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Posted on: Where are you from?
January 7, 2008 at 7:04 AMhi faizan, 他很高。Tā hěn gāo. 他不高。Tā bù gāo. if its subject + adjective, in Chinese you don't need to use 是 (shì).
Posted on: You Can and Will Use 会 (huì)!
January 7, 2008 at 6:42 AMhi arthas86, 将 (jiāng) is generally only used in more formal Chinese.
Posted on: Mother's Birthday
January 7, 2008 at 6:25 AMhi mandomikey, 买了 (mǎi le) bought 买好了 (mǎi hǎo le) the 好了 (hǎo le) carried the added feeling of something being finished, completed. As in, 'Have you finished buying all your presents.'
Posted on: The Dice Game
January 7, 2008 at 6:23 AMhi bazza, You would say: 祝大家好运。 Zhù dàjiā hǎoyùn.
Posted on: Getting Water Delivered
January 7, 2008 at 6:21 AMhi sparechange, 我们小区的房子都是 7 层的。 Wǒmen xiǎoqū de fángzi dōu shì 7 céng de. The buildings in our complex are all 7 stories tall. The 是... 的 (shì...de) would be used when you are distinguishing between other features of other buildings, or classifying which kind of buildings these are. For example, in this example, perhaps someone was asking what types of buildings are in this complex.
Posted on: Getting Water Delivered
January 7, 2008 at 6:13 AMcrazykitty, In this case you need to use the measure word: 一桶水 Yī tǒng shuǐ
Posted on: Getting Water Delivered
January 7, 2008 at 5:57 AMhi heruilin, 在中国的时候，你叫人送过水吗？ Zài Zhōngguó de shíhou, nǐ jiào rén sòng guòshuǐ ma？ When you lived in China, did you have water delivered?
Posted on: Getting Water Delivered
January 7, 2008 at 5:43 AMhi jackfrombelgium! I wish I had someone asking me if i wanted carbonated water! i miss it so much. Here is how you say it: 在中国的时候，你叫人送过水吗？ Zài Zhōngguó de shíhou，nǐ jiào rén sòng guòshuǐ ma？ 没有汽的矿泉水 (Méiyǒu qì de kuàngquánshuǐ ) (uncarbonated) 有汽的矿泉水 (Yǒu qì de kuàngquánshuǐ) (carbonated)
Posted on: Complaining About The Boss
January 7, 2008 at 4:25 AMhi xiaohu, 抱怨 (bàoyuàn) is more like to complain or grumble about something 投诉 (tóusù) is more like making a formal complaint
Posted on: Where are you from?
January 7, 2008 at 7:04 AMhi taco831 Of course the more vocab you learn, the better!