User Comments - hamshank

Posted on: I want to buy this one

Hi bababardwan

That peom is excellent and a good example! Your right it is hard to get your head around but the English translation at the bottom helps ;)

Its amazing that you can say so many things by just changing the tones.

Thanks

Posted on: I want to buy this one

Just a bit of fun but I notice that kuai4, like a lot of words has many meanings to it...im guessing its all about conext but what would happen if I wanted to say and not write the following:

(All bold words are quoted in the dictionary as valid results for kuai4)

The sharp chopsticks flew fast and straightfoward but they soon smashed into pieces....

Thats a lot of Kaui4! :)

Posted on: This is mine!

Hi changye

Thanks for the insight. I thought, I had heard it pronounced like that somewhere before. I just assumed it was an accent thing but that makes perfect sense.

Posted on: This is mine!

Hi changye

Thanks for taking time to explain that to me. I think I understand what you mean.

So its a shorter way to say "this one"?

Posted on: This is mine!

I see in this lesson when a person asks the question just "Zhe4" 这

But when answering the question "Zhe4ge" 这个

My understanding is the "ge" 个 is a measuring word, so my question is this....what is being measured in the reply that is not being measured in the question?

Thanks in Advance!

Posted on: A Lot of Sisters

miantiao

             Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated

The dictionary quotes zhe4me as a pronoun and gives lots of meanings for it. Does anyone have any tips for how they learn words like these?

Seems a bit confusing to find words again that you think you have already learnt! I guess thats why "context" is always mentioned in the pod casts but I does make it hard when trying to memorise words from English through the flash card app!

Posted on: A Lot of Sisters

Hello,

       can someone explain to me the difference between "zhe4 ge5" and "zhe4 me5"??

I've seen them both used now. I know that ge5 is used as a measure word, so what about me5? Are there any rules when to use it?

Also I want to mark it slightly differently in my flash cards for practice purposes.

Thanks

Posted on: What Would You Say You Do Here?

Hi Jenny thanks for the answer...will get that added ;)

Posted on: What Would You Say You Do Here?

Hi,

   Im currently a software tester. How would, I say this?

Heres my attempt!

rua3njia4n shi4 ya4n zhe3   ?!?!?!?!

Thanks

Posted on: What is this called?

Hello All,

Can anyone explain the following for me?

I currently have two versions of "This" in my vocab section. One says "zhège" and the other is just "zhè". Whats the difference?