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My native language is Russian, but I´m also fluent in English & Spanish. My husband is Mexican, so we speak to our 5-year daughter in Russian, Spanish & English. I´m teaching my daughter Chinese as well. I´m studing Chinese on my own, and I´m looking for a Chinese native speaker to improve both my pronunciation and vocabulary. Basically, I´m interested in the "children" vocabulary to be able to talk to my daughter. I have lots of questions in English as well, and the italki community´s help is vitally important for me :)))
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    用。。。来 structure Hello! Can you please help me to identify if there are any differences between using 用。。。来 and 用 in the examples below? Should we always use 用。。。来 pattern, or can we omit 来 without changing the sense? 我们用眼睛来看东西。 我们用眼睛看东西。 我们用耳朵来听。 我们用耳朵听。(I'm not sure if it is correct at all, may be we shoul add 东西 - 我们用耳朵听东西。) 我们用勺子来喝汤。 我们用勺子喝汤。 Thank you.
    April 27, 2020
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    哪 vs. 哪里 What´s the difference between the questions 哪 and 哪里? If I want to ask my daughter where her book is, should I better use the pattern 你的书在哪儿？ or 你的书在哪里？ Or doest 里 imply that the thing we are looking for should be inside something, e.g., inside a bag or a box? If I play hide-and-seek with my daughter, should I better ask 我的女儿在哪儿？ or 我的女儿在哪里？ Thank you!
    November 24, 2016
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    手套: mittens and gloves Do you have the same word手套 for mittens and gloves? How do you distinguish them? If I want to say to a child “You should put on your mittens instead of gloves, as it´s getting cold outside”, which words in Chinese should I use? Thank you.
    November 24, 2016
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    3 questions about 猴子的尾巴 :) There is a poem in my daughter's Chinese poem book which has the following lines: 1) 谁的尾巴长？猴子尾巴长。 2) 谁的尾巴短？兔子尾巴短。 3) 猴子的尾巴长有长。 4) 兔子的尾巴短有短。 So, I have several qestions: 1) Can we both say "猴子尾巴” and “猴子的尾巴”? Is it possible to omit 的? 2) Why don't they use "很” in the sencence “猴子尾巴长。”, i.e., why don't they say “猴子(的)尾巴很长。”？ 3) It's the first time when I've encountered the grammatical structure "adjective + 有 + adjective" (as in the 3rd and the 4th sentences). When do you normally use this structure and what does it mean? Thank you!
    November 23, 2016
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    Wave TO or AT someone? Are both sentences “he waved AT me” and “he waved TO me" have the same meaning? Are “at” and “to” can be used interchangeably with the verb “wave”? Thank you!
    November 22, 2016
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    他睡醒了。他醒了。Is there any difference? Is there any difference between the following two sentences: 1) 他睡醒了. 2) 他醒了. Thank you!
    November 22, 2016
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    请坐吧。请坐 。请坐下吧。请坐下。What´s the difference? Is there any difference between the following 4 sentences? 1) 请坐吧。 2) 请坐。 3) 请坐下吧。 4) 请坐下。 Thank you!
    November 21, 2016
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    A baby: 宝贝，婴儿，娃娃，宝宝。。。 How do you say “a baby” in Chinese? There are lots of words in the dictionary: 宝贝，婴儿，娃娃，宝宝。 I wonder what´s the difference between them. Thank you!
    November 20, 2016
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    A road: 道路，马路 or 路? How do you call a road in Chinese? What is the difference between 道路，马路 and 路? Thank you!
    November 20, 2016
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    A forest: 森林 or 树林? How do you call a forest? Is it 森林 or 树林? What´s the difference between these two words? Thank you!
    November 19, 2016
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