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Chinese sentences are often balanced on pairs of words indicating conditional or cause and effect relationships between clauses. Learn to recognize the patterns in this article, all excellent for expressing yourself rhetorically.
March 6, 201754 Generally, there is no central heating in cities south of the Yangtze.
一般来说,长江南边的城里没有暖气。(Literally all correct! Congrats! I am in the cities in the south of Yangtze river. )You can also say "长江以南“。
"Place + 以 +Direction (东/南/西/北)"。
E.g. 学校以北有一个足球场。
Che Guevara made a trip from Argentina to Cuba by motorcycle.
Che Guevara(name?)骑摩托车从阿根廷骑到了古巴。
How long do you have to save up for a down payment for a flat in Shanghai?在 上海,你们 多久 能 存到 一套房子 的 首付? (the easiest way to say)
In Shanghai, You How Long Can Saved A Flat Down Payment? (Literal translation)
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0 votedJanuary 28, 20170Conjunctive words "如果......的话,......就.......。"
In this pattern, it's a little different from the first one.
In "虽然...,但是.....。", both sentences are dependent sentences/clauses with Subject, Verb and Object.
In "如果......的话,......就.......。",the main sentence is “......就.......”,"如果.....的话"is subordinate clause that reveal a condition.
So you can just put adjective/verb inside “如果....的话”, the main sentence MUST have S-V-O.
E.g. 如果不下雨的话,我(Subject)就去(Verb)健身房(Object)。
BTW, the order is always as "Subject + 就 + Verb + Object。" (Your Main Problem)
So if you already put subject inside “如果....的话”, the main sentence Can Omit the Subject.
E.g. 6. 如果你不想去晚会的话,就别去了。
6. 如果你不想去晚会的话,(你)就别去了。(Totally correct. You can omit “你”, cuz you already mentioned in the condition.)
7. 如果他学习得不好的话,就他不通不过考试。(after “得”, it's some information that complement the verb. So if there is a complement, we don't use two-character verb"学习" and we use one-character verb“学” instead to make it simple to understand. )
8. 如果她没有找钱的话, 就她不能给妈妈没买礼物。(It means "She cannot buy gift." "没" means "not yet" for the thing you haven't done.)
9. 如果我有时间的话, 就我去了。
10. 如果我住中国的话, 就我会说汉语说得很好。(It means "I can speak very well!")
0 votedJanuary 28, 20170Conjunctive words: “虽然.....(one clause),但是......(another clause)”
There are two ways to use this pattern.
1) If the subjects of two clauses are the same one, You should Put the Subject in Front of "虽然" and Omit the Subject in the Second Clause.
E.g.2. 她虽然她没有很多钱, 但是他还是买了这本书。
3.他虽然他住在中国, 但是他不能说汉语。
4. 他虽然他有很多时间, 但是他却总是迟到。
5. 她虽然她没有时间, 但是她却总是帮助我。
2) If the subjects of two clauses are different, You Put subjects after "虽然" or "但是"。
Eg. 1. 虽然今天(天气)很冷,但是他还是去了健身房。(The first clause' subject actually is “天气”,the second one is "他", so you put “虽然” and "但是" in front of clauses)
My example: 虽然他很努力学习,但是爸爸还是觉得他的成绩不好。
In "虽然....但是...."sentence, the cause turns into an unexpected result.
虽然 + cause, 但是 + unexpected result.
So you should emphasize how unexpected the result it.
So you can see, I added "还是" (still)or “却”(yet/however) in the second clause.
还是/却 always put before verb.
In your sentences, both two words emphasize the "unexpected".
E.g. 4. 他虽然他有很多时间, 但是他却总是迟到。
In this sentence, "he is always late" is a fact. Maybe he doesn't have so many time and he is always late. However, you use "虽然" to emphasize the cause is "He has a lot of time", but the result is soooo unexpected. So you add "还是/还/却" before "总是迟到" this fact.
1. 虽然今天很冷,但是他还是去了健身房。(past tense) (Verb +了 means "have done something")
虽然今天很冷,但是他还是要去健身房。(future tense) (要 + Verb means "want to do something")
2. 她虽然她没有很多钱, 但是他还是买了这本书。She Still buy this book.
3. 他虽然他住在中国, 但是他还不能说汉语。He Still cannot speak Chinese.
4. 他虽然他有很多时间, 但是他却总是迟到。(You can say "但是还总是迟到") He is Still always late.
5. 她虽然她没有时间, 但是她却总是帮助我。("总是" means "always")
0 votedJanuary 28, 20170- 1.First trick is: “吸烟” is more formal than "抽烟"。They both mean "Smoke" (It's a verb), And “烟” means "Cigarette". “吸烟” is mostly used in public signs like "请勿吸烟" and "此处禁止吸烟"。 "抽烟" is frequently used in daily life. E.g. “我出去抽一根烟”(“一根”is measure word for “烟”. Nowadays in China, you cannot “抽烟” inside the room. It's more polite to people who don't smoke.)or "你抽烟吗?"(When you have dinner with Chinese, after or during the dinner, male friends will ask you before he offer you "一根烟"。) 2.Second trick to tell them: We usually put "吸“and "烟" together as one verb. We rarely split them. In "抽烟"'s case, as in the example, we will use "抽一根烟"(literally means "smoke one cigarette")or "抽一会烟"(literally means"smoke for a while cigarette"). We may use ”抽“ as a verb and "烟" as a noun to split them up and add some details. 3. Third trick is : “吸烟” means the person who is smoking and also the person who is with the smoking person. So even you don't smoke, if you stay with a person who is smoking, you smoke passively. "抽烟" is a verb that only means the person is actively smoking by himself.0 votedJanuary 28, 20170
- 春节快乐 Happy Spring Festival (Mandarin) chūn jié kuài lè (Cantonese)ceon1 zit3 faai3 lok3 If you want to say"Wish you": You add "祝你" in front as 祝你春节快乐 zhù nǐ chūn jié kuài lè This year is Rooster Year.(鸡年jī nián) In Chinese culture, we have 12 zodiac. So we also say "祝你鸡年大吉!" zhù nǐ jī nián dà jí0 votedJanuary 28, 20171
- I can give you some simple names that you can remember easily. And some names are frequently used in young generations. “Lesbian” and "Gay" are both called "同性恋tóng xìng liàn "(official name) But we usually call "Lesbian" as"蕾丝léi sī "(imitate English pronunciation)and "Gay" as “基友jī yǒu "among young people. Maybe older people cannot understand. (Like my parents) BTW, "基友" nowadays also means "Best friends" and "Intimate Relationship", may not always mean "gay" "Bisexual" means “双性恋者shuāng xìng liàn zhě ”, you can just say "双shuāng" stands for long version. It is used also among young people who share this culture. “Transgender” we usually call them "变性人biàn xìng rén", Like the ladyboy in Thailand. "Butch" we call them "攻gōng " or "1"(yī );“Femme” we call them "受shòu " or "0"(líng). I think you can understand the number. It is widely used among young people.0 votedJanuary 26, 20171
- Actually, it's not exactly correct. "两个都不要" means"I don't want these two." literally means" Two两个 ,both都, not不, want要" But the question is "Do you like....." In Chinese, it should be "你喜欢......吗?" 你喜欢苹果还是橙子? The perfect answer should be "我都不喜欢。" Literally means "I both not like" Or short version "都不喜欢" Tips: when you answer somebody's question, you should pay attention to the verb he uses. If he uses "要.....吗?"(Do you want....?) You can answer "都不要" as the meaning of "neither" If he uses"喜欢......吗?" You should answer"都不喜欢"as the meaning of "neither" To make it simple, If you want to use "neither", you use "都不" + verb(that you heard from the question)0 votedJanuary 26, 20170

