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siung99
Posted on: Do you like China?
June 16, 2007 at 1:17 AMjust my two cents worth --- re: 二 vs 两 . i would say 两 has something to do with amount e.g. there are two things, two times. but in the context where "two" doesnt mean "amount", the word 二 is used. e.g. 第 二 名 (di4 er4 ming2) means "No.2"/runner up/ ranked second, it doesn't mean there are 2 people, so 二 is used instead of 两
Posted on: Ice Cream
June 16, 2007 at 12:13 AMhi excuter, do u mean "black forest ice cream"?
Posted on: Vegetarian Eating
June 8, 2007 at 12:44 PMsorry i should have said that "de" means (one)'s (belonging/ stuff/ thing/ other nouns). so if you say "wo de shou" it means "my hand(s)", or if you say "zhe jian yi fu shi wo de" it means "these clothes are mine".
Posted on: Vegetarian Eating
June 8, 2007 at 12:38 PMhi italiana, "de" means "of" (just like "zhi"). "ni3" means "you" so i don't think you can use it as "and". "ni ne" does mean "and you?" but that's not a direct/ word-for-word translation. "ne" is a question word (i saw some 'podders' brought up this discussion somewhere else), and when a Chinese says "ni ne?" i suppose it's like an English speaker saying "Yourself?" (e.g. "I'm fine. Yourself?" hope this helps
Posted on: China's Most Famous Tourist Destinations
June 16, 2007 at 1:36 AM云南石林的风景真美. Yunnan's Stone Forest has a beautiful scenery.