User Comments - bill
bill
Posted on: Invitation to Dinner
October 13, 2011 at 3:45 PMIt's been a long time since I've visited a newbie lesson. I just want to note that one might also ask, 你今晚有空吗? nǐ jīnwǎn yǒukòng ma? 今晚 is tonight, and 有空 is have free time to do something.
By the way, where have all of the avatars gone. I no longer see them when I view the lessons.
Posted on: Perfume Shopping
October 10, 2011 at 11:19 PM我很高兴我的老婆不喜欢香水因为我对香水过敏！
Posted on: Words with Heart (Part 2)
August 2, 2011 at 2:53 PM"Mistakes" are often our best teachers. They are just small course corrections on the path to learning this beautiful language.
Posted on: Words with Heart (Part 2)
July 30, 2011 at 3:29 PMWhat about saying something like: 大多数护士都有爱心. dàduōshù hùshi dōu yǒu àixìn.
I think you know that 医院 (yīyuàn) means hospital ...
Posted on: Didn't you get my email?
July 2, 2011 at 2:38 PMHi Chris,
我同意你 ... wo3 tong2yi4 ni3.
Bill
Posted on: Didn't you get my email?
July 2, 2011 at 5:27 AMHmm ... I use 答复 (da2fu4) for replying to email.
Posted on: Going and Leaving
June 26, 2011 at 4:01 AM我马上回来了。That seems natural enough.
Posted on: Yoga
June 14, 2011 at 10:20 PM慧能是禅宗师傅的. He is considered to be the last patriarch of 禅宗 in China. Well, this monk asked him, "What is enlightenment?" 慧能 immediately threw him in the mud. 嘿吃点泥土吧。我觉得这是很好病毒营销 哈哈！
Posted on: 过(guo)
October 22, 2011 at 3:45 PMI've not listened to the discussion yet but have read the dialog. It seems to me that the translation of "他去过美国" would be better stated as "He has gone to America," rather than "He has been to the US before." Since 去 is to go, I'm not sure why the present perfect of 是 or “to be” is used rather than the present perfect of "to go."
Also, why the "before?" Obviously, if one has gone to America, then it happened "before." “Has gone" definitely gives the sense of "experiencing." Right, a nit pick ...