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Post by *~moya05~* on May 8, 2008 0:00:15 GMT -5
not the 'add oil' la.. this jia you 加油！this meaning add oil ma? :S
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Post by judy13 on May 8, 2008 0:36:31 GMT -5
I didn't understand...
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Post by englishrose85 on May 8, 2008 5:24:19 GMT -5
not the 'add oil' la.. this jia you 加油！this meaning add oil ma? :S Yup that means 'to add oil'...but when they use it in China or Taiwan (mostly Taiwan I think) it means 'keep fighting' sort of thing... |
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Post by ° rh3jz ° on May 8, 2008 8:49:34 GMT -5
i really envy your mandarin.. T_T havent been online lately bcuz i have a lot of tests..
anyway, Jo are u studying chinese at school?
doesnt jia you mean Good Luck?
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Post by ° rh3jz ° on May 8, 2008 8:50:14 GMT -5
0h and yeah.. xie xie ni men for the i hate u thing.. sorry guys i was really upset the other day...
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Post by judy13 on May 8, 2008 12:04:37 GMT -5
No problem, CALRHEJ77
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Post by englishrose85 on May 8, 2008 12:10:23 GMT -5
I teach myself Mandarin...been learning for about two years now ;D
YES!!! 'GOOD LUCK' is the phrase I was thinking of lol...yah Jia You means good luck...cos one of my Taiwanese friends said that to me earlier for my exams lol...
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Post by *~moya05~* on May 8, 2008 19:56:47 GMT -5
englishrose85: yay! that's it! jia you means good luck!  judy13: then let him join the forum  |
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Post by silver(didi) on May 8, 2008 21:45:00 GMT -5
oops sorrry..... improving me, thx sorry too busy i haf to rush from work and another place at the same time anyways aill support u all the way in all ur mandarin
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Post by judy13 on May 8, 2008 21:49:39 GMT -5
englishrose85: yay! that's it! jia you means good luck! judy13: then let him join the forum |
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Post by ° rh3jz ° on May 15, 2008 14:34:16 GMT -5
da jia hao!
hey mandarin TEACHERS! i havent had mandarin lessons for the past few days.. i've been really busy..
uhmm... please correct me if i'm wrong..
ke ai=cute
shuai=handsome
mei=?
kuai=ugly (im not sure if i spelled it right)
wang zi=prince
wang=king
princess?
queen?
jie jie=older sister or someone older?
ge ge= older brother
didi= younger bro
mei mei=younger sis
how do u say miss and sir?
what does tang ren mean?
how do they say the 5W questions in mandarin?
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Post by englishrose85 on May 15, 2008 15:06:38 GMT -5
ke ai=cute correct!shuai=handsome redmei=? beautifulkuai=ugly (im not sure if i spelled it right) correct word is Chouwang zi=prince correctwang=king correctprincess? gong zhuqueen? nu wangjie jie=older sister or someone older? correctge ge= older brother correctdidi= younger bro correctmei mei=younger sis correcthow do u say miss and sir? Miss is Xiao Jie and Sir is Xian Shengwhat does tang ren mean? Not sure about this one...something to do with a person...how do they say the 5W questions in mandarin? Why = wei shen me, what = shen me, where = na li, when = shen me shi hou, which = na (I think)Hope this helps! |
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Post by *~moya05~* on May 16, 2008 22:20:47 GMT -5
shuai=handsome --> correct
which = na ; na ge
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Post by ° rh3jz ° on May 17, 2008 15:03:13 GMT -5
great! xie xie ni men! Hehehe.. can I call u Jo jie jie from now on?  ) |
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