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Posted on: Pandas in Chengdu

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这是一个非常好的方式来看熊猫

Zhè shì yīgè fēicháng hǎo de fāngshì lái kàn xióngmāo

This is a very good way to see Pandas

Posted on: Coffee Shop

请给我一杯咖啡。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yībēi kāfēi.

I'd like some coffee, please.

Posted on: What Does This Word Mean?

请问念和读有什么区别？

Qǐngwèn niàn hé dú yǒu shé me qūbié? 

What is the difference between reading and reading? 

这两个词可以替换使用吗？

Zhè liǎng gè cí kěyǐ tìhuàn shǐyòng ma?

Can these two words be replaced?

这个字怎么念

Zhège zì zěnme niàn

How to read the word?

Posted on: What Does This Word Mean?

这节课很适合我的女儿。太好了！

Zhè jié kè hěn shìhé wǒ de nǚ'ér. Tài hǎole!

This lesson is very suitable for my daugther. Great!

Posted on: What time do you get up?

可不可以说，

Kěbù kěyǐ shuō, 

Can you say   

我女儿起床的时候，

wǒ nǚ'ér qǐchuáng de shíhòu, 

that when my daughter got up,

是我起床的时候？

shì wǒ qǐchuáng de shíhòu?

was the time when I got up?

或者我应该说：

Huòzhě wǒ yīnggāi shuō:  

Or I should say:

我女儿起床的时候，

Wǒ nǚ'ér qǐchuáng de shíhòu, 

when my daughter got up,

我再起床了。

wǒ zài qǐchuángle. 

I got up again. 

哪个句子比较好？

Nǎge jùzi bǐjiào hǎo?

Which sentence is better?

reply to cowood

可以说：我女儿起床的时候，就是我起床的时候。

Kěyǐ shuō: Wǒ nǚ"er qǐchuáng de shíhou, jiùshì wǒ qǐchuáng de shíhou.

Can be said: my daughter to get up, that is when I get up.

或者：我女儿一起床，我就起床。

Huòzhě: Wǒ nǚ'er yī qǐchuáng, wǒ jiù qǐchuáng.

Or: my daughter got up, I got up.

Posted on: Surfing the Internet

Chinese Grammar Wiki -- dehua

不过 如果 我们 上网买 东西 的话 我 担心 商店 很多 关闭。

Bùguò rúguǒ wǒmen shàngwǎng mǎi dōngxī dehuà wǒ dānxīn shāngdiàn hěnduō guānbì.

But if we buy things online, then I worry about a lot of closed shop.

生活 方式 好不好。我不 这样 想

Shēnghuó fāngshì hǎobù hǎo. Wǒ bù zhèyàng xiǎng

The way of life is good. I do not think so 

Posted on: Not Enough Time!

这是 a太好啦 lesson! 这是我 first Elementary lesson after 50 Newbie lessons. 我知道 many 汉字现在. 我 高兴 I studied Newbie lessons seriously. It made learning 那个 lesson fun 和 challenging. 什么时候 my brain doesn't need to translate from English 我是很高兴. 来得及!

Posted on: How's the weather?

New vocabulary for me pulled from “Comments” section.

弹吉他   (Tán jíta)   to play the guitar

弹钢琴 (Tán gāngqín)  to play the piano

拉小提琴 (Lā xiǎotíqín) to play the violin

拉大提琴   (Lā dàtíqín)   to play the cello

吹萨克斯   (Chuī Sàkèsī)   to play the sax

吹小号   (Chuī xiǎohào)  to play the trumpet

打鼓 (Dǎgǔ)  to play the drums

击 ( Ji / jī )  to hit, to beat, to strike

拉 (Lā)  to pull

吹 (Chuī)  to blow

弹 (Tán)  can mean 'to pluck'

弹古筝   (Tán gǔzhēng)  playing

吹笙   (Chuī shēng)  blowing

忍一忍 (Rěn yī rěn)  Forbearance

这对话让我忍俊不禁

Zhè duìhuà ràng wǒ rěnjùnbùjīn

This conversation makes me laugh

同志们好好学习

Tóngzhìmen hǎo hào xuéxí

Comrades learn well

本 (běn) measure word

本子 (běnzi)   notebook

一本书 (yī běn shū)

本人 (běnrén)   I, myself

本公司  (běn gōngsī)  this company; my company

有时候天气会影响我们的情绪

Yǒu shíhòu tiānqì huì yǐngxiǎng wǒmen de qíngxù

Sometimes the weather will affect our emotion

天气总是会影响我的情绪

Tiānqì zǒng shì huì yǐngxiǎng wǒ de qíngxù

The weather will always affect my emotions

冬天到了，天气越来越冷了，大家要注意保暖哦

Dōngtiān dàole, tiānqì yuè lái yuè lěngle, dàjiā yào zhùyì bǎonuǎn ó

Winter is coming, the weather is getting cold, we should pay attention to warm Oh

好儿 has the following meanings:

1. Grace, favor;kindness (恩惠) Ēnhuì

人家过去对咱有过好儿,咱不能忘恩负义

Rénjiā guòqù duì zán yǒuguò hǎo er, zán bùnéng wàng'ēnfùyì

People have had good children in the past, we can not be ungrateful

2. Good; benefit (好处)  Hǎochù

这事要是让他知道了,还会有你的好儿

Zhè shì yàoshi ràng tā zhīdàole, hái huì yǒu nǐ de hǎo er

If this thing is to let him know, there will be your good children

3. Kind regards (指问好的话)  Zhǐ wènhǎo dehuà

见着你母亲,给我带个好儿

Jiànzhe nǐ mǔqīn, gěi wǒ dài gè hǎo er

See your mother, give me a good child

4. 好儿好女 ( good son and good daughter)  Hǎo er hǎo nǚ

Posted on: Surfing the Internet

我们可以考虑“我喜欢上网买书”的句子一个连动句，对吗？

Wǒmen kěyǐ kǎolǜ “wǒ xǐhuān shàngwǎng mǎishū” de jùzi yīgè lián dòng jù, duì ma?

We can consider "I like to buy books online," the sentence with a sentence, right?

这是一个很好的问题！

Zhè shì yīgè hěn hǎo de wèntí!

This is a good question!

上网买书 是一个连动句式 ，因为可以解释为：我上网，然后我买书。

Shàngwǎng mǎishū shì yīgè lián dòng jù shì, yīnwèi kěyǐ jiěshì wèi: Wǒ shàngwǎng, ránhòu wǒ mǎishū.

Internet to buy a book is a linked sentence, because it can be interpreted as: I am online, and then I buy books.

但是 我喜欢上网买书不是个连动句，而是： 主语 （我）+动词 （喜欢）+宾语（上网买书） 。

Dànshì wǒ xǐhuān shàngwǎng mǎishū bùshì gè lián dòng jù, ér shì: Zhǔyǔ (wǒ)+dòngcí (xǐhuān)+bīnyǔ (shàngwǎng mǎishū).

But I like the Internet to buy books is not a conjunction sentence, but: subject (I) + verb (like) + object (Internet to buy books).

上网买书 是一个连动句式做 整个句子的宾语。

Shàngwǎng mǎishū shì yīgè lián dòng jù shì zuò zhěnggè jùzi de bīnyǔ.

Internet to buy a book is a conjunction sentence to do the whole sentence of the object.

另一个例子：

Lìng yīgè lìzi:

Another example:

今天逛公园赏花的人很多. 这个句子中， 逛公园赏花 也是一个 连动句式，这个连动句式是 主语的修饰语。

Jīntiān guàng gōngyuán shǎng huā de rén hěnduō. Zhège jùzi zhōng, guàng gōngyuán shǎng huā yěshì yīgè lián dòng jù shì, zhège lián dòng jù shì shì zhǔyǔ de xiūshì yǔ.

Today, visiting the park flowers a lot of people in this sentence, visit the park flowers is also a linked sentence, the conjunction is the subject of the modifier.

今天（时间） + 逛公园赏花的 （修饰语） 人（主语）+很多 （形容词谓语）。

Jīntiān (shíjiān) + guàng gōngyuán shǎng huā de (xiūshì yǔ) rén (zhǔyǔ)+hěnduō (xíngróngcí wèiyǔ).

Today (time) + visit the park flowers (modifier) people (subject) + many (adjective predicate).

Posted on: Where Is The 在 At?

谢谢 Gwilym! 我 appreciate your 快 response. CPOD 是 the greatest!!