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I love exploring and understanding the structural and cultural essence of languages. I have dabbled in many languages. I am fluent in German (Masterś degree in German, lived and studied in Germany for two years). I have a basic reading knowledge of numerous languages. I love reading, anything from the Dede Korkut to the films of Godard (read the films of Godard? Yes. Watch his films and you'll understand.) Currently working on mastering French reading. I want to be able to read anything in French.
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Chinese (Mandarin)
German
French
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Sophie
French
Apr 13, 2026
Bravo pour cette leçon !
Sophie
French
Mar 10, 2026
Bravo pour cette leçon !
Rebeca González
Spanish
Jul 2, 2021
Excelente nivel de conversación y comprensión para ser "básico". Hay que reforzar la cuestión del masculino y femenino en la conjugación de los verbos y dar un repaso por los artículos y preposiciones. Todo un gusto conocernos
Caichen XU
Chinese (Mandarin)
Mar 24, 2020
Very enjoyable chatting with you! The book you pick is good, and I also start to reread The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism!
Activities
  • Posted
    "一抓一个准" 英文翻译? I'm reading "给孩子讲量子力学“. The author is discussing Einstein's habit of not going to class at university: "... 一个教室里只有10个学生, 你不去, 老师一抓一个准。" How would you translate "一抓一个准" into English?
    April 5, 2020
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    Is a picture of the married couple displayed on a stand traditional at a Chinese wedding banquet? I was watching the Taiwanese movie, "A One and a Two" (Chinese title is 一 一, but written like this, to look like a "two": 二). The father is helping to set up for the wedding banquet for his daughter. Everything looks traditional. He places a huge (about 1 x 1.5 meter) portrait-style picture of his daughter and her groom on a stand. I found this really strange...my first thought was, that doesn't seem right. I thought there are superstitions about ceremonially displaying people's pictures in certain contexts because this is what is done at a funeral and the picture could be taken as a prefiguration of someone's death...a bad omen, at least bad luck. To make things worse, he places the picture upside down at first (which of course is terrible in itself), but my question is just about the picture itself: is it traditional at Chinese weddings to display a huge picture of the married couple on a stand for everyone to look at?
    June 16, 2019
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  • Answered
    "Gripping" means "exciting" "breathtaking" (a "gripping" plot or movie, for example). "Grip" literally means to hold or grab, so if something is "gripping" it is holding your interest. Here, though, it is probably meant sarcastically and thus implies that whoever the person is whose life is being described as "gripping" actually has a very boring life (irony!).
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    January 1, 2019
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  • Posted
    Please explain joke from ZDF heute show having to do with word "Sicherung" Footage is shown of Angela Merkel waiting for Teresa May to get out of the car at an official state visit. May is taking a long time. Welke (the host of heute show) comments: "Das kann man erklären. Das ist ein Mercedes, hat eine Engländersicherung...nur zur Sicherheit." So is the joke that the locks are "Engländersicher" (like "Kindersicher")? But I still don't get the joke, I guess. England never invaded Germany. Is it just that Germany would want to keep English away in light of Brexit? But why would the joke be about getting _out_ of the car? It would make more sense that if a car were "Engländersicher" then the English person wouldn't be able to get in to begin with. Anyway, to anyone who can explain "die Pointe" here, I will be most grateful.
    January 1, 2019
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  • Answered
    My favorite food is sweet pancakes made by my mom (“Mom” works like someone's name and so is capitalized; “my mom” is not capitalized) with brown sugar and ground sesame seeds. (里面吗?那当然啊!; ) ) I have a sweet tooth, and it's something I have eaten on every Mid-Autumn Festival since I can remember . (“since I can remember things” is not idiomatic) Most importantly, though, my mom is so proud of her homemade sweet pancakes and I want to make her happy. I <brought some> (what does this mean? You made some at home before you went to your parents' house and brought them with you? Maybe you mean you “had” some, as in, you ate them at your parents' house?...How about: “I had some”) for breakfast last weekend when I visited my parents. It may reveal your personality (除非你患有多重人格). If someone eats junk food everyday (everyone knows that by “junk food” is meant food that 1) tastes good and 2) is low in nutritional value), it shows that they either know little about nutrition or have no self-control (this is a bit more precise and more idiomatic for this context).
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    December 31, 2018
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  • Commented
    When the mind is cleansed of all pollutants arising from desire, then nothing can prevent the mind from knowing all objects and reading all people. You will see that all things are dependent and empty. This is only possible with compassion. If you are invested, interested, having desire, your reading of others will always be illusory because you are reading with desire and not compassion. How can you read others if you cannot read yourself? With compassion for others, understanding the emptiness from which both you and the other arise, your reading will always be correct.
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    December 9, 2018
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  • Answered
    算了。 不好意思。 这句话是我看视频时听错了的语言。 原来应该是: “所以和客户沟通都没有问题。” 因为视频质量很差 (再说有台湾的演员), 我把“所以”听成“对”。 现在听懂了。
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    September 8, 2018
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  • Posted
    这个句子用汉语是不是可以的: “我对和客户沟通都没有问题。”? “对(什么/人)有问题”是中文里的习惯谚语吗?
    September 8, 2018
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  • Posted
    This content violates our Community Guidelines.
    March 17, 2018
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  • Posted
    What is "una lata de gaseosa corriente"? Read in a science book, giving directions for an experiment: "Pon en el agua una lata de gaseosa dietetica y una de gaseosa corriente y observa lo que pasa." I did a search for "gaseosa corriente" and "lata de gaseosa corriente" on the Internet and did not find one single example. Any ideas what it is?
    December 16, 2017
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