User Comments - Kyle
Kyle
Posted on: Phone Call for the Boss
October 19, 2007 at 12:47 AMBlah, hit the wrong key and posted that before I was finished writing. Anyway... So, 接电话 (jie1 dian4hua4) would suffice. I can't ever see any of my colleagues asking 谁能不能接电话 (shui2 neng2bu4neng2 jie1 dian4hua4)? They're much more likely to just yell 电话! And, yes, as far as I know, 个 (ge4) is the measure word for 电话. In fact, when in doubt as to which measure word to use, you can always use 个 and your meaning will be understood.
Posted on: Phone Call for the Boss
October 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM@ mora he 那个 is unnecessary unless there are two or more phones ringing in the office and you want specify which one needs to be answered.
Posted on: Stomach Trouble
October 19, 2007 at 12:41 AMI teach my kids "tummy".
Posted on: Where are you from?
October 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM我从爱尔兰来. (wo3 cong2 ai4er3lan2 lai2)
Posted on: #20
October 18, 2007 at 1:59 PM琼斯 for Jones. No idea on the tribe.
Posted on: Opinions on Poetry
October 18, 2007 at 12:20 PMGreat find goulniky. Will definitely be keeping up with this.
Posted on: #20
October 18, 2007 at 12:09 PMAh, crud. I was sooooooo confident. I chose Temple of Doom, which had a child-napping tribe AND Indy dealing with a Chinese gangster in the beginning of the movie.
Posted on: Fighting over the Bill
October 18, 2007 at 8:27 AM"PKed" when fighting for the bill? Really? PKed is a term used in the PVP (player vs. player) game world (e.g. World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, Shadowbane, etc). When one player is killed by another they've been "PKed", or "player killed".
Posted on: #20
October 18, 2007 at 8:16 AM"The game's still afoot"??? 我的天啊. I totally thought I had this one.
Posted on: Familiar Face in Jizhou
October 19, 2007 at 12:50 AMLast Halloween all of my students referred to zombies as "死人".