User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity

thanks John, got it.

Posted on: There Is No Try

What makes this QW an awesome lesson is all the example sentences that don't contain a direct translation of the English word "try" and yet convey the meaning. An excellent exercise in realising the need to think in East brain [ and perhaps also a reminder that you may be able to get your message across in a workaround with vocab you do know].

Posted on: There Is No Try

I was thinking the same thing earlier..not only funny, but seamless. I was trying to spot the connection and couldn't see it [my guess is base of neck, but I really can't tell]

Posted on: There Is No Try

In this "verb verb 看" structure, can you use another verb in place of the 看？ for example, in the sofa example, instead of zuozuokan could you say zuozuogan [坐坐感】 or 坐坐摸 or 坐坐摩? ..ok, probably not, but are there cases you can substitute for the kan [ can you can kan?]

Posted on: There Is No Try

btw thanks to zhenlijiang for some prefamiliarisation with 尝尝 in a green eggs and ham discussion.

Posted on: There Is No Try

I'm wondering if 吃吃看 and 尝尝 have a different nuance of meaning. In English .."eating and seeing" to see what a food is like would definitely involve swallowing but tasting would not necessarily [or would it be better to use 品尝 here?]. Also how would this apply to beverages? I guess 喝喝看 would be the equivalent of 吃吃看 and would also involve 吞咽着. Do you also use 尝尝 for tasting beverages and can it be used for example in the case of wine tasters where there is some swishing [怎么说在中文。。可能“拂动着”】 followed by some 吐ing "

Posted on: There Is No Try

哈哈大笑；精彩！

Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock

nah, I think that one's just another zhongfan: 重饭 【in both senses of 重】

Posted on: There Is No Try

绝地大师尤达说：

“Do,or do not. There is no "try" "

Posted on: There Is No Try

"picking the right one for the right occasion is more than a little tricky"

那，我们都应该试试以下，好吧