Questions of Literacy

alexandermuir
 June 22, 2009, 07:53 PM posted in General Discussion

I'm trying to explain that "i can read some characters, but i'm not literate"... here's my best attempt

我认字， 我没有识字

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helenshen_counselor
 June 23, 2009, 02:21 AM

Nice try. “认字” and “识字” both mean, "can read". You can say: 我认识一些字，但是没有广泛阅读的能力, wǒ rènshi yīxiē zì，dànshì méiyǒu guǎngfàn yuèdú de nénglì.

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alexandermuir
 June 24, 2009, 05:08 PM

谢谢！