User Comments - zhong_bide

Posted on: Buying Sandals

tal_'s pic shows what Australian (and Brits?) call sandals.

However I disagree with go_manly that "thongs" (footwear) are the same as sandals.  Thongs don't have the strap around the ankles; in fact they don't have any ankle support.

Here is a pic of Aussie (footwear) "thongs".

I think Kiwis call them "jandals".

Posted on: Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1)

Thanks so much for this, especially since I requested it!

Posted on: Nearby Tea House

Unless it has changed in the last few years, China has very few decent coffee shops.  Starbucks is awful, and expensive.  But at least you can buy nescafe in the supermarkets.

Posted on: Must-Have Modals

John - OK! Future aspects or modals, whatever. Afterall, as your article points out, English does not have a future tense either, just aspect markers like "will". I actually wanted to avoid the "tense" thing because I know enough to realise that it's not simple.

However the multiple uses of 要 and 会 etc do confuse me a bit. I imagine, but don't really know, that words like 打算, and 准备 could be used to indicate future intentions.

I really do like these QW's where the issues are clarified with the multiple examples!

Posted on: Must-Have Modals

Pretty sure it's because of the bird. The fruit is actually a chinese gooseberry, I believe, not native to New Zealand. Just a marketing ploy, like a previous discussion on "Hawaiian Nuts".

Posted on: Must-Have Modals

要 sometimes seems to be used for future tense though. - 对不对?

Could we have a 请问 sometime on the ways Chinese  express constructions that would correspond to the English future tense, please?

Posted on: Must-Have Modals

Liliana:  Kiwis are New Zealanders

Posted on: Suffix Magic

Today I got the Media lesson on my dashboard, but I have never subscribed to it.  Everything is working for me though - but I will never be able to make use of the Media lessons - plateauing out in intermediate, I think.

Posted on: Dashboard Updates and a Visit from a User

Light! we didn't hear you speak any chinese!

Posted on: Daddy Changes a Diaper

Thanks! Yes the lesson finally appeared a bit later last night.