User Comments - ruyide

Posted on: Simple Electrical Stuff

Thanks for the explanation

Posted on: Simple Electrical Stuff

A question about resultative complements - see pearltowerpete's explanation above. Is he saying that, in the first example, 'wo ting de dong zhongwen' would not normally be used as an alternative to 'wo neng ting dong zhongwen'?

Posted on: The Clogged Toilet

Thanks for the explanation. Basically, as you say, Chinese works the same way as English in the use of these words.

Posted on: The Clogged Toilet

Can you please clarify the the use of LAI rather than QU in the last sentence of the dialogue as it is referring to movement away from the speaker.

Jenny Zhu's comment on 22 April 2007 seems to directly contradict what is always taught in textbooks - namely that QU is chosen by reference to movement away from the speaker and LAI the opposite.

Posted on: Buying a Bike

Alexyzye

The measure word for bicycle is 辆 (liang - fourth tone). This is quite a useful word as it covers most vehicles with wheels.

Posted on: How to Say "and" in Chinese

Connie, thanks for your reply on the position of "le". To be pedantic, "guangjie" and "chifan" are verb-object constructions so is it also permissible to say "qu guang le jie" and "qu chi le fan"?

Posted on: How to Say "and" in Chinese

One of the statements in this lesson showing the construction for a sequence of events was "wo zhoumo qu le gongyuan, qu guangjie le, hai qu chifan le". Why is the first "le" in a different position to the other two?

Posted on: Traveling around China

Pete

Sorry, you're right - I was looking at it the wrong way. I understand your explanation. Thank you.

Posted on: Traveling around China

Hello Chinese Pod. I don't know if you bother to monitor comments appearing long after the event on archaic lessons but I am surprised that nobody appears to have picked up on what appears to be a bad mistake in the  transcript.

In the sentence "feichang bucuo, bi wo xiangxiang de haihao" you have used the wrong "de". For spoken Mandarin, which is your basic remit, it makes no difference but you should still get the transcript right.

I believe this same issue cropped up as an incidental discussion point on a "qing wen" and that you seem to have decided that Mandarin is evolving to use only one all-purpose "de", the one shown in the transcript.

Do you have a definitive answer on this? (assuming my question is not destined to languish here unnoticed for the rest of eternity).

Posted on: The Magic Word 把

Shenyajin

Thanks for your elucidation. It seems to me that if the construction is quite simple and the chain of logic straightforward then there is no need to introduce 把as an extra element, but otherwise it is essential for the flow and balance of a statement and is uniquely 'Chinese'.