User Comments - xiaophil

Posted on: How was your flight?

Yeah, I don't doubt kimiik's answer is better, actually. Dictionaries are often too clear, haha.

Posted on: How was your flight?

To tell you the truth, I thought it was a bit weird too. I guess we ought to keep in mind that oral Chinese is much less concise than written Chinese. Perhaps that explains it? Oh well, this reminds me of another English phase to put on your other post: 规则就是用来打破的 (rules are made to be broken).

Incidentally, I thought these two related examples were interesting:

a bad sailor 容易晕船的人

a good sailor 不大晕船的人

Posted on: An Unplanned Tan

Or by purpose? Perhaps you'll never no! Haha

Posted on: How was your flight?

Actually, I just took an nciku example and added 容易. My Chinese wife said it's ok.

Posted on: How was your flight?

I think this is ok: 她容易感到晕船恶心

Posted on: 太空旅游

Nobody has been interested enough to comment yet?  I think this is an interesting topic, but that could be because my nerd factor is high.  Anything about space gets me excited.

Posted on: An Unplanned Tan

I hate it when I write a sentence incorrectly when trying to promote American English. Don't worry. I fixed it. You can go back to your awesome or vulgar English, whichever the case may be. Hehe. Okay, I think I'm done.

Posted on: An Unplanned Tan

I agree. It is fun sticking up for my way of speaking things. And I am glad English has so many varieties. Without the contrast, American English would seem just a tad less awesome ;-).

Posted on: An Unplanned Tan

Yes, but in this case there is no adjective form of burn, therefore we must default at the passive verb construction of burnt/burned.

Posted on: An Unplanned Tan

Do I dare jump in... eeeeerrrrrrr.... okay, can't resist.

I think tan is okay here because it could be interpreted as an adjective, and it wouldn't come without precedent. Surely we wouldn't normally say, "Where did you get so reddened."