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Hi! I am a grad-student from New Zealand who has just started learning Mandarin. I would like to practice speaking with a native and also help others practice English. I am currently studying archaeology and hope to work in China some day.
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Chinese (Mandarin)
May 20, 2013
发音很好,读的很流利。
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Chinese (Mandarin)
May 14, 2013
Good pronunciation,just a little problem with the fourth tone. I'll give her more listening and speaking practice.
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  • Answered
    The top one is talking about when you have to a place you have been before so it means how long has it been since you were last here. The second one is asking how long have you been in that particular place since you arrived.
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    May 18, 2013
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  • Answered
    Similar to this image I found on the internet. The marks are just to the right of each character. http://images.monstermarketplace.com/chinese-childrens-books-and-dvds/dark-day-in-the-deep-sea-magic-tree-house-39-in-chinese-english-600x522.jpg Thanks
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    May 18, 2013
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  • Answered
    3 places: To us all, the fruit... ...strawberry, to us all, than... ...watermelon, to us all.
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    May 18, 2013
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  • Posted
    What do the small marks next to traditional chinese characters mean? I bought an old children's book from a book sale which I think is written in traditional Chinese (I recognise some of the characters and it says it was distributed in Taiwan). However there are small marks next to most of the characters which I have not encountered before. What do these mean? Thanks!
    May 18, 2013
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  • Answered
    I don't know the correct grammar terms for these but hopefully these examples might help. Firstly "to have" is a simple verb of possession. I (or they) have a book (first person singular or plural present), She has a book (third person singular, present), I (or she) had a book (singular and plural, past tense). Have, has and had can also be used to express actions completed in the past.i.e. "to have done something" I have read that book. She has read that book. When it comes to had, the meaning is slightly different. "I had read that book" sounds funny on its own and requires extra information. For example, I bought a new book from the store but then I realised that I had read it already so I returned it. "had had" occurs in the above situation when taking about the verb "to have" in the past. i.e. I had had a coffee already that morning so I did not need another. Should, would, could are all forms of the conditional tense which can be used with the "to have done something" structure. "should have" is taking about actions that have not been completed in the past. similar to "ought to have" i.e. the student should have studied for the test. This implies that the student did poorly in the test because she did not study. "would have" is talking about actions that were not possible in the past. She would have studied for the test had she not had the flu. I hope those examples help and have not confused you further!
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    May 18, 2013
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  • Corrected

    About the city of Shenzhen.

    I live living in the city of Shenzhen. She It is a young and inclusive city where in south China. It has sunshine, blue sky, the sea and beaches; that everything that is beautiful. It has a temperate humid climate. Because here it is a seaside city, there is a breeze; even though it is getting hot as summer approaches.  although summer was coming started to get hot that it feels breeze. But today there is no sunshine, it' s overcast.
    Shenzhen is different of to Beijing and Shanghai. She It has no have obvious Chinese features, but she has oneself feature! She it is called "City Of Design".
    Shenzhen has more beautiful scenery, e.g. Window of the World, Happy Valley, JinXiuZhongHuaMinSuCun, and OCT East. That It also has a lot of delicious food. Certainly, Shenzhen's people are warm and lovely! On the whole, Shenzhen is a modern city and all things with many very interesting things. Welcome to Shenzhen!

    —————————————————————————————————————————偶素華麗麗的分割線

    I feel make many mistakes. If anyone saw the notebook entry, help me please! Thanks very much! (>^w^<)

     

     

    Shenzhen sounds like an awesome city! I would love to go there some day. 

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    May 18, 2013
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  • Corrected

    A sport event you have watched

    Let me talk about my favorite sport, basketball.As far as I know, the NBA is the most famous basketball association in the world which is made up of 30 teams from America and Canada. The organization was founded in New York like 60 years ago.I still remember that my roommates and I watched the NBA games in dormitory nearly 4 years ago. At that time Yao Ming was still in Huston rocket which millions of Chinese basketball fans really pay close attention to it. In the playoff games, Huston Rocket met Los Angeles Lakers and their best player Tracy McGrady was injured. This means that Yao Ming had to undertake more obligations. But unfortunately, before the end of the game Yao Ming was also hurt by Kobe. He lay on the ground and felt really uncomfortable. But he did not quit the competition and came back to the play ground. Finally, He inspired his teammates to win that game.
    Actually, that game left a deep impression on me.

     

    Also, "like 60 years ago" is a very informal way to write this. you could say instead "about" or "around 60 years ago"

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    May 15, 2013
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  • Posted
    今天我喝多咖啡 今天我喝多咖啡! 上午在家我一杯喝咖啡 在大学,我喝咖啡同我的朋友. 现在我再喝咖啡 我很喜欢咖啡 ^_^
    May 15, 2013
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    First lesson on italki 今天我学习这个问题: 你为什么学习汉语? 我对中国历史感兴趣 也学习: 我是考古的研究生
    May 14, 2013
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  • Answered
    1) I can give you a special discount of 10% off the single room rate. 2) This is hard to tell without more context. Could be right, could need to change "to undergraduates" to "for undergraduates". 3)There are not any seats for the cheaper air tickets. However you may want to say something more like "There are no seats left at the cheaper ticket price"
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    May 11, 2013
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