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I'm a university student from China. I speak Chinese, English and very little French (very little, yeah...). I saw my roomate playing italki and found it rather amusing. It would be fun to make friends from all over the world. I'm a little old-fashioned: I love traditional Chinese culture. P.S. I've also tried to learnt some weird languages, such as Latin and Tibetian, but......just ignore the level, for it's invisible to human eyes.
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    Perhaps…How about this? ……让我心里很不是滋味儿。
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    December 24, 2014
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    Yes, ”保重” is a nice word to use. The sentence could go like: "您生病了吗？保重身体，祝您早日康复！" When we want to show respect or be polite, we usially use "您" instead of "你".
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    December 14, 2014
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    Typical version: 掌握中文需要时间。 More decent version: 若想熟练掌握中文，仍需假以时日。
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    December 14, 2014
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    意义相同，但“起码”更口语化一些，“至少”则较为通用: 口语、书面皆可用。
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    November 24, 2014
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    You may well say that, but remember they can both mean "can/be able to"(See?I said they are similar……).eg. 我可以七分钟内吃十个苹果！ P.S.Developed from "allowed to", 可以 is often used as "could","may": "我可以借用你的钢笔吗？"sounds polite.
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    November 22, 2014
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    Sure, you definitely need more sentences~ How about this, it may be more obvious: "小朋友不可以打架。"is better than "小朋友不能打架" but still alternative. However, "这本书很难，小朋友不能看懂。"（ “小朋友看不懂” is really the proper expression.）is very different from "这本书很难，小朋友不可以看懂。" The latter is a wrong sentence since children are not forbidden to understand the book, they just can't.
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    November 21, 2014
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    The two words can usually point to the same action——to kiss (maybe 吻 sounds more decent and formal sometimes, but 亲 is a good word, too, no problem). I think the difference comes mostly from the origin meaning of the two characters: 亲 refers to an emotional intimacy towards someone, this feature can also be felt in the verb 亲；吻 as a noun means mouth（aligators are called 短吻鳄 in Chinese）, so when it becomes a verb, it points more to an action performed by one's mouth.
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    November 21, 2014
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    These two words are quite similar indeed, as a Chinese but no linguist, I can only help you with specific examples, like the sentences you've written. 現在我不可以喝牛奶sounds like you are not allowed to drink now and there is a discipline, a former decision or something, while现在我不能喝牛奶sounds like "I can't drink milk now because I am washing the sheet. May I'll drink later." It's not that firm as the former sentence. (It's very subtle, even hard for Chinese to conclude abstractly. You will surely improve by writting and correcting more sentences.)
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    November 21, 2014
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