User Comments - connie

Posted on: Ping Pong

这次的比赛她居然得了第一名。

(Zhècì de bǐsài tā jūrán dé le dì yī míng.)

Surprisingly, she got first place in this competition.

Here, "得dé" is a verb, it means "to get". "了le" is used to indicate the completion of an action.

Posted on: Giving up a Seat on the Bus

——从 A 到 B 需要多长时间？Cóng A dào B xūyào duō cháng shíjiān？

——大概需要五分钟。Dàgài xūyào wǔ fēnzhōng.

Posted on: Giving up a Seat on the Bus

Your translation is correct.

Posted on: Back to Basics: Making People Plural with 们 (men)

siteng, you are right. You had to say 你们， not 您们。

“爷爷，奶奶，你们好！”

“Yéye，nǎinai，nǐmen hǎo！”

Posted on: Ordering a Steak

We'll add 牛排 (niúpái) in the Key Vocabulary. Thank you for pointing that out.

Posted on: Ordering a Steak

Both shóu and shú are correct.

Posted on: Giving up a Seat on the Bus

1. 友 is pronounced as a neutral tone in the word 小朋友。

2. In Mainland China (South and North), people pronounce 爷爷 as yéye.

Posted on: 《清明》杜牧

0：21 他是从二十四节气来分的 (这里"分"有区别的意思。)

1：59 内心深处的一些感伤

5：50 一下子把这个话题转开了 (转：zhuǎn)

9：34 江浙一带的习俗 (江浙一带Jiāng Zhè yī dài : 江苏和浙江这个地区)

10：17 扁扁的(扁扁: biǎnbiǎn)

10：20 可以加入一些馅料 (馅料: xiànliào）

10：58 清明果

11：07很小很小，像大一点的珍珠一样的

11：12 我们做成一小粒一小粒(粒lì: 很小的，颗粒状的东西)

Posted on: Las Vegas

男演员的名字叫孙嘉彬。你可以去他的Blog上看看，他是个摄影爱好者。

Posted on: Special Green Hat

There is no difference between 给你买 and 买给你。