School homework...
henning
November 25, 2007 at 08:06 PM posted in General DiscussionWhen I was in Beijing in September my nephew wrote a homework about my 2year old.
Now that I finally took the time to get a flickr-account I thought I could share it here for learning purposes:

simyfly
November 26, 2007 at 02:05 AM
There are some inaccurate expressions in your article, and you overuse informal words. Let me try to replace them with authentic Chinese:) (anyway it's very good!)///
1.shu3 xi4 熟悉///
2.外貌很可爱. Here it's better to say 长的很可爱. We often say 外貌很端庄. If we say 外貌很可爱, we often imply that ' whereas conversely his heart is quiet the opposite'///
3.心里总是让人... ...Here you should say 心理 instead of 心里. 心理 emphasizes' mind' more, while 心里 emphasizes' heart' more.///
4.性格很顽皮 It's a little bit strange here.You'd better say 性格很活泼 or just 他很顽皮///
5.dao3 luan4 捣乱///
6.穿的也很好 I don't know what do you want to say here. In my opinion, you'd better delete these five characters.///
7.他特别爱玩我的玩具。(not,)///
8.我说什么话都是好的 It's very informal here. When it comes to writting, we often say like this: 我说的什么话都是好的. You should add the 的 here.///
9.我整个就是一个... ...This is a very informal expression, in fact it's a dialect in some places.///
10.姑姑说:把他弄醒吧,要不晚睡不着了。You should say 晚上 not 晚, 要不然 not 要不(informal). And you should use ,not :here. If you want to use :you should add “ and ” to the speaker's words.///
11. xing3 醒///
12.我弟弟他哇哇大哭 a little informal here. you'd better say 我弟弟哇哇大哭 in writting.///
13.就跟喝了蜜似的 lol it's a very verbal expression here. In fact in China many people including me don't like to say like that, because we think this expression is quiet outdated.///
14.比睡觉之前玩的还要活yue4(跃) We often use 活跃 to discribe a person or his personality, but not an action. You'd better say 快活 here.///
sparechange
November 25, 2007 at 11:29 PM
Wow, you mean it really is possible to write in this language? ;-)
That's really cool. How old is your nephew?
henning
November 25, 2007 at 08:11 PM
As you can see from the paper and the missing Hanzi, this was the first draft.
simyfly
November 26, 2007 at 02:12 AMOops! sorry again! it's written by your nephew,not you.