chinesepod learning

shadow22
August 05, 2013, 04:37 AM posted in General Discussion
我有一个从中国学习休息。我回来了Wǒ yǒu yīgè cóng zhōngguó xuéxí xiūxí. Wǒ huíláile.chinesepod is a great learning tool!Cody
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Right-Wingnut
August 05, 2013, 05:59 AM

I'm prepared to be corrected, but I believe that 休息 is only a verb, not a noun. If so, you can't have '一个休息'.

Even then, I'm not sure what you are trying to say. You're having a study rest from China??

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shadow22

Thank you, I was trying to say,

I had a break from my Chinese study.

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Right-Wingnut

I guessed that. So you meant 中文 instead of 中国.

Also, I don't think 从 can be used here either. This use of 'from' in English is not the basic use of 'from' (ie. from a place, or from a time), and I don't think it can be translated directly. But I could be wrong.

But I can't offer a suggestion as to how this should actually be said, so maybe someone else could jump in here.

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verazhang100
August 06, 2013, 01:10 AM

I don't think the sentence can be translated directly, either. Because we don't use 'break' as a noun in Chinese.

I will say: 我休息好了!开始学中文了。wo3xiu2xi1hao3le! kai1shi3 xue2 zhong1wen2 le.