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[EN]→Hey there. If you want to learn Chinese, feel free to message me. I'm a real person, not Wolverine. And I'm also a grammarnazi. Yeah... [ES]→Hola como estas! Si quieres aprender chino, no dudes en enviarme un mensaje. Soy una persona real, no Wolverine. Y también soy un nazi gramatical. Si... I'm a native Cantonese and Mandarin speaker, who enjoys learning different languages and their cultures. For now my focus is on English and Español. I'm willing to work hard (but fun as well!!) to improve my pronunciation, conversation and writing skills.
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Jul 13, 2018
Thanks a lot Colton! I really enjoyed talking with you and was inspired by how dedicated you are to improving your English level. You speak very well and you know a lot about the language. It was fun class!
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    Practicing my Chinese Grammar

    I drink coffee
    我喝咖啡。

    I don't drink alcohol and coffee.
    我不喝酒和咖啡。(<font style="background-color: yellow;">谎言) ← The way we put this in Mandarin, is (假的 fake/ not true)or (开玩笑just joking/ kidding). (Lies) translated into (谎言)then placed here is somehow Engarin. x) </font>
    <em>But don't get me wrong, bro. 'Lies' itself is "谎言".</em>


    (3)I like beef and pork. I also like lamb.
    我喜欢牛肉和猪肉,也喜欢羊肉。

    (4) 我是美国人,不是中国人。


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    美国独立日

    美国独立日是一个<font style="background-color: yellow;">很爱国</font>的<font style="background-color: yellow;">期间( Pei has paid much effort explaining this so... But if you still don't understand, feel free to ask.)</font>。大家都通过带家人和朋友去海岸或者公园庆祝这个假期。在那儿,他们会玩游戏<font style="background-color: yellow;">、</font>吃美国烧烤。人们<font style="background-color: yellow;">平时(平常often/ usually)</font>穿的衣服会<font style="background-color: yellow;">印</font>有<font style="background-color: rgb(140, 123, 198);">的( should be removed)</font>一张美国国旗<strike><font style="background-color: yellow;"><font style="background-color: rgb(140, 123, 198);">还是</font> </font></strike>这类(之类 or 诸如此类 sounds better though they mean the same)的东西。晚上时,人们会在外面聚集<font style="background-color: yellow;">看看( It would be better to use 观看 here instead, because 看看 is more of a suggestion, more casual, while 观看 is an objective behavior. Say, "let's go watch it" and  "You should go see it. /You should check it out.", if translated, would be "我们去看看吧。”and “你应该去看看。”)</font>爆烟花(Of course it's perfectly okay to say 看看烟花 as it sounds casual)。大多数美国<font style="background-color: yellow;">镇(小镇 or 城镇, as it would sound more native if you could pair it with another character)</font>会有自己的烟花。这些烟花<font style="background-color: yellow;">平均(都)</font>很<font style="background-color: yellow;">美好</font><font style="background-color: yellow;">的(美好的 is mostly used to described abstract concepts like life生活、人生, future未来, 理想expectation, etc. So as to describe something real, you can use 美丽的、漂亮的、美妙的, etc.)</font>,因为美国<font style="background-color: yellow;">镇</font>平时会<font style="background-color: rgb(255, 156, 0);">为了庆祝</font><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 156, 0);">独立日<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(206, 198, 206);">花很多钱</font></font>。个人也可以燃放烟花,但是这些烟花没有<font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">镇</font>的烟花<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">盛举( 盛举 is a noun, meaning "grand event";if you mean magnificent, then 壮观 is one of the perfect word choices)</font>。

    <font color="#000000" style="background-color: inherit;">在</font>我的<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">那个</font>洲,<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">放</font>烟花是违法的(We tend to say that a behavior is 违法的,while an object is 违禁的, as in 违禁物品)。但是在这段时间连警察不管谁燃放烟花。只要他们不点燃树林<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">造成</font>火灾就行了。没责任<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">心(<em>sense</em><font color="#000000" style="background-color: inherit;"> of responsibility</font>)</font>的人可能<font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">会(this character along with 可能 suggest that you are just assuming this might happen when the time comes in the future even if it happens but at least it has not becasue it's not the time yet.)  </font>喝很多酒然后开车,这样意味着你在路上开车的时候,你需要集中<font style="background-color: yellow;">精力</font>(去)<font style="background-color: yellow;">注意</font>自己和别人的安全。


    <font style="background-color: rgb(255, 156, 0);">As for the orange part,</font>  gramatically, it is made up of two components: 1. prepositon(介词) 为了;2. object(宾语) 庆祝独立日. Together we call it 介宾短语( prep-o phrase. Yeah I made those English words up haha)

    In modern Chinese, bro, always note that 介宾短语 should be placed between the subject and the verb in a sentence, or placed initially. It is something that if you remove it, the major meaning of the sentence wouldn't change.

    Take your own sentence for example.

    ...因为美国的小镇平时会为了庆祝独立日花很多钱。

    ...因为为了庆祝独立日,美国的小镇平时会花很多钱。

    Another word, where you place the 平时 can be also flexible.  ( Language, like freedom, is restricted by rules but is also flexible.)

    ...因为<em>平时</em>为了庆祝独立日,美国的小镇会花很多钱。As for the first sentence, I would advise not to change the position of 平时 since it fits in there best.


    If you finish reading this, give me a like or comment below, let me know if this is helpful or not. Though I bet it's the former haha.









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    Hello, please check and correct my text :)


    >>reply>> No problem.


    Paragraph 1:

    Your writing: 大家好!我叫阿娜丝塔西亚。I.我没有中国名字只是叫自己安娜。今年我二十六岁。II.以前我在衣装业务工作,III现在我是翻译。去年我结婚了, 我跟我的丈夫住在阿联酋。

    Correction + Pointing out the problems: 

    I.  Chinese name=中文名(字)       E.g., English name=英文名(字), Arabic name & Russian name= 阿拉伯名(字) & 俄罗斯名(字) 【Right, you are seeing no 文 in here because the country's Chinese name takes more than 2 characters, which is considered a little bit long so we leave it out habitually. Of course it's also fine to use 文 along.】


    II.  在··· ···工作 means somebody works at some place. So  where the ellipses are should be replaced with some places like, in your case, 在服装店工作,在服装设计部门工作 or something like that.   

          衣装业务  is not a place so it does not fit in where it is in that phrase.  Instead, you can 从事··· ···业务( meaning engaging in or being       engaged in some work or business) . 我从事衣装业务。 IMHO, 服装业务might be a more popular expression:) but yours is fine too.

            So in brief, they are two different expressions that can help achieve the same goal. Just don't mix them up.


    III. 我是翻译=I'm translation. Weird, right? So you just have to add a 员 to 翻译 and get 翻译员。Just like you turn "translate" into "translator". Simple as that. 


    Pls comment below so I'll know if my work is helpful. 


    Good day!

                        




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    贪污 is surely some kind of 腐败. But 腐败 is not necessarily 贪污. 腐败 is a state or status which is literally and originally used to describe a rotten object, while 贪污 is a behavior that shows the subject's greed for the money from people. FYO, fǔ bài 1.物体腐烂,尤指 有机体 腐烂;也可指文章内容陈腐 2.行为堕落的 3.[制度、组织、机构、措施等]混乱、黑暗 tān wū 利用职权非法取得钱财
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    【Teenagers Assemble!】 Anyone aged from on this site, come on in!!! Anyone aged from 13-19 on this site, come on in!!! Alright lol just wondering if there are any teens on here. If you are one, feel free to leave a comment. Also, who wants to learn Mandarin? Or just simply, well, talk that talk?
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