Sample sentence- minor error.
wei1xiao4
June 16, 2008, 01:02 AM posted in General DiscussionJust noticed this sample sentence error as I was studying.
你想喝什么呢？我想喝咖啡。
(What is Mr. Wang thinking? He's thinking about his girlfriend.)
No biggie, just wanted to let you know so you can correct it one day when you have nothing else to do. Ha!
cassielin
June 16, 2008, 03:03 AM你想喝什么呢？我想喝咖啡。
(What is Mr. Wang thinking? He's thinking about his girlfriend.)
oh, oh, oh, something wrong.
你想喝什么呢？我想喝咖啡。ni1 xiang3 he1 shen2 me 1ne1? wo1 xiang3 he1 ka1fei1.
what do you want to drink? I want coffee.
changye
June 16, 2008, 03:01 AMHi wei1xiao4,
We can learn something even form a mistake. So let me try to translate those mistranslated English sentences into Chinese.
What is Mr. Wang thinking?
老王在想什么呢？老王在想着什么呢？
He's thinking about his girlfriend.
他在想他女朋友呢。他在想着他女朋友呢。