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I am a native English speaker, and a French teacher as well. I'd be happy to help you with both!
I'm currently hoping to learn Mandarin and Japanese, or whatever I'm interested in at the moment.
Languages I've had some experience with: Spanish, Italian, German, Scots Gaelic (veeerrrry little!!!), Esperanto, and of course, Mandarin and Japanese.
In my spare time, I like to do Tae Kwon Do, knit, crochet, watch anime, read comics, and play video games. I also have a pet bird!
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- More Chinese verbs with hanzi & pinyin! Does anyone know of a good resource to find lots of verbs in Chinese with pinyin? The pinyin helps me to type on the computer, and the hanzi helps me to ensure I'm using the correct verb. Also, I'm trying to express my likes and dislikes in Chinese. What are some good phrases to know? If you'd be willing to share the hanzi and pinyin, I'd be really greatful! (And, able to write more!) Bonus: Can anyone recommend more good Mandopop like Sodagreen? (我 熟悉的Jay Chou... he's okay.)October 8, 201010
Impulse is the devil
Did you ever have an experience where you acted on a sudden impluse to do something and regretted it later? I have one. (<em>Because you're telling a story about something that happened to you, I put your verbs here in the past tense. You also need the "it" to refer to the previous action</em>.)
Once, I went shopping by myself. I saw a beautiful bag in the window of an expensive shop and I liked it very much. I went in and looked at it for a moment, but nobody come to greet me.
I tried it on when a sarcastic voice above me said:' the bag is very expensive, if you can not afford it, please don't ask to see it.' (<em>above me instead of "up</em>")
To my surprise, I saw a middle-aged woman who was a large,unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She came down from the second floor of the shop. I was very astonished at what she said. (<em>past tense!</em>)
'How do you know I can not afford it?' I said angrily.
The woman was busy cleaning her shop and did not pay attention to me at all.' So do you want to buy it?' she glanced at me scornfully and asked drily.
I regretted answering in the way I did, but I said:'Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a woman when she is busy working, but would you mind wrapping it up for me?'
'Sure, I would be very happy to do that.' she answered with smile. Meanwhile, she quickly wrapped and handed it to me. 'One thousand yuan, please.' (<em>We know she's going to wrap it up for you by now, so the future tense works best here.</em>)
'It is very expensive.' I said to myself. I paid the money reluctantlly and took it out of the shop. Even if I liked it, I did not have any clothes to match it.There is a saying is that impulse is the devil. And that day the devil provided me a very expensive lesson.
Your writing in English is pretty good! You seem to have a good hold on the past tense. There was only one spelling error- excellent!
0 votedSeptember 28, 20101- Back again!! My students have inspired me to try to write my one Chinese sentence a day. I have two cousins in my one class! :D Soooooo.................. today's sentence(s): 你 好嘛,我的 鹏哟? 我是凯蒂!<- My name is new! I used an online generator, so please correct me if it's wrong! (Hanzi = kăi dì) How would I say, "In America, it is autumn."? I would love to learn how to talk about the weather in Chinese. (:September 27, 201041
My favorite singer is Declan Gailbraith.
He is really a great singer, and he showed his talent when he was only 8 years old. The song "tell me why" shook me,and when I heard "an angel", I was really fascinated. His voice was so wonderful. There are many fans of him in China, they call themselves "December",and they all crazy about him. Declan was born in december of 1991, the same year and month as me. Although his voice has changed, it's not as sweet as it initially was,but it is still attractive. He had a concert in China in 2008,and his news is infrequent recently. I hope he can give more beautiful songs to us.
Okay! Not a bad entry! Here's a few things I corrected:
I (我)in English is always capitalized, as is the beginning of each new sentence.
Songs are mentioned in quotes in English, like this: "Tell me why". (We usually capitalize each new word in a song too, but this isn't always true.) So, <An angel> = "An angel" ;-)
In English, the plural of a word ending in f turns into "ves". Drop the f, and add the ves. (There will be irregular plurals with f, though, so be careful!)
The phrase is, "crazy about". Whether for a singer, sports or a TV show.
Also, "the same as" is a standard phrase, too. Example: You speak English, the same as me!
Note: The phrase, "just like me" also works well here, but there will be nothing between like and me.
"it initially was" - This is past tense, so I had to change it from initial, and put a "was" to indicate the past.
"concert in China"- Instead of "China-concert" looks better in English. I know that in Chinese, you state the largest place first, then work your way down to the smallest place (ex. China, Zhejiang Province, Hangzou, 335 Beijing Road...). In English, it goes the opposite way- from small to big!
I hope this helped you out!
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