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dunderklumpen
Posted on: Slang-ular Momentum
January 25, 2009 at 5:52 PMrj
in year 1 at 10 weeks or 10 weeks into year one
Thanks for the lesson. All those prepositions... at, in, on, into...
Then 500 in 10 weeks is even more amazing! I guess my gift is in the audial part of language. Is that a proper word?
Posted on: Slang-ular Momentum
January 25, 2009 at 5:10 PMrjberki
sorry but that is a mouthfull to type
没关系 mei2guan1xi5! Actually "sorry but that is a mouthfull to type" is a bigger mouthfull 哈哈 ;)
I'm impressed by amesburygeorge. 500 flashcards in 1 year and 10 weeks. Amazing. I recognise about 40 characters and write 15 :/ My vocab is about 250 words...
But thanks anyway :)
Posted on: How have you been?
January 25, 2009 at 4:03 PMRight, the first disc (newbie, elem., interm.) is 3,5Gb.
Posted on: Slang-ular Momentum
January 25, 2009 at 11:46 AMHi matt,
"3Q"怎么样阿? (I know nothing about chinese internet slang...)
Posted on: Slang-ular Momentum
January 25, 2009 at 11:27 AMHi!
I tried to figure out the small talk in the first 3 minutes. Translation is sketchy -I'm niether native english nor chinese :) Please leave a comment if you find any mistakes or if you can fill in the blanks ^^
C：用英文字母来说。
yong4 ying1wen2 zi4mu3 lai2shuo1
Use english letters to have one's say (to speak).
C：MM那是什麼？
MM na4 shi4 shen2me5?
Then what is MM?
J：pete知道吗？
pete zhi1dao4 ma5?
Pete, do you know?
J：怎么会，你真的不知道吗？
zen3me5 hui4, ni3 zhen1 de5 bu4 zhi1dao4 ma5?
How is that possible? do you really not know?
J：或者你yao说meimei。
huo4zhe3 ni3 yao shuo1 meimei.
Or you can say meimei.
C：漂亮的女孩子。
zhen1 piao4liang5 de5 nǚ3hai2zi5.
A very pretty girl.
J：jia zuo meimei.
__?__
C：对，很可爱，gege
dui4,hen3 ke3 ai4, gege.
That's right, very cute, gege.
J：__？__
C：GF男士女朋友。
GF nan2shi4 nǚ3peng2you5.
GF is a male's girlfriend.
C：那么LG那就是老公。
na4me5 LG na4 jiu4 shi4 lao3gong1.
So then LG means husband.
J：那LP就是老婆。
na4 LP jiu4 shi4 lao3po2.
Then LP means wife.
C：对。
dui4.
Right.
J：不过pete你有没有发现这时很多时候大家没有结婚but as a。。。
bu4guo4 pete ni3 you3 mei2you3 fa1xian4 zhe4shi2 hen3duo1 shi2hou5 da4jia1 mei2you3 jie2hun1 but as a...
However, pete have you noticed that nowadays people often don't get married, but as a...
Posted on: My Dog
January 24, 2009 at 9:42 AMHi jaimemayo,
9 months ago I didn't know a single word in chinese neither. Nor did I know about tones. Nothing. I don't think you are the only beginner :) 200,000+ registered users and 300,000 people who come to ChinesePod every month...
There is a huge pinyin guide here. Part 7.1: "numerals instead of tone marks". If you want to type pīnyīn you can go here. (On the left side: "type pinyin")
All the sounds in chinese here.
These are some newbie podcasts on tones:
Newbie - The First Tone
Newbie - The Second Tone
Newbie - The Third Tone
Newbie - The Fourth Tone
Newbie - The Neutral Tone
Elementary - Tone Rule: Changes for 'bu'
Elementary - Tone Rule: Two Third Tones
Dictionaries: http://www.nciku.com/, http://www.xuezhongwen.net/chindict/chindict.php
Posted on: Happiness Candy
January 23, 2009 at 7:31 PMkenm, check your inbox :)
Posted on: Being Seated in a Restaurant
January 23, 2009 at 5:37 PMHi!
I'm going to the restaurant again and I need some new words. I would like to say:
-Do you have a baby chair? (I don't know if it is called a baby chair in english...)
-Can we have a jug of water please? (jug, pitcher or whatever it is called...)
Any help is appreciated :)
Posted on: My Dog
January 23, 2009 at 5:22 PMjaimemayo
I don't know why you can't see it. It's a PDF so I guess you should be able to. But I'm no good with computers...
Actually, in the PDF it is guāi. Not guai1. I typed guai1 because that is simpler to type than guāi :)
Posted on: Chinese New Year News
January 25, 2009 at 9:05 PMHi sunix,
What does the ～ in the end of your sentence mean?
"～"是什麼意思？我看不懂。
Hi Billgloveruk,
I'm sure I fully understand what you mean by sharing resources. 麻烦您给我们一个事例吧 ma2fan5 nin2 gei3 wo3men5 yi1ge4 shi4li4 ba5 (example).