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svik 1. 怎么 can be why? how? or what? 2. 把 is used here to invert the 太 阳 and 涂成 - this places emphasis on the object 太 阳 3. I think that 涂... Read more

I have a few questions about this sentence from the expansion: 你 怎 么 把 太 阳 涂 成 黄色 的 ？ 1. 怎 么 is translated as why rather than how. 2.... Read more

Left a few words off the list: ànniŭ (按钮) push-button tōngguò (通过) by means of wèishēng (卫生) hygienic wēndù (温度) temperature z... Read more

我不懂对话为什么不说　“晒黑了”　而说　“晒黑的”！谁知道啊？ Read more

I am a confused about 将.  Connie and John said 将 was pretty much the same as 要, but in the all the example sentences using&nb... Read more

Thanks xiaophil. Yep, you're absolutely right, it was my ears that were wrong rather than the wife! How I misheard luo4 as mo4, I don't know! I als... Read more

I'm often away on business trips and am always saying to my other half that I'll give her a call when I arrive at my destination. I've always used: "w... Read more

Well, I hate to say it, but your wife is wrong this time. Try luo4 instead of mo4 :-) Read more

I can't find that third character in either MDBG Dictionary website or NCIKU. I asked my wife and she said it is pronounced "mò". Does anyone know w... Read more

Loved this lesson. Thanks guys. Now I know how to say "England will win the World Cup" in Chinese! (or perhaps more likely, Germany will win the Wo... Read more