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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Lemme translate this back into English in order to demonstrate how bad this Chinese is:

Tom: Can you (plural) speak Chinese

You (singular): It is.

Edit: I'll fix it for ya though :)

TOM: 我怎麼能去廁所？

你：你會不會說中文？

TOM: 當然了

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whoa that’s traditional Chinese isn’t it? I’ve never seen that before outside of my books, which I promptly ignore until I get a hang on simplified 😂

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup. I like it more because I think it's prettier and more logical. I was taught simplified growing up, though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I suppose I could just Google it or ask her, but I’ve noticed that my teaching uses 是的 to mean yes, but you noted it as “it is”, and my girlfriend uses “对的” when she’s talking to other 中国人. What is the best to use just as “yes”?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Chinese doesn't really have a real "yes". 對的 (对的) just means correct. The most straightforward yes answer to a yes/no question would probably be [verb you want to confirm]+的. So "yes" in response to "會不會" would be 會的.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ooooh!!!! That makes sense!!! Thank you so much!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

不用謝！

Sorry, by the way, if I seemed rude in my initial comment. I didn't mean to, but in hindsight it could have appeared so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Haha no worries, it fit right in with my cheeky comment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Haha thanks. I just did it while I was pooping, should’ve proofread 😂