User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: Broken, Busted, and Smashed

great QW and amusing examples of how a couple of them can be used in the same sentence,hehe.

Posted on: Broken, Busted, and Smashed

破了 [hole or crack in it,clothing [but not if hole is intentional]]

牛仔裤破了 [not if intentional though]

他的裤子真的破了

书包破了

沙锅破了

皮肤破了

手破了

头破了

碎了 [shattered,into little bits;fragile objects]

玻璃碎了

花瓶碎了

杯子碎了

镜片碎了 [但是可以说“我的眼镜坏了”]

我的心碎了

断了 [break into segments]

骨

脖子

断头台 

木柁 ？？ 

线

橡皮筋

网断了

断网

思路

 I missed:

袜子破了

梦碎了

Posted on: Broken, Busted, and Smashed

坏了 [home appliances ,electronic goods,furniture,food and beverages]

空调坏了

手机坏了

电脑怀了

沙发坏了

椅子怀了

吃的东西也可以用坏了

牛奶坏了

鸡蛋坏了

啤酒坏了

脑子坏了

Posted on: Fingers, Food and a Mystery Video

The start of this N&F was reminding me of sesame street.Todays episode was brought to you by the number x and the letter f,hehe.Will a Chinese version of the Count be making an appearance by any chance?

Been looking forward to giving the activity stream a go.Just been busy catching up on the recent lessons first.The more I look at it,the more it does look like a great idea.

Great to finally get to hear the Light interview.Well done mate.Have a ball in China.It would be great to hear an interview at the end too.Poddie interviews always add an extra element of interest to N&F.

Can't wait for the new video series.Sounds like it will be more than a weeks waiting hey?

Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?

kesirui,

Oh yeah,forks can be dangerous.I always request chopsticks when I'm eating Chinese or Japanese food.I'll have to give this left handed thing a go though.

suburbanite,

thanks for the interesting post.I didn't know the writing on the chopsticks became important but I love tips like this.

Posted on: Grass 草

This line:

晴翠接荒城

..and it's discussion reminded me of how there have been some interesting looks at what would happen to the earth if humans were to disappear.The History channel made an interesting documentary a year ago about this,which shows how nature would reclaim our man made structures,etc.They have used evidence from Prypiat,Ukraine which was abandoned in 1986 after the Chernobyl disaster.

Beautifully read Jenny and Pete.Great idea comparing east and west on the same theme.

I particularly enjoyed the final line of Walt Whitmans :

"And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier."

Bill,

Great post about Li-sao and the French translators interpretation.Yeah,it's pretty nifty how the poem's conciseness of the last couple of lines is relying on an in depth knowledge of the reader to get the deeper meaning.Thanks for that mate :)

Posted on: Do you have vegetables?

...'cos the only people who find vegies controversial are fruitarians and breatharians and they're relatively rare,so there's not much to say.

Posted on: #2

Hey,where's #1 ?

Posted on: Gone Fishing

With regards to having to say 河边 I presume the need for the 边 doesn't apply if you're going to be fishing from a tinny in the middle of the river.对不对？

"Oh we're not done yet Jenny"

...太可笑，哈哈。。。加油 John,hehe.

I also loved the background sounds,especially the running water.Really did sound like a 河边。

I agree it would be great to have more dialogues involving little kiddies.Do Chinese ever engage in "baby talk" with little 'uns? My guess is no,but if it is the case,are there any examples and does it affect the characters?

Classic dialogue,esp the impatience of the 小宝 at the end,hehe.

Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?

miantiao,

I'm not sure if this is the precise method you're referring to ,but it looks like even a toddler can pull it off [I hope you won't take offence that she's eating noodles...none intended mate I assure you..just hope the bond btw fellow noodles isn't too strong]: