User Comments - kaixin_in_tampa

Profile picture

kaixin_in_tampa

Posted on: Slippery Ground
November 2, 2010 at 11:31 PM

...and completely went through the 9 months of Ellie lessons in one week...

加油! - jia1you2

Welcome back. I think we will begin to understand the Intermediates more and more, just a mater of time and to keep practicing.

Posted on: Slippery Ground
October 31, 2010 at 1:44 PM

Hi paularinus, thank you for sharing your experiences in transitioning from Ellie to Intermediate.

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/10662#comment-195253

I am on the same boat.

I looked 提醒 on nciku.com and in some cases it can mean "to warn" or "to caution", for example to warn someone that the floor is slippery. Also on mdbg.net there are some example sentences in which 提醒 means to caution, if you click on the Jukuu logo.

Posted on: Dealing with 管 (guan)
October 31, 2010 at 12:51 PM

:) Maybe just PG-13.

Posted on: Reserving a Taxi Cab by Telephone
October 31, 2010 at 3:54 AM

Very good instinct, I actually googled Volkswagen and it does mean "the people's car", so 大众汽车 is actually a very good translation from the German.

Posted on: Fasten that Safety Belt
October 31, 2010 at 1:37 AM

I don't know about needlesticks but I'm pretty sure one's fingers would run into something sticky and/or smelly so I ain't fishing for no seat belts in a Chinese taxi.

Nice to see you manage to keep a sense of humor about the wallet experience, hope it never happens again.

Posted on: Dealing with 管 (guan)
October 30, 2010 at 12:29 PM

If we want to negate the 被__管 (i.e., 被老婆管）， do we say 被老婆不管 (my wife doesn't boss me around)?

How about:

YOU don't run me, and THEY don't run me!

被你不管，被他们也不管！

对不对？^_^

Posted on: Reserving a Taxi Cab by Telephone
October 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Looks like 大众 is also how we say "Volkswagen" (大众汽车).

Posted on: Dealing with 管 (guan)
October 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM

Well said, I think you used it correctly. :)

Posted on: Dealing with 管 (guan)
October 30, 2010 at 10:11 AM

The R-rated version of "Mind your own business!" uses a different "guan". ^_^ I thought it was 管 but it's 关. Connie said it in another QW, it was pretty funny.