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On April 10 at 10:53 PM by roymaster

Yeah that's what I thought, a bit confusing... Read more

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On April 10 at 10:52 PM by roymaster

How do you say 'serve', as in 'I'd rather die than serve you'? Read more

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Posted on: Asking the Time
On April 10 at 8:45 PM by iqbar

I enjoyed this lesson; I'm new to studying Chinese (well, certainly a 'newbie', I'm about 200 words in) and I'm struggling a bit with the Community se... Read more

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Posted on: Christmas
On April 10 at 7:12 PM by vorpal22

聖誕節不是我的最喜歡的節日，因為我四歲的，我的母親說了聖誕老人不存在，所以每個聖誕節，我知道聖誕老人從來沒來拜訪我家。 Read more

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Posted on: Lying in Chinese
On April 10 at 4:03 PM by posterboy

Yes, I forgot about 它. But other than pronouns, its only used for humans. Read more

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Posted on: Lying in Chinese
On April 10 at 3:39 PM by tingyun

Its definitely used much, much less, but 它们 is a valid word - 们 is not reserved to humans. I think the difference is less in 们 than in the low likeli... Read more

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On April 10 at 3:34 PM by chinesehoney

hello, in this sentence, it should be yi2. Read more

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Posted on: 埃及剧变
On April 10 at 3:24 PM by zhoudage

Awesome! Thank you so much! Read more

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Posted on: Lying in Chinese
On April 10 at 3:22 PM by posterboy

I think 我 can be omitted too: 谢谢朋友们 My take on the 们 is that it is typically used when addressing people, not so typically when referring to people... Read more

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Posted on: Lying in Chinese
On April 10 at 3:08 PM by chinesehoney

hello. you can omit 的 in this sentence. 们means you are thankful to not a one friend but at least two. ok? I'm Chinese, glad to help you. Read more