User Comments - orangina

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

Yes, I expect to get fleeting glimpses of chinesepod staff throughout my day shortly.

Posted on: I see a thief!

man! It isn't even an old Qing Wen.

Posted on: I see a thief!

Yeah, I know it is different, but usually I can twist my brain and make it work. This one I needed some help. Thanks!

Posted on: I see a thief!

thanks bodawei and jckeith! I guess I never thought of 给 as 'for', but sure 'nough. Should have known there is a Qing Wen... Thanks for the link.

Posted on: I see a thief!

The exercises have this sentence (heehee, so happy to have upgraded!)

你给我站住。nǐ gěi wǒ zhànzhù, you give me stop.

I do seem to recall learning that 给我 [gěi wǒ] can be used as a command, but it is hard to imagine someone giving me a stop. 你给我听 [nǐ gěi wǒ tīng] (you give me listen) seems reasonable because listening is attention being given to the speaker, but 给我站住？Can someone help me wrap my head around that one?

Posted on: Why is everyone looking at me?

So then really they are not pyjamas. It is a match set quilted leisure suit.

Posted on: Why is everyone looking at me?

Looks like the lesson is real.

Posted on: Why is everyone looking at me?

I used to have a job that I had to be on time for... this is my greatest challenge. (I try to have jobs that it isn't so important.) So I would concentrate all night on getting up on time in the morning. This led to a recurring dream where I didn't have time to put my pants. So I just brought them along on the bus and put them on at work. In the dream no one stared at me, and when I arrived at work my boss would just shake his head and say , "oh, orangina..."

我以前有工作重要准时到。对我这事很难题。我担心全晚。有再发生梦没有时间穿裤子。把裤子带在巴士，在工作穿。没有人看我。我老板只说，“哦，橙色娜。。。”

Posted on: Why is everyone looking at me?

Question on the wearing pyjamas outside. Isn't your bed supposed to be sacredly clean? So if you wear your pyjamas outside, do you have to change into fresh ones before you sleep?

Posted on: Minor Changes, Virtual School, and a Lefty in the Studio

I always wished I was left handed because (aside from the astonishing list of famously clever and creative leftys) the left handed scissors in kindergarten had colored (british translation: coloured) handles rather than plain ones.