U.S. Presid. Candidates in Chinese

Thanks, this is cool. I will leave the Republicans for you, don't want to steal your thunder. ;-) Re: Bill Richardson...who cares??? Sorry. I couldn't resist. I've seen 比爾‧李察遜 (bi3er3-li3cha2xun4) I'd like to add: Dennis Kucinich (丹尼斯‧庫辛尼奇) (dan1ni2si1-ku4xing4ni2qi2) [the convention is to put that dot-thingie in between the first and last names] Oh, and I don't think there is an 100% consensus (despite a Taiwan/Mainland divide) I have also seen 奥巴马 for Obama in Mainland sources.

I see Lunetta, Thanks! And thanks alll for your responses! :~)

What about Tom Tancredo!?!

是谁？我不知道他！？？

是Sarah Tankredi´s 爸爸。( 是从Prisonbraeke(越狱) TVseries ) 我也很喜欢越狱 :-)

Steven Colbert for president! :p

hehe, I don't think thats going to happen, I am for Barack Obama! Don't waste yur vote with COlbert

Cool, I am not for Repubs. but, I try to be fair.

hmm, wildyak, i'm not sure about the 'zhidao'/'renshi' thing i thought you use 'zhidao' when you want to say you've heard of someone, whereas 'renshi' means 'to know someone' so if kevin wanted to say he's never heard of the man, i think 'zhidao' is right (have to ask someone from Chinesepod to be sure though)

This is the response from a Chinese friend when I asked her whether to use 认识 or 知道 in this sentence: 你认识 (or should I use 知道?) 后舍男生吗？ 应该说"知道",因为知道表示你听说过人家,但是人家不认识你,而"认识"指双方相互的.

Thanks Lunetta. I take back what I said, although it still sounds strange in my ears. The explanation makes total sense

I don't understand what lunetta says, not that advanced!

Sorry about that Kevin. Basically it says to use 知道 when you know a person but that person doesn't know you and 认识 when you know a person and that person knows you as well.

Yeah, this is right. I'd say in English, we'd do it like this: 知道 is to know who someone is. 认识 is to know someone.

Hey Kevin, I think for people we usually use 认识。 是谁？我不认识他.