Sentences with "who"
akalovid
December 12, 2012, 05:35 PM posted in I Have a QuestionHi, everyone. I wonder about translating "who". I'll post a few attempts and hope someone corrects me.
"He is the man who stole my book"
他是把我书偷的人
"I hate people who spit into other people's coffee"
我把在別人的咖啡里吐口水的人讨厌.
"He is the man who examined me"
他是把我考的人.
Is it natural to use bǎ? Of course I could say "he examined me", but that doesn't convey the same context as the 3rd sentence. That's why we sometimes say "He is the one who..."
Thank you for your time!
akalovid
Thank you!
Hmm,... no idea why I formulated it like that. I guess my last text contained many 把 and gave me the feeling everything slightly more complex had to contain it. That's just my standard problem. As soon as I say something for which I don't have a VERY similar example, I put the words in a strange order :(
Right-Wingnut
December 12, 2012, 09:43 PMI'm no expert, but the use of 把 here seems odd. Why not:
1. 他是偷我书的人.
2. 我不喜欢把唾沫吐进別人的咖啡的人.
3. 他是考我的人.
It number 3, by 'examine' I assume you mean 'to give a written examination to', and not what a doctor does.