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Jeremypu2019
Posted on: Phone Numbers 电话号码/電話號碼 in Chinese
December 22, 2019 at 3:42 PMNot exactly, you can either say "我的电话号码是" or "我的号码是" but people would never say "我的电话号是..."
Posted on: Phone Numbers 电话号码/電話號碼 in Chinese
December 22, 2019 at 3:40 PMHey, you can say “你的电话号码是什么”? However, you don't need to add "是什么" when you say "你可以给我你的电话号码吗？" or "你的电话号码是?"
Posted on: Talking About Dates in Chinese
December 22, 2019 at 3:36 PMIt should be "二零零一年" (er4 ling2 ling2 yi1 nian2)
Posted on: Talking About Dates in Chinese
December 20, 2019 at 4:13 PMI would say "你生日是哪一天" or "你生日是几月几号".
Posted on: Using Ordinal Numbers in Chinese
December 20, 2019 at 4:10 PMIn the sentence - 這是我在上海的第三天, 第三天 is a noun and "这是我在上海的" is the adjective
The reason is that the person who says that wants to emphasize it's the third day.
Posted on: "I Want" Using 想 & 要
December 20, 2019 at 4:05 PM我要你出去 means I want you to get out
你要我帮你买一张火车票吗 Do you want me to buy a train ticket for you?
需要 means "to need"
在他最低落的时候，他很需要朋友的鼓励. When he was down, he needed encouragement from his friends.
Posted on: Possessives with 的
December 20, 2019 at 3:58 PM的 needs to be pronounced as "di" when it's in 的士（taxi）， 的确（really）， 目的（aim) etc.
Posted on: Forming Questions with 有没有
December 19, 2019 at 4:52 AM家 means home （e.g. 我家在附近） or the people living in the house e.g. 一家人 which means the family
Posted on: How to Say and Write Your Address in Chinese
December 19, 2019 at 4:48 AM启 is the formal and polite way to let someone open the envelop. 收 is not that formal and polite. People usually write down “...亲启” as a set phrase on the envelop but never put “....亲收” together.
Posted on: Using "Can" 会、能、可以
December 22, 2019 at 3:55 PM我能做到 and 我可以做到 are interchangeable since they both mean I'm capable of doing sth. However, 我会做到 means "I will get it done" and it refers to a future state rather than the ability of doing sth.