我会打电话给他。 Wǒ huì dǎ diànhuà gěi tā
I think this sentence means 'I will call him' (on a phone)

But I don't quite understand....

What does dǎ mean?

What does gěi mean?

thankyou!

Question

我会打电话给他。 Wǒ huì dǎ diànhuà gěi tā
I think this sentence means 'I will call him' (on a phone)

But I don't quite understand....

What does dǎ mean?

What does gěi mean?

thankyou!

Answer

This problem is very interesting.

dǎ 打in Chinese have a lot of meaning.

for example：
playing basketball          dǎ lán qiú 打 篮 球 
hit  sb.                               dǎ rén 打 人
call him                             dǎ diàn huà 打电话
ask the news                   dǎ tīng 打 听

So, dǎ is a word for action.
dǎ diàn huà 打电话means call someone or give sb. a call

gěi can be a verb or a preposition.
When gěi act as a preposition, it is equivalent to "to" in English.
When gěi act as a verb, it is equivalent to "give" in English.

Answer

"dǎ"means"call",    but the different is , it is just a verb in Chinese, "call" in English includes two words : verb+noun(call the phone/dǎ diànhuà)
"gěi"  means  "to",it is a preposition.

Answer

This sentence can also  translate into
 
"I will give him a call"  
 
dǎ gěi means  "give somebody a call"

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