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Questions in Mandarin.

February 23, 2010 at 08:44 AM

Thanks Changye for  your answer . So then Mandarin didn't need the question mark, prior to the colloquial movement--because it was literary? How did people ask... Read more

Is this right: 你们去旅游啊、跟家里人团聚啊、有别的事啊、没什么特别事啊？

February 22, 2010 at 01:38 AM

I just posted here the following question in 中文吧: 你们去旅游啊、跟家里人团聚啊、有别的事啊、没什么特别事啊？ Did I do this right?  I was trying to say in a 'flowing manner' this: Did you go... Read more

得 and 的, why are these two still a problem for me?

February 11, 2010 at 06:39 AM

You would think that the distinction of these two particles would have been clear in my head a long time ago, but alas, no. What specifically troubles me is the dist... Read more

as Q as

February 10, 2010 at 09:53 AM

so many ases make me dizzy and giddy. However, I will strive to overcome... Read more

What about 其?

February 10, 2010 at 02:38 AM

I know that 其 is definitely more written than oral, but even so, I wonder if 其 is sometimes used by regular people in daily life other than in Chinese idioms and of... Read more

As X as Y

February 05, 2010 at 12:02 PM

Not as in "as big as a house", but as in "as far as possible", "as much as you can afford", "as little as she can", "as bent as one can without breaki... Read more

How to say "This is a little something I got for you"?

February 03, 2010 at 01:37 AM

I will give a gift to someone today.  I remember studying a sentence that is appropriate to say in Chinese when presenting a gift, but I can't recall it. ... Read more

Typing pinyin, getting hanzi

January 26, 2010 at 07:33 PM

Hi everyone - what source do you people use for typing in pinyin and getting hanzi? any recommendations ?   Read more

What's the difference between 她很普通 and 她很一般？

January 26, 2010 at 02:01 AM

大家好 I can't recall what the exact difference is between 她很普通 and 她很一般.  I remember having this discussion with a teacher before, but I cannot remember the outco... Read more

How to type "…"?

January 25, 2010 at 09:16 AM

How can I type "…"? (As in the three little periods sandwiched together.)  Thanks Read more

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