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Hello, I am Ming from Taiwan. I am learning english and japanese. I try to answer mandarin questions in english so that I can practice too. If you like to ask chinese questions in person, please message me and we can talk about that. Thanks!
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    I don't know how to explain this in few words.

    Let's take a look at some examples, and see what we can figure out.

    1. you are describing a fact.

    He always plays the piano in his room. 他总是在他的房间里弹着钢琴。

    I usually have lunch at McDonald. 我时常在麦当劳吃着午餐。


    2. you are describing something which is happening now

    He is playing piano in his room. 他正在他的房间里弹钢琴。

    I am having my lunch at McDonald. 我正在麦当劳吃午餐。

    My son is preparing for a exam. 我的儿子正在准备一场考试。


    And one more to compare examples above:

    I am waiting for my brother. 
    我正在等我弟弟。(My brother will come back in minutes or hours.)
    我等着我的弟弟。(My brother could never come back, or I am waiting for my parents to give me a brother.)
    Same translation, different meaning.


    3. use "着" as a chinese particle

    Please help me to hold this. 请帮我拿着这个。

    3-1. "着" is sometimes interchangeable with "正在". It depends on the tone and mood you want to express.

    She is hugging me.
    她抱着我。more romantic
    她正在抱我。not very romantic

    I was looking at my phone.
    我当时看着手机... and blah blah blah。There are something you want to say after it.
    我当时正在看手机。You are emphasizing what you were doing is looking at your phone.


    Hope this helps you.

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    October 17, 2018
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    Hi, Justin. I think these two sentences below make sense to me. 我为祖国的强大而骄傲 我为祖国的强大感到骄傲 「我为祖国的强大而感到骄傲」is a bit redundant, though it's correct. More examples: "I am proud of my job." = “我为我的工作(而)感到自豪” "I feel sad about their divorce." = "我为他们的离婚(而)感到难过" With all these examples, I think "而" means "so.." or "as a result.." something something something..., so I feel proud of it. And BTW, to avoid misunderstanding of「骄傲」, you can use 「自豪」instead of 「骄傲」when you are saying something positive.
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    October 17, 2018
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    Hi, thanks for sharing this video. It's funny when he answering the last question. hahaha I think the way he talks is almost native. The tempo, the words, and the speed are all great. The only difference is the pronunciation. We can tell that he is a Japanese without doubt.
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    October 16, 2018
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    故事总结:《井底之蛙》

    很久以前,一只青蛙住在一口井里。它没有离开过他家。

    青蛙的早饭是小虫子。在白天的时候,它游泳和晒太阳。在晚上的时候,它則看看天上的星星。青蛙对它的生活感到很快乐。

    有一天,青蛙问大海龟住在哪里。大海龟回答说它住在东海。青蛙吹牛的说(or 骄傲的说),它家比大海龟的家好多了。于是他们去到了井。大海龟想试着下去,但是井里面很暗黑黑的,而且它的身体太大了。

    大海龟说它不能下去了。它告诉青蛙,东海是很大的,有很多动物。大海龟跟说青蛙说,它觉得住在东海才是真正地快乐。

    青蛙了解到知道有一个大世界,觉得自己知道得太少了,而且知道发现很多动物都是吹牛,真是可笑。

    Hi, Yun. I think this article is pretty good and understandable! I don't need to see the english version at all.

    I try to add these blue edits to make it more easy to read.

    Only the yellow parts are suggested to change.

    You did a great job!

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    October 16, 2018
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    October 15, 2018
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    敬爱的罗素,你好,你最近怎么样 ? 我听说你获得了关于意大利语学习的一个奖学金为了意大利语学习,你真棒! 我特别高兴,因为你会在我的大学会学习一个学期,你一定会提高你的意大利语水平!不瞒你说其實住在那不勒斯很方便,比如说生活费不太高,但是也有不太好的方面你应该知道。我可以给你提建议为了如何找到一套很好的房子。 你一定要看房子的地方地点省得浪费时间,周围的小区尽量安全和安静一点儿,对价位别有特别的要求,只要不太贵就可以了!那不勒斯的交通不太好,因为常常有罢工,堵车很厉害,所以你最好找在市中心的一套房,省得每天都要早起起得早。那不勒斯没有天津那么大,你当然可以走路去上课。对我来说关键是方便,所以虽然东方大学有几座楼你要去上课,但是你不用担心,因为它们都在老城区。可能在市中心价位高一点儿,但是我宁可多花点儿钱也要注住大学的附近,别浪费时间。还有在大学的附近有很多的学生,如果你在这儿租房子,你有一个很大机会跟意大利人学习汉语交流语言, 这样你们可以互相帮助进步。别其他重要的方面是家具,很多套房子有水,电,暖气,空调,微波炉 等等。为了找到一套家具齐全的房子有家具齐全,我建议你去房屋中介公司问问。你也可以在网上找一下儿,但是我觉得对外国人比较难。最后我建议你组租一个单人间,因为室友可以是一个问题,如果你想有安静和想好好学习,我觉得一个独立的房子间更好。希望你在意大利会很早习惯,认识多的新朋友玩儿。一路平安

    Actually I think you made your point.
    I add those commas to make it easy to read, hope this helps you.

    I don't know why I can't highlight words here. Maybe we can move to notebooks to use the tool there.

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    October 15, 2018
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  • Answered
    Hi, I'm a native traditional chinese speaker. manybuddies is right and the sentence he suggest is actually better and more native.
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    October 14, 2018
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    These two sentences are both correct and commonly used. If you say the first sentence, I think you are emphasizing "when" he arrived the city. If you say the second sentence, I will expect you are going to say something else after it. For example「他昨天进的城,但现在不知道在哪」. The important part comes afterwards. And when I talk to my boss or someone elder, I will use the first sentence to speak in a formal way, while the second is more casual.
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    October 14, 2018
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    What does "the ground up show" mean? I have been watching a youtube channel which is a podcast called "The Ground Up Show". I am trying to learn more English from it. But I don't really get what the name means. Can anyone explain it in simple words? Thank you very much.
    October 14, 2018
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