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<li><p>Since the second sentence includes 从<strong>那儿</strong> and 打车<strong>回来</strong> (come back), I would assume the two speakers are in the place they want to come back to, therefore the first person (A) is not 带 &quot;taking&quot; the second person (B) anywhere. She's going to pick her up.</p>
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<li><p>I think the main sentence sounds better with 准备, or 想, instead of 要, as it introduces an intent (then disrupted by the car breaking down), instead of a sure thing.</p>
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<p>我本来准备去接你，但是我的车抛锚了。</p>
<p>I was going to pick you up, but my car broke down.</p>
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説「想去接你」比較親切一點吧？
Tang Ho
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blackgreen
<p>Your sentence doesn't really fit the answer given.</p>
<p>Your sentence:</p>
<p>我本来（是）要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。<br />
I was gonna take you there, but my carriage conked out!</p>
<p>You:</p>
<p>我本来是要去接你的，但是我的车抛锚了。<br />
I was gonna pick you up, but my carriage conked out!</p>
<p>Reply:</p>
<p>没关系，我从那儿打车回来很方便。<br />
No biggie, it's easy to call a cab to come back.</p>

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Pedroski
<p>A say: 我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。</p>
<p>B reply: 没关系，我从那儿打车回来很方便。</p>
<p>帶你去 means &quot;take you to somewhere&quot;. But the given sentence is 回来, which means COME BACK, GO BACK, RETURN, etc.</p>
<p>So, B wants to go back (e.g home), but your sentence looks like that you are going to pick  B up then go to somewhere else.</p>
<p>Correct:</p>
<p>我本来要&quot;带你回來&quot;的</p>
<p>我本来要&quot;接你回來&quot;的</p>
<p>我本来要&quot;去接你&quot;的, It's more neutural, you can use it like this:</p>
<p>A say: 我本来要&quot;去接你&quot;的，但是我的车抛锚了。</p>
<p>B say: 没关系，我从那儿打车<strong>回来</strong>很方便。.</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>B say: 没关系，我从那儿打车<strong>過去</strong>很方便。 (If it is your given sentence, &quot;我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。 is correct.)</p>

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HungYu Chang
<p>I am learning how to use 本来 in a sentence; we are supposed to fill in the sentence to make the conversation whole.  The first sentence is the one I wrote using the 本来 and the second is already given:</p>
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<p>My sentence that I came up with: 我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。</p>
<p>Sentence given in question book: 没关系，我从那儿打车回来很方便。</p>
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<p>Can someone please check for me? I don't know if my sentence is grammatically correct.</p>

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Is my sentence 我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了 correct?
# Is my sentence 我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了 correct?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-04)

I am learning how to use 本来 in a sentence; we are supposed to fill in the sentence to make the conversation whole. The first sentence is the one I wrote using the 本来 and the second is already given:

> My sentence that I came up with: 我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。
>
> Sentence given in question book: 没关系，我从那儿打车回来很方便。

Can someone please check for me? I don't know if my sentence is grammatically correct.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-04. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

1. Since the second sentence includes 从**那儿** and 打车**回来** (come back), I would assume the two speakers are in the place they want to come back to, therefore the first person (A) is not 带 "taking" the second person (B) anywhere. She's going to pick her up.
2. I think the main sentence sounds better with 准备, or 想, instead of 要, as it introduces an intent (then disrupted by the car breaking down), instead of a sure thing.

> 我本来准备去接你，但是我的车抛锚了。
>
> I was going to pick you up, but my car broke down.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: 説「想去接你」比較親切一點吧？  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-08-05. Score: 0

Your sentence doesn't really fit the answer given.

Your sentence:

我本来（是）要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。  
I was gonna take you there, but my carriage conked out!

You:

我本来是要去接你的，但是我的车抛锚了。  
I was gonna pick you up, but my carriage conked out!

Reply:

没关系，我从那儿打车回来很方便。  
No biggie, it's easy to call a cab to come back.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-08-05. Score: 0

A say: 我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。

B reply: 没关系，我从那儿打车回来很方便。

帶你去 means "take you to somewhere". But the given sentence is 回来, which means COME BACK, GO BACK, RETURN, etc.

So, B wants to go back (e.g home), but your sentence looks like that you are going to pick B up then go to somewhere else.

Correct:

我本来要"带你回來"的

我本来要"接你回來"的

我本来要"去接你"的, It's more neutural, you can use it like this:

A say: 我本来要"去接你"的，但是我的车抛锚了。

B say: 没关系，我从那儿打车**回来**很方便。.

or

B say: 没关系，我从那儿打车**過去**很方便。 (If it is your given sentence, "我本来要带你去的，但是我的车抛锚了。 is correct.)


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