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BeccaChu
Posted on: Charging your Phone on the Run
November 17, 2020 at 12:59 AMHello, this sentence 充电的地方要排队 is correct. This is a topic sentence indicating a fact, and it means "You/All people have to line up at the charging place." The subject of 要 is "everybody".
Posted on: Sightseeing at Tiananmen
November 17, 2020 at 12:56 AMHello, I just tested the exercise tab and the audio seems to be working fine. Could you tell me which sentence had no sound?
Posted on: Taiwanese Mandopop: Teresa Teng 邓丽君 and Singer-Songwriters (1970s-90s)
November 17, 2020 at 12:55 AMKristella, 谢谢你的建议，我很高兴你喜欢这堂课程！你喜欢这位歌手的哪一首歌呢？
Posted on: "Me too!" 4 ways to use 也
November 12, 2020 at 11:37 PMHaha that's awesome! Now I know what your favorite drink is!
Posted on: 最后一杯热拿铁 Part 2
November 12, 2020 at 11:37 PM哈哈说得真好，作编剧的总是要发挥一些想象力嘛！
Posted on: 韩流
November 8, 2020 at 4:39 PM你好，这是一个非常好的问题！其实”淹没眼球“不是个固定的搭配用法。这里用了“眼球”是表示我们”看到“了很多关于韩国文化的事物。至于”淹没“呢， 是用来呼应”韩流“这个现象，韩国文化像是川流一样向我们快速前进，挡也挡不了。希望这对你有帮助！
Posted on: The Cycling Holiday
November 8, 2020 at 12:41 AM哈哈，非常有可能哦！祝你遇到他们！
Posted on: How To Use Action Complete “le” 了
November 8, 2020 at 12:39 AMHi Ray, you're very welcome! 了 is one of the hardest aspects in Chinese, and it can be very confusing sometimes, but like learning any other sentence structures, more examples the better! I recommend that you watch the following lessons to get a deeper understanding. We have another pre-intermediate episode of the usage of 了 in the change of state function, and we also have a three episode elementary lesson series that focuses on the three main categories of its usages.
How to use le 了 (pre-intermediate)
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/how-to-use-le-%E4%BA%86#comments
How to Use 了: Action Complete (elementary)
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/how-to-use-%E4%BA%86-action-complete
How to Use 了: Change of State (elementary)
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/how-to-use-%E4%BA%86-change-of-state
How to Use 了: Emphasis (elementary)
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/how-to-use-%E4%BA%86-emphasis
Lastly, the explanations on Chinese grammar wiki are very detailed with many useful example sentences, and I think it would be very helpful to read it through!
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Uses_of_%22le%22
Let me know if you have any other questions. You can also send an email to me at rebecca@chinesepod.com. I'll be happy to help!
Posted on: How To Use Action Complete “le” 了
November 7, 2020 at 12:33 AMHello Ray, these are very good questions!
Let's look at them one by one.
Usually, when you want to ask "Have you eaten yet?", "你吃饭了吗？" would sound the best. The 了 in this case is just a simple change of state 了, emphasizing the difference between "have not eaten" and "ate". The question 你吃了饭吗？ doesn't sound very natural when it's standalone because usually the S. V. 了 O. structure is followed by some other sentences. However, it makes sense in the context where you're emphasizing the object 饭. In this case, 饭 is not "meal" anymore, it refers to "rice". So the question is asking, "Did you have rice?" or "Was what you were having rice?"
Now for the sentences 我敲了门，不过他不在 and 我敲门了，不过他不在. Both are correct in this context, and both sound natural. The first one emphasizes the action "knock on the door" is completed, and the second one focuses on the change of state---I didn't knock the door, and now I knocked it. By now you probably have noticed that 了 is very versatile in Chinese, and sometimes the meanings overlap each other. It especially can get a bit confusing when it involves an object. Let me know if this is clear and if you have other questions!
Posted on: Dog Personalities
November 19, 2020 at 1:32 AM是因为狗需要比较多注意力跟照顾吗？相较起来，猫比较冷漠，也比较喜欢独处，所以可能比较好照顾。