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Forum: Grammar July 18, 2011, 06:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,980
Posted By chanman
¡Muchísimas gracias a ambos ustedes, y a Rusty...

¡Muchísimas gracias a ambos ustedes, y a Rusty por corregir mi español! =D
Forum: Grammar July 17, 2011, 10:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,980
Posted By chanman
Past Perfect?

Yo sé que cuando quiere decir que algo occuró a un específico punto de tiempo en el pasado (en relación a otro acontecimiento), puede usar "había _____-ado/ido".
Pero me pregunto, ¿Hay cualquier...
Forum: Other Languages July 17, 2011, 10:01 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
The 是 is unnecessary, especially in colloquial...

The 是 is unnecessary, especially in colloquial and fast speech.
(WOW, I am reviving an old thread XD)
Forum: Other Languages July 02, 2010, 04:48 AM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
In terms of grammar needed for basic...

In terms of grammar needed for basic conversation, not really. As you get more advanced though, it does get difficult because there are many different things you can do, and its hard to know what...
Forum: Other Languages June 27, 2010, 09:51 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
There are a couple instances where the two words...

There are a couple instances where the two words are not interchangeable, but they are for the most part.

Just make sure you never say 中语
Forum: Other Languages April 09, 2010, 09:22 AM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
I'm not sure that people in China would actually...

I'm not sure that people in China would actually say that. Dao/Tao isn't an actual god, so I don't believe that one would say "Go with the Tao". It would make sense, because Dao literally means...
Forum: Other Languages April 02, 2010, 03:27 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
i'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what...

i'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what you're trying to say. Is Tao a reference to Taoism? I'm not familiar with the phrase.
Forum: Other Languages March 19, 2010, 09:30 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
Yes, that is in Traditional. You are correct...

Yes, that is in Traditional.

You are correct about the first sentence.
The second is:
在这种地方能碰上中国人,很难得的感觉。
Literally:
In this kind of place, meeting a Chinese person, very rare feeling....
Forum: Other Languages March 09, 2010, 06:10 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
还: hái 也: yě 还 can mean both "also" and...

还: hái
也: yě

还 can mean both "also" and "still". 还 means "also" in the sense of "In addition to..." and you'll often use 还 for something that occurs later in time. For example:
When 还 means...
Forum: Other Languages March 03, 2010, 05:04 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
Any requests? Words of a certain theme? Of a...

Any requests? Words of a certain theme? Of a certain radical? etc, etc?
Forum: Other Languages February 21, 2010, 02:34 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
I haven't been on tomísimo in forever! Okay, so...

I haven't been on tomísimo in forever!
Okay, so some more Chinese.

加拿大 (jiā ná dà) - Canada
温哥华 (wēn gē huá) - Vancouver
奥运会 (ào yùn huì) - Olympics
溜冰 (liū bīng) - ice skating
滑雪 (huá...
Forum: Other Languages November 09, 2009, 07:44 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
保佑 technically means something along the lines of...

保佑 technically means something along the lines of "protect", but yes, idiomatically that is how it is said. Few people in China will say "God bless you" though. Christianity is practically...
Forum: General Chat October 30, 2009, 05:31 PM
Replies: 2,638
Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
male

male
Forum: General Chat October 28, 2009, 07:05 PM
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Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
haute

haute
Forum: General Chat October 20, 2009, 05:27 PM
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Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
pike

pike
Forum: Grammar October 18, 2009, 07:29 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,428
Posted By chanman
The two posts before me have basically covered it...

The two posts before me have basically covered it

Despertado - woken up (reflexive): Despertar + se (to wake up)

in spanish, -ado and -ido are equivalent to English's "-ed", but only as an...
Forum: General Chat October 17, 2009, 09:52 PM
Replies: 2,638
Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
drain

drain
Forum: General Chat October 16, 2009, 02:34 PM
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Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
drape

drape
Forum: Daily Spanish Word October 15, 2009, 08:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,048
Posted By chanman
okay, so coming back to my original question. ...

okay, so coming back to my original question.

Can "peste" mean "pest" in the sense of annoying little animals?
Forum: General Chat October 15, 2009, 08:40 PM
Replies: 2,638
Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
sore

sore
Forum: Other Languages October 12, 2009, 04:39 PM
Replies: 378
Views: 155,187
Posted By chanman
I don't know if this has been included somewhere,...

I don't know if this has been included somewhere, but I'm going to make short posts about idiomatic phrases in Chinese:

To ask a question, you end with a "question particle". Examples include:...
Forum: General Chat October 12, 2009, 04:23 PM
Replies: 2,638
Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
stake (I couldn't think of anything)

stake (I couldn't think of anything)
Forum: Daily Spanish Word October 12, 2009, 04:07 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,048
Posted By chanman
... I'm lost now, because a plague is an epidemic...

... I'm lost now, because a plague is an epidemic disease associated with high mortality...

Pest, in English, means a nuisance, usually small animals, like bugs or rats.
Forum: Daily Spanish Word October 11, 2009, 03:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,048
Posted By chanman
So, is peste a false friend, or can it also mean...

So, is peste a false friend, or can it also mean pest?
Forum: General Chat October 11, 2009, 02:58 PM
Replies: 2,638
Views: 188,859
Posted By chanman
bade

bade
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