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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 5:36 AM by changye

You have a point. It might be a little difficult to tell which verb is separable if you don't have a dictionary that shows it. There is the book title... Read more

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On July 31 at 5:33 AM by shanghaichanges

Scary people - 吓人 sounds like "stupid people". Is it the same pronunciation? Read more

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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 5:33 AM by go_manly

Yes, I definitely do find that easier. Thats not to say everyone should. I don't think 'memorise' really describes what I do with those rules. You us... Read more

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On July 31 at 5:31 AM by shanghaichanges

This might be a silly question, but if 荧光棒 is glow stick then I'm guessing 荧光 means glow. So can you use it as. "这个东西荧光 - That thing is glowing"????... Read more

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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 5:21 AM by simonpettersson

So you mean it's easier to think of "睡觉" as "to sleep" and then memorize a bunch of special rules on how it behaves than to think of it as "to sleep a... Read more

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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 4:49 AM by tvan

I agree with others here re: the usefulness of this lesson.  I've been saying, "我昨天见面他“ forever.  However, I'm guessing from the lesso... Read more

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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 4:48 AM by go_manly

Your reasoning makes perfect sense for words (or pairs of words) that translate well into English. But I think words like 睡觉, 游泳 and 结婚 need to be th... Read more

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On July 31 at 4:44 AM by shanghaichanges

哈哈,Mark,你的说话好像一个老人家,哈哈 Read more

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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 4:39 AM by simonpettersson

I CALL BULLTURD! There's no such thing as a "separable verb". The category was invented by a misogynist grammar nazi who thought Mandarin grammar wa... Read more

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Posted on: Separable Verbs
On July 31 at 4:38 AM by go_manly

Actually, I find German separable verbs very easy to deal with. There are a limited number of separable prefixes. Some prefixes always form separable... Read more