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ID: 2177 Upper Intermediate
While punctuation marks in Chinese are similar to those in English, there are some notable differences. In fact, there are even some symbols used in Chinese punctuation which don't exist in English. In this lesson, someone helps their Chinese coworker write a letter in English, only to discover these differences first hand.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
封 fēng measure word for letters
检查 jiǎnchá to check, investigate
内容 nèiróng content
标点 biāodiǎn punctuation
Kevin我要写一封英文邮件给客户你能不能帮我检查一下看看有没有问题
Kevin Kevinwǒ 我yào 要xiě 写yī 一fēng 封Yīngwén 英文yóujiàn 邮件gěi 给kèhù 客户nǐ 你néng 能bu 不néng 能bāng 帮wǒ 我jiǎnchá 检查yīxià 一下kàn kan 看看yǒumeiyǒu 有没有wèntí 问题
Kevin, I want to write an English letter to a client. Can you help me look over it and see if there are any problems?
当然可以我来看看嗯内容没什么问题不过你标点点得有些问题呀
dāngrán 当然kěyǐ 可以wǒ 我lái 来kàn kan 看看ng4 嗯nèiróng 内容méi 没shénme 什么wèntí 问题bùguò 不过nǐ 你biāodiǎn 标点diǎn 点de 得yǒuxiē 有些wèntí 问题ya 呀
Of course I can. Let me see. Yeah, there's no problem with the content. However, there are some mistakes with your punctuation.
嘿这些我都搞不清楚谁让我英语语法课都在睡觉呢你帮我改改吧
hēi 嘿zhèxiē 这些wǒ 我dōu 都gǎo bu qīngchu 搞不清楚shéi 谁ràng 让wǒ 我yīngyǔ 英语yǔfǎkè 语法课dōu 都zài 在shuìjiào 睡觉ne 呢nǐ 你bāng 帮wǒ 我gǎigai 改改ba 吧
Yeah, I'm not clear at all on this stuff. That's what I get for sleeping through English grammar class. Maybe you should help me change it.
首先所有的标点符号之前都不用空格但是之后都要有一个空格然后才能再写内容
shǒuxiān 首先suǒyǒu de 所有的biāodiǎn 标点fúhào 符号zhīqián 之前dōu 都bùyòng 不用kònggé 空格dànshì 但是zhīhòu 之后dōuyào 都要yǒu 有yī 一gè 个kònggé 空格ránhòu 然后cáinéng 才能zài 再xiě 写nèiróng 内容
First of all, before all of the punctuation marks, you don't need to have a space. However, you have to have a space after them. Only then can you begin to write again.
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