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Valeria May
Chinese (Mandarin)
Sep 4, 2013
You can recognize and build up basic simple sentence structures already. Working on pronunciation and lerning more sentence structures. Focus on writing practice. Well done!
Valeria May
German
Aug 31, 2013
I was teaching a couple here. They are different but did both very well! I hope they will have fun practicing together!
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    Beginner Question Hi, I've tried putting this into google translate but it translates it to a weird meaning so I am wondering if it is I or google which is wrong (I suspected me). 我的词典在课本的北边 My understanding is that this means: My dictionary is to the north of the textbook. I would appreciate any clarification or correction please, Many thanks, Phil
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    Difference between 北边 and 北部

    Hi All,

    I'm working my way through a textbook learning Chinese (Mandarin/Simplified) and I came across the word for north (北边) and I went looking for the other compass points only to discover that Google translator lists the directions with a different character(北部).

    Translating these words on their own (which I know isn't always a fruitful exercise) puts 部 as meaning department and 边 as meaning edge. I can only imagine that these different configurations have subtly different meanings depending on context.

    I would appreciate any assistance anyone would be able to give me with this,

    Thanks,

    Phil

     

    NB. For anyone intersted the other directions are 东 (east), 南 (south) and 西 (west).

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    July 15, 2014
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    Difference between 北边 and 北部 Hi All, I'm working my way through a textbook learning Chinese (Mandarin/Simplified) and I came across the word for north (北边) and I went looking for the other compass points only to discover that Google translator lists the directions with a different character(北部). Translating these words on their own (which I know isn't always a fruitful exercise) puts 部 as meaning department and 边 as meaning edge. I can only imagine that these different configurations have subtly different meanings depending on context. I would appreciate any assistance anyone would be able to give me with this, Thanks, Phil
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  • Answered
    This sentence would pass colloquially but the technically correct version to my mind would be "you would've liked him if you had known him". If you were to use the one you wrote before in spoken English no-one would notice.
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