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mikenotinjubei
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 4: Communication in the Office
October 25, 2008 at 1:04 AMHi CPOD In this sentence from the dialogue 你知道吴刚最近在忙什么吗？ Why is 吗？needed ? Isn't 什么 sufficient for this to be understood as aquestion?
Posted on: Salt and Pepper
October 22, 2008 at 4:20 AMHi CPod
I know the following expanision sentence is correct
裡面沒有人 There is no one inside. which just seems odd to think of it as "The inside ..." has no people.
Just to make it simplier for me
"Nobody's home" would be
没有人在家
Posted on: No Walking on the Grass
October 20, 2008 at 4:59 AMHi Amber
A few of the expansion sentences threw me a bit. Can I say the following :
我能問一下你.........
May I ask you ....
And this expansion sentence seemed odd if I think in English and only think of 給 as "give" as opposed to "for".
酒就是給人喝的
(Alcohol is for people to drink.)
so I guess this is also correct
這個酒就是給人買的
This alcohol is for people to purchase.
Yes?
Thanks
Posted on: Rome
October 16, 2008 at 6:25 AMThanks Amber
Those are also very interesting.
I especially like the last. Not being careful and forgetting. Not sure it would go over with my wife if I forgot her B-Day.....
Posted on: Rome
October 16, 2008 at 5:37 AMCPOD
Sorry if this is covered in the lesson discussion. I can not stick earplugs in until I return home. But I found the word :以為[-为] yǐwéi "mistakenly think" very interesting.
In one sense it can be a "weasel word" for explaining a wrong idea even if it was a firmly held opinion when caught out.
Are there similar ways to say
mistakenly said
mistakenly did
mistakenly (accidentally) forgot
others?
Posted on: Qipao Dresses and Marathons in China
October 15, 2008 at 5:08 AMCalkins
Thank you for the beautiful clip. Well seeing Maggie is always a pleasure. Since Wong kar-wai never films in a straight time sequence, the qipaos were his way of referencing the disjointed time of the movie. Not that I cared too much, I just wanted to watch Maggie.
Posted on: Clearing the Table
October 7, 2008 at 3:32 AMJenny
Do you always eat your fish so clean to the bone? I am always impressed by a few friends I have who leave perfect skeletons when they eat fish or chicken.
I was a bit puzzled at first by one line in the dialog. Although your discussion with Ken made it a bit clearer.
這個吃好了，幫我們收走吧
I guess a direct translation is :
"This 'dish we' are done, help us take it away."
The puzzling part is the 'help us' although I sort of understand. Is this less gramatically correct and more of a Chinese way of saying please by saying '幫我們' ?
Posted on: I'm pregnant!
September 29, 2008 at 2:46 AMWho are the folks in the picture?
And who ever wrote the expansion sentences is a strange person. Lots of amusing sentences today.
Posted on: ID Check at the Internet Cafe
September 22, 2008 at 1:42 AMHi CPOD
As usual very meaningful lesson on many levels.
I was surprised by the expansion sentence
"Do you have internet at home" why the use of 能 [néng] instead of 有 [yǒu]
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 4: Communication in the Office
October 27, 2008 at 2:50 AMLostinasia and Changye
Thank you both. I think understand. Together you two Poddie animals are almost as helpful as Connie and Amber but just not as cuddly.