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Posted on: Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
November 7, 2009 at 4:16 AMaylish,
i would have thought the literal translation would be 'calculate life'
Posted on: 谋杀案三
November 6, 2009 at 5:55 AMinteresting pretzel, your description of the accused as 'prisoner/accused'. is bail offered in chinese law?
and if so, what is the cut off regarding the seriousness of allegations/charges. and does the judge/jury take into account the pesented evidence/heresay if bail/in-house arrest is granted?
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
November 6, 2009 at 3:41 AM我很喜欢 ‘离奇’，听起来离奇，看起来离奇，而其他人肯定没有那个 ‘离奇’的名字。像美国乡下牛仔歌手写的一首歌一样搞笑 ‘sue小家伙'.
Posted on: Aussie Rules
November 5, 2009 at 7:29 AMhere is how i remember one particular and popular effort at explaining the great game:
onea bloke, dressed up ina white, he blow his whistle and bouncea da ball. two bigga blokes jumpa up and puncha da ball, soma liddle blokes grabba da ball and kicka da ball,den, some odder bigga bloke, he jumpa up and catcha da ball, he kicka da ball between two bigga sticks an da goaly umpire he wave him's two flag an surrenda! after dat, it start all over again.
Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves
November 3, 2009 at 6:03 AMgee whiz! sounds like me on cpod, except for stealing 200rmb from a friendly pakistani and disappearing for a few days. it is tempting though, not the stealing, but a few days on the plonk hanging around some dingy bar on a sunny clean beach. oh, and with internet access!
i'm off.......
Posted on: What's up?
November 3, 2009 at 5:48 AMhey peter,
yes it would sound natural, but perhaps more so if 你呢？ was followed by a more specific reference.
for example, if you are both friends and your friend has greeted you with （最近）怎么样？and you reply 不错、还可以、还好、还不错。you may return the gesture by replying 你呢？、你啊？and add 怎么样. a reference to your friend's previous activity（family，work，projects, activities goals etc) when you last met may be placed before 怎么样。
嘿，小熊，最近怎么样？hei1,xiao3xiong2, zui4jin4 zen3meyang4? hey, little panda, how have you been recently?
还可以啊！你呢？和女友和好了吗？hai2ke3yi3a,ni3ne? he2nv3you3he2hao3lema? not bad at all, what about you? have you made up with your girlfriend?
this would imply that the last time both spoke to each other little panda and his girlfriend were having a disagreement.
i don't know about textbooks getting it wrong. perhaps they are guilty of being focused more on formal speech than colloquiall usage.
Posted on: A Day at the Races
November 3, 2009 at 4:58 AM真的！‘不像话’真的赢了吗？那这就是太不像话了！又错过了机会变了个富王 ;)
敬，随意！
Posted on: A Day at the Races
November 3, 2009 at 4:30 AMi like shocking! only because i like shocking, the sound of it. bugger it, i'd only waste a red back i dont have and end up dry as the simpson in a few hours with a nice brain pain.
but it is tempting!
Posted on: A Day at the Races
November 3, 2009 at 4:26 AMwho won?
Posted on: CPod Comings and Goings
November 8, 2009 at 10:58 PMhey matt_c,
all the best mate. A future TV star in the making I'd say. if you ever find yourself down this way, perhaps with the whiskey tasting ;), make sure to pop in for hotpot.