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- "I will call you."
"I will call you."
Translation:我会给你打电话。
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Does that hanzi you used instead of 你 (ni3) mean the same but talking about a female? (It seems similar to how 他 turns into 她) Or is it just another traditional hanzi?
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给 (gěi) = to/for/to give/to allow
打 (dǎ) = to beat/to strike/to hit
电 (diàn) = electric/electricity
话 (huà) = dialect/language/spoken word/speech
打电话 (dǎ diàn huà) = to make a telephone call
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I think I would have gotten this right the first time if the English had said "I will give you a call."