Mandarin learning guide
Learn with 《怎樣》
This guide follows a lyric voice that keeps asking “what about there?” while contrasting changing conditions here with an unresolved relationship. It is useful for learning how Mandarin repeats questions, contrasts scenes, and asks about hypothetical situations.
What to listen for
The lyrics move between present-condition snapshots (“天快要黑了”, “天气凉凉的”, “一切都变了”) and repeated questions to a distant other. Later lines shift into hypotheticals about whether the two would still be together, whether they would still love or hide things from each other, and whether forgiveness is possible.
- Recognize how the song uses recurring question endings like “那里呢” and “会是怎样”
- Understand how the lyrics contrast physical change with emotional change
- Notice useful relationship expressions such as “隐瞒”, “原谅”, and “深爱著对方”
How the song moves
Opening observations
The lyric voice describes changing conditions here, asking “那里呢” after each snapshot.
Hypothetical relationship questions
The song turns to “如果我们现在还在一起会是怎样” and repeats questions about love, honesty, and the beginning/end of the relationship.
Closing refusal
The final lines state “我不会原谅 我怎么原谅”, ending on refusal rather than resolution.
Translation choices
我这里天快要黑了 那里呢
- Natural English
- It's almost dark here; what about there?
- Why
- “天快要黑了” naturally becomes “It’s almost dark,” and the question tag “那里呢” is best rendered as a direct follow-up question.
如果我们现在还在一起会是怎样
- Natural English
- What would it be like if we were still together now?
- Why
- This keeps the hypothetical “如果” and the present-time contrast in “现在还在一起” without adding any extra emotional detail.
我不会原谅 我怎么原谅
- Natural English
- I won't forgive; how could I forgive?
- Why
- The line is a strong refusal, and the repeated “原谅” is best kept as a plain, direct verb rather than softened.
Useful Mandarin from the song
This is a compact way to ask the other side’s situation after describing your own side. It often works as a follow-up question in conversation.
This phrase introduces a broad statement about total change. In lyrics and speech, it often frames a complete situation rather than one small detail.
This verb fits situations where information is kept back from someone else. Here it appears in a relationship question about mutual secrecy.
The line repeats the word twice, making the refusal especially direct. It is a useful verb for apologies, conflicts, and forgiveness.
Listen closely
- Listen for the repeating pattern of a statement followed by “那里呢”, which creates a back-and-forth rhythm.
- Pay attention to how “会是怎样” frames a hypothetical question, not a real present event.
- Notice the shift from describing change outside to asking about emotional and relational change inside the relationship.
Check your understanding
Which phrase is used to ask about the other side after describing one side: “那里呢” or “原谅”？
Show answer
“那里呢”。
What does “我们现在还在一起会是怎样” ask?
Show answer
It asks what it would be like if the two were still together now.