Facebook messages in Chinese
lunetta
December 07, 2007, 05:52 PM posted in General DiscussionI've gotten myself into a facebook exchange that I don't understand completely and thought some of you might want to help me.
I have one those little Fluff animals on my profile, a dragon called 龙. :-) I've made him say this phrase: '我是一个很凶的龙!' Now one of my friends has given my dragon a little reindeer as a gift and wrote the follwing message: '不要这么凶,我送我的朋友小鹿过来陪你玩!'.
pulosm
December 07, 2007, 06:28 PMDon't be so mean, I sent my friend "little deer" over to play with you.
pulosm
December 07, 2007, 06:29 PM(oops, Bazza must have posted while I was typing)
lunetta
December 07, 2007, 06:49 PMThanks guys! I got thrown off by the missing subject and 这么 in the first sentence and the 过 in the second. Is it 过来 or two separate words?
trevelyan
December 07, 2007, 08:32 PMIt's a brutal world, folks: 龙把小鹿玩得吃没了。
bazza
December 07, 2007, 09:36 PM这么 can mean 'so much or this much' and 过来 means to 'manage or take care of'.
bazza
December 16, 2007, 01:36 AMI saw this on someone profile and can't work out what it's supposed to mean. 可惜么钱么时间 I've never seen a 么……么…… construction like that before.
bazza
December 16, 2007, 01:38 AMDoes it mean something like not enough money, not enough time?
bazza
December 07, 2007, 06:27 PM"Don't be so fierce. I give to you, my friend, a little deer to play with." Or something like that I think.