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Posted on: Fog or Smog?
On April 29 at 11:04 AM by zhenlijiang

I tend to think there are quite a few things only humans are any good at, probably because I'm old school (and a tech dummy) ... Of course there'... Read more

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Posted on: Requesting a Fork
On April 29 at 10:54 AM by zhenlijiang

I don't think of "still" as having an "as well" meaning, I meant. Read more

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Posted on: How do you say...?
On April 29 at 10:25 AM by xiaophil

I don't have Chinese on this computer, but let me throw out one more thing. 'yao' is a completely acceptable way of saying 'I want it'. e.g.: p1 n... Read more

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Posted on: Requesting a Fork
On April 29 at 10:24 AM by zhenlijiang

My simple understanding helps me, but maybe it only confuses further and should have remained contained in my head ... In answer to your question... Read more

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Posted on: How do you say...?
On April 29 at 10:00 AM by darkstar94

Thanks guys! Yeah I'm aware of the different meanings of 要 and 想. So you think that 想 is more like the subjunctive in Spanish then? So I should j... Read more

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On April 29 at 9:59 AM by vonb

Awesome, thanks John! Read more

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Posted on: How do you say...?
On April 29 at 9:47 AM by jen_not_jenny

Yeah, xiaophil, I think 要 is used more when you expect to receive the thing you want and 想 can be used more often if you're not sure it will be possib... Read more

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On April 29 at 9:40 AM by orangina

I think this is the concept xiao_liang finds incomprehensible. Read more

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On April 29 at 9:39 AM by go_manly

OK - got it. You know I've still got time to delete my comment! Read more

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On April 29 at 9:34 AM by xiao_liang

Sarcasm fail! Read more