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Beyond Or: Another Use of 还是 (háishi)

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ID: QW0018 Intermediate
You may recognize 还是 (háishi) from its other claim to fame: 'or', but today we explore another side of 还是 (háishi)... Listen in and master it too!
Sun Oct 07 2007 | Ken, Connie, Amber
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我想吃快餐，好不好？
wǒ xiǎng chī kuàicān ，hǎo bù hǎo ？
I want to eat fast food. How about it?
我想，我们还是去吃意大利菜吧。
wǒ xiǎng ，wǒmen háishì qù chī Yìdàlì cài ba 。
I think I had better eat Italian instead
我们同意。我们陪你去。
wǒmen tóngyì 。wǒmen péi nǐ qù 。
We agree. We'll come with you.
这么晚了，他可能不会回来了，你还是回去吧。
zhème wǎn le ，tā kěnéng bùhuì huílai le ，nǐ háishì huíqu ba 。
It's so late now, he might not be able to come back. You had better go back!
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