他买一把刀行，我买就不行了吗？ 他買一把刀行，我買就不行了嗎？ 他買一把刀行，我買就不行了嗎？

If it's okay for him to buy a knife, then why on earth can't I?

Simplified

他买一把刀行，我买就不行了吗？

Traditional (Taiwan)

他買一把刀行，我買就不行了嗎？

Pinyin

Tā mǎi yì bǎ dāo xíng, wǒ mǎi jiù bùxíngle ma?

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄇㄞˇ ㄧˋ ㄅㄚˇ ㄉㄠ ㄒㄧㄥˊ，ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄌㄜ ˙ㄇㄚ？

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 买(mǎi)buy
• 一(yì)one
• 把(bǎ)for things with a handle
• 刀(dāo)knife
• 行(xíng)go
• 我(wǒ)I
• 就(jiù)then
• 不(bù)行(xíng)won't do
• 了(le)marks a completed action
• 吗(ma)(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by GlossaMatik, with the English translation by CH. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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