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Posted on: Detective Li 6: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 2)
August 10, 2011 at 5:37 AM变态 can be used loosely even jokingly to mean "crazy" and "ridiculous". It has a deriding connotation in those instances.
Posted on: When is the meeting?
August 10, 2011 at 12:54 AMYou could put time words before pronouns, but it's more natural to put it after pronouns. Wǒ xiànzài zài xuéxí would be better.
Posted on: Lost Wallet and Passport
August 10, 2011 at 12:50 AM丢了/ diūlie is used for things. You can use 走丢了/zǒudiūle, which means to go missing in the sense of getting lost and go missing for people and pets.
Posted on: Introducing Kids to Each Other
August 9, 2011 at 9:54 AM"大/dà" means grown up or old in the relative sense like the sentence in the dialog suggests. "老/lǎo" means old．
Posted on: Lost Wallet and Passport
August 9, 2011 at 9:51 AMKen stopped doing recordings about 2 years ago because he left China due to unfortunate situations with his other business.
Posted on: Detective Li 6: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 2)
August 9, 2011 at 7:46 AMThis page does an excellent job of explaining the use of 了. It should answer your question.
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Lang%20work/Aspect%20index.htm
Posted on: Detective Li 6: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 2)
August 9, 2011 at 7:43 AM变态 means psychotic. It is very often linked to sexual perversion. But it can mean other forms of psychosis too.
Posted on: Detective Li 6: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 2)
August 9, 2011 at 7:41 AMWe will pay attention to the problem. Thank you!
Posted on: Weekend Activities
August 9, 2011 at 7:27 AM"你在哪里学中文?" is correct. "你学中文在那里？"is wrong. You should follow the "do something in what place" structure. Other examples include 你在哪里吃饭？你在哪里工作?, etc.
Posted on: The Kindle
August 10, 2011 at 9:22 AMFirst and foremost, 难道 has an incredulous tone. Therefore it could come across as sarcastic but not necessary impatient. Knowing this will probably answer many of your questions. It can be followed by both a positive and negative statement. It can end with 吗, which adds a heightened level of incredulousness. It's not usually used with 是不是.