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Posted on: Hiking
June 9, 2008 at 3:32 AM

Does the pattern of pa3 bu dong4 le fit all physical activities, like pao3 bu4 bu dong4 le?

For non physical activity, would one say something like kan4shu1 bu ke3yi3?

 

Posted on: Pageant Final Episode
June 4, 2008 at 4:45 AM

Is qiang1shou3 both a noun and a verb, that is, the word for the person and what he does in substitution? 

Posted on: Chicago
May 12, 2008 at 1:15 AM

The Chicago name, "Windy City" is probably derived from a term for bragging or talking big. It would be similar to "blowhard", and as Ken says, an interesting bit of lexis. Although Chicago weather is harsh, it's actually not more windy than a lot of places.

Posted on: American Breakfast
May 6, 2008 at 3:21 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/world/americas/02brunch.html?scp=12&sq=korea+breakfast&st=nyt article on Koreans learning to love American style "brunch'. Please be aware that eggs and bacon American style breakfast has many calories and a lot of fat.

Posted on: Common Measure Words
May 4, 2008 at 4:39 PM

Any theory on the "reason" for counting words? It seems strange that a language that does without much inflection has them. My wife suggests that it's because of all the homonyms, a counting word helps sort out the meaning of the noun.

Posted on: Not on purpose
April 26, 2008 at 2:20 PM

I'm confused by the word for "hand", shou3. The vocab makes it sound more like "shao3". Am I mistaken?