女孩结婚叫“嫁”，男孩结婚叫“娶”。所以“嫁妆”顾名思义是女方给的，是女孩陪嫁的东西。男方家给的叫“彩礼”。古时候，女方给嫁妆一是为了女孩嫁过去过的更殷实，二是嫁妆越多，说明女孩家越有经济实力，到了婆家就会受到重视，少受苦。不过现在这种观念已经很淡化了。

You can translate to: "你起得这么晚"---" ni qi de zhe me wan" "你才起啊"---" ni cai qi a" "你起的太晚了"----"ni qi de tai wan le"

1: The basic meaning of "奶奶" is the mother of your father. 2: We may respectfully called the older female to "奶奶". The older female is the generation of our grandmother. 3: In the old days, the slave girl called their female master to "奶奶". Generally, the female master had married. E.g. In "The Story of the Stone", which is a famous literary masterpiece in the history of Chinese literature, "平儿" called "王熙凤" to "奶奶". I dont know if the word has the other meanings. I just call to mind the three meanings.

when we say some days of week, "xing qi" is the same as "li bai", both of them are the meaning of "week". we can say "礼拜三" or "星期三", they both mean "Wednesday“. But "li bai" have the meaning of “weekend", like "又要过礼拜了", but we cant say "又要过星期了".

I agree Sonia very much. Through my English is not well, I sometimes exercise speaking with my friends of Chinese in English, i feel my English oral not bad so much. But when i speak to foreigner, my mind blank.... I feel tension. But confident need build on the basis of my English to improve, so it is reciprocal.

i will follow him leave abroad. i think if leave so long and far, the love maybe becomes weak. And if he go abroad is for a better development, i support him, so i will choose follow him. And i think maybe i go to that country, i will have better chances. i like to live in different environment, but not unchanged. In a unfamiliar environment, i feel i can receive more information. Like a proverb in China, "People move to live, move trees die". My english is not well, please help me find my fault in the above. Thanks very much!

我觉得在这种各国友人都登陆的网站上讨论咱们国家自己的事还是慎重点说。 我觉得这种教育制度是咱们现在的国情决定的，而且我觉得挺好。 这么多人需要上大学，肯定要有一个选拔的方式，国家没有能力让所有人都上清华、北大这种学校。 而且以我的出身，我也挺赞同这种考试制度，如果取消的话，估计我都没机会上大学，可能我上大学的名额就被哪个有门路的人抢了呢，而现在至少我可以通过自己的努力上大学，哪怕落榜了，我也心甘情愿，只能说我技不如人，不管是知识的掌握，还是考试的技能，至少不用埋怨父母让我出身不好。而且我觉得中国教育使我们的基础知识打得很牢固，就像楼上这位所说的，中国人出去后排名都很靠前，也许会说中国人会考试，我觉得不尽然。虽然从某种程度上禁锢了我们的创新能力，但也不是一无是处的。而且在这种教育制度下，也有很多有创新力的人才。所以我还是在自身找原因！ 而且我觉得随着国家的发展，教育制度也会有改变的

The three words are all used between two words which are similar, like the "and" in English. But their emphasises are not different. "而且" generally have the meaning of "go forward one by one", it emphasize the words or sentences which follow it. e.g. 贝克汉姆不仅帅而且球踢得好（Beckham is not only handsome but also passed the ball well.） The sentence emphasize Beckham play football well. "并且" emphasize the relation between the two words or between two sentences is paralleling. "并且" has the meaning of "go forward one by one", but i think "并且" is not intensitier than "而且" . "及其" are two words. "及" is "以及", "以及" means "and", "as well as". "其" means its/his/her/their(他的、他们的等等). The its/his/her/their refer to the man/woman/something previous "及其". E.G. 他及其我（The sentence is wrong）妈妈及其女儿（The senterce is right. The daughter is mother’s daughter.） I do not know if the explaination can help you. And i am not a professional. If there are errors, thanks to point out.