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Posted on: Afraid of Dogs

hehe,I misunderstood your meanings.

But "我姐家的买小狗了" is not right.This expression equals "My sister's  bought dogs." You see,is that right? I think what you are mean is "My sister bought  dogs."So you shoud say "我姐买小狗了" or "我姐家买小狗了"."我姐家的" does not equal with "我姐"(my sister),but "my sister's".

I am a chinese student .I am happy you can understand what I have mean.  It' s further more excited than doing the works our teacher gives us.

What a perfect study place here!

Posted on: Afraid of Dogs

Hi,light487

I can tell you how to say "My sister's dog has new puppies."

"我姐家的狗生小狗了."(wo3 jie3 jia 1 de gou 3 sheng1 xiao3 gou3 le) .

"我姐" is short for "我的姐姐"; "家" means "home"."我姐家的" means something is owned by your sister and  in her home most times. So "我姐家的狗" means "my sister's dog".

"生" (sheng1) means "have","小狗"(xiao3gou3) means "puppies" here."了"(le) is used  at the end of a sentence meaning something has happend.

Posted on: Afraid of Dogs

Hi,amber!

I am a English learner and a chinese girl.My name is "兰花草"(lan2 hua1 cao3) which is a kind of plant. Nice to meet you!

As to your reply,I have something to say.

Your explanation about "呢" is very good! I am wrong to treat the "呢"(ne) as the  "吗"(ma1) for careless. I am sorry to mislead others  and I will be more careful  later.

But  about your explanation about "儿", I  don' agree all. In our English-Chinese dictionary,the word "mandarin" means official(adj).If so,I think you are wrong."儿" (er) is not just a characteristic  of speakers of mandarin from northern china , but a regional accent  of  some northern areas  especially  Beijing, the so-word "京片子"(jing1 pian4 zi3),means the accent of Beijing.

Posted on: Afraid of Dogs

hi,greasy8!

"儿" is just a regional accent for people in beijing ,meaning  nothing,you can leave it  out.

"呢" is used in question sentence,it can also be treated as a regional accent,but you'd better not leave it out!