Keth- Journal Feb 2011

toianw

Sonata - 奏鸣曲 (zou4ming2chu3)

Scarlatti - 史卡拉第 (Shi3ka3la1di4)

trevorb

你也是英国人吧，离你的家到Manchester远不远。

Again at risk of the blind leading the blind...

我有等到太太完成购物那么我找到地方哪儿我可以有中文按摩

我太太购物的时候我就等了等，然后我们找到一个中国的按摩店。

then possibly

我能又练说的汉语又收到按摩很好。

我觉得我又中文说得练习又按摩 or something like that.....

Keth

Hi Trevorb. I also did think I might need a MW for massage shop. Also where to put the "practice " in the last sentence is a puzzle for me ,but I can see your suggestion reads better than mine.Thanks.

Keth

是的。 我住在近Manchester.

trevorb

你是北方的人， 我是南方的人。离这里到那里远，但是我们都是英国人。

toianw

Hi trevorb,

I've never heard 北方的人. Chinese people usually just say 北方人 and 南方人. It's a commonly heard expression - It seems the north-south divide is even more pronounced here in China than in the UK:) - I guess because there's a whopping great river dividing the two. 我也是英国北方人.

Also, your 离 sentences don't sound natural to me.

As a rule, you can use: A 离 B 远/近

So, for example your question would be: 你的家离 Manchester远不远?

我住在近Manchester. - Maybe 我住在Manchester附近 is better.

trevorb

So I can drop the 的 in there, wasn't at all sure but it seemed to be reflecting of the north or of the south so I plumped for it in the end.

Thanks for the hint on 离 I'm probably corrupted by practicing the

一个离Place Distance的地方 pattern! I will practice this A 离 B 远/近 now too....

trevorb

昨天晚上我们去了莎莎舞课。

莎莎舞是我的最喜欢的舞蹈，但是我有时候忘了一些步。

I'm not sure if 步 is used like this or not hopefully someone more skilled than me will comment.

那么我跟老师复习了。

现在我再辣的.

not sure what you were after here? I read "currently I am spicy again" .

BTW I often get pulled up on the use of 再 though. I think it should be used for future instances of a repeating thing otherwise I tend to be told to use 又。

toianw

Hi trevorb abd user 116595,

I'm not very skilled in either Chinese or dance, but I think 步 is probably OK here.

舞步 = a dance step; a dance move

Keth

So I was trying to say ,now (that I have refreshed learning the steps ),I am once again a "hot " salsa dancer! You cant be " hot" if you cant remember the steps! I thought if I used 热 it would give the impression I was now hot and sweaty! Haha.

trevorb

:-) yeah could be, seem to remember something about 红 being used in that sort of context but....... well you know!

trevorb

”史卡拉第“是什么意思 is it a composer? if so which one?

那么我是海盗；我们写了一张藏宝图然后看看金。

not sure about this sentence though I understand it I think it may be because its a direct english translation. All I can say for sure is it's probably best to use 找金子 on the end.

然后去Manchester 我们订票了听过 Uri Caine 的音乐会

this feels wrong because it seems to english

后来我们去Manchester来了用买了几个星期前近来Uri Caine Concert听音乐。

thats my bash at it which, doesn't sound much better methinks so hopefully someone with more experience can comment....

trevorb

我去了修理厂和一点时间什么时候他们成完回来了

I am not too sure what you were trying to say with this one. I think I get the sense of it ....

我的小儿子来到了那么大家去餐厅和吃饭了。

我的小儿子来到了，大家一起吃饭。

然后我们回家了和聊天。

not sure of the context of this but

然后我们回家了，最后聊天一会儿。