Negotiating the price: Buying multiple items together

🇹🇼 In Taiwan, calling a shopkeeper [老闆] is very common even if they're not literally your boss. It sounds normal and friendly in markets, small shops, and casual bargaining.

💬 [這些] is [這] + [些], literally "this + plural," so it means "these." Use the same pattern with [那些] for "those."

💬 [一起] often means doing something as one bundle, not just physically together. In bargaining, [一起買] means "buy together as a set," which is why it can suggest a better price.

💬 [便宜] can mean "cheap" for things, but in bargaining it often means the price itself should be lower. So [便宜一點] is a natural way to ask for "a bit cheaper."

💬 After an adjective, [一點] means "a bit" or "a little more that way": [便宜一點] "a bit cheaper," [快一點] "a bit faster." The [一] here is read (yì) before [點].

💬 Adjective + [一點] is a very useful softening pattern: [便宜一點], [大一點], [慢一點]. It usually sounds less blunt than just saying the adjective by itself.

🇹🇼 [便宜一點] is direct but still common in markets and casual shops. If you want to sound a little smoother, add [可以嗎] after it.