In Chinese, "haishi" is sometimes used in an interrogative sentence to ask someone to choose between two options. In reply, you can use "huozhe" to mean either is okay for you. For example: "What do you drink, tea or coffee", "Either tea or coffee is okay for me".