Fire

italiana
 October 25, 2007, 07:44 PM posted in General Discussion

In honor of the California Witch fire, CPod should make lessons about:

1.) Fire Safety

and

2.) A Fire emergency (where a house/building is on fire)

我首页自焚了.

Would that be correct for "My home is burning" or would that be "My home has burned"?

 

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henning
 October 25, 2007, 09:03 PM

Good sugestion, italiana. BTW: Good to see you back.

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Kyle
 October 26, 2007, 12:01 AM

I believe the term for "something is on fire" is 着火. If you wanted to say your house had burned down, you could say two things: 我的房子被烧光了. (lit: My house has burned to nothing.) 我的房子被烧成废墟. (lit: My house has burned down to ruins.)

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italiana
 October 26, 2007, 12:41 AM

Cool! Xiexie ni. (I still can't figure out how to get the Chinese writting language tool. I tried everything!)

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italiana
 October 26, 2007, 12:42 AM

Xiexie, Henning. Been so busy lately.

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clay
 October 26, 2007, 04:58 AM

lesson idea noted. i agree.

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Kyle
 October 26, 2007, 05:54 AM

If you're using Windows, you should be able to install the langauge pack from the installation disk.