你好 每个人

meman
March 04, 2008, 07:10 PM posted in General Discussion
你好 每个人 卧室 新型 ...........as you may tell im new to pod and was trying out my text was it ok for a first attempt? 
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openminds
March 04, 2008, 07:42 PM

你好 每个人 could be replaced by da4jia1hao3 - sorry, I can't write characters on this PC. Let's see what the others -the real experts - say about your note. By the way: Welcome to CP! Huanying!

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GreyPhoenix
March 04, 2008, 09:03 PM

Welcome to CPod, meman! Congrats on writing your first sentence! It was great for a first attempt - much better than my first attempt I'm sure! I would agree with openminds, though, that it's probably better to write 大家好 (da4 jia1 hao3) as the greeting, rather than 你好每个人。 The former is a very common way to greet groups of people in Chinese. Also, it looks like you're using pinyin to input characters (as do I). Be very careful when doing so, as the same pinyin often has multiple characters, and you will need to choose the correct one from the list that shows as you are typing. Thus, the characters for 卧室 新型 should read 我是新生, though I believe 新生 means a newborn baby (I assume you meant "I am a new student"). I'm not advanced enough to be positive of the correct wording for that sentence, so I'll let a more advanced listener type it out (perhaps 我是新学生?). Again, welcome to CPod! Feel free to explore, and have fun learning!