User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: Love Tangle 4: Baby Plans

Hey Jason,

Thanks heaps mate.You're examples really help.I'm clear now.Thus her words were well chosen [if she was trying to be elusive]

Posted on: Love Tangle 4: Baby Plans

Probably a daft question but here we go.From 璐璐's 2nd line we have:

 我跟朋友一起吃饭了

..which is translated as:

I had dinner with a friend.

..but the rollover of 朋友 has it as friends [plural you'll note].

So my question relates to how Chinese can sometimes be a little vague regarding distinguishing between single and plural [correct me if I'm wrong].Can 朋友 be plural as the rollover had it [I suspect yes],or would it need to be [and can it be?] 朋友们？ Obviously as silent observers we know that she had dinner with just one person,but her husband wasn't to know that and in this situation this could have been crucial.That is to say that if 朋友 can be either single or plural then it may have helped her conceal that her dinner was with just one friend [which otherwise may have led to further enquiry].

Also I presume the 一起 can be used for many people also [I think i've only seen it used when 2 people are off to do something together]

Posted on: Love Tangle 3: One Night Stand

Can anyone shed any more light on this sentence from the dialogue [if there is any to shed]?:

你嘴里还喊着“璐璐”

Pretty standard stuff.......My question relates more to "璐璐" .Usually in a situation like this the girl would realise that the guy is referring to some other lover,but I wasn't entirely clear that this young flower realised this.Did I miss anything in her take on it?

Posted on: Executive Plan, Newbie Changes, and More

haha...ahem, er ..I mean hehe.Always a good sport matt.Nice to see ya. :)

Posted on: Love Tangle 2: A Lover Returns

oh,thanks a lot changye. :)

Posted on: Love Tangle 2: A Lover Returns

我有一个问题。

From the dialogue tab B's 3rd last line has:

想当年独闯广州，什么苦没吃过

...translated as:

Think of when I ran off alone to Guangzhou back then. I had never suffered

..I was surprised that the last part was translated as "I had never suffered"

..before I read the translation I thought it was saying :

thinking back to the time I ran off alone to Guangzhou.What suffering did I not go through? [rhetorical]

...which is kinda the opposite meaning.Can someone kindly explain how I should have realised it meant that he did not suffer?

Posted on: Executive Plan, Newbie Changes, and More

suxiaoya,

ah,that's nice to hear .Thanks for letting us know.But what news of our friend Matthew pray tell...how fares he? Are his tones what they were?

"it's Matt, John,but not as we know him,not as we know him"

Posted on: Executive Plan, Newbie Changes, and More

I think I see where you're coming from mate ;)

Posted on: Executive Plan, Newbie Changes, and More

I'd let her sleep mate.The sight of 马太监 might overwhelm her all over again...

Posted on: Executive Plan, Newbie Changes, and More

..she fainted at the site of the blood mate