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 said on
September 9, 2011
@Echo, 'wo zai suannai pingr li zhaodao de'

is this a sentence structure using 'zai .. de'

same as 'ting .. de'

must not forget to add 'de' at end of sentence.
 said on
September 9, 2011
@richard,

It's actually not "zai4...de5", but "shi4...de5". The sentence should be "wo3 shi4 zai4 suan1nai3ping2 li3 zhang3da4 de5". "Shi4" was just omitted here.

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
September 10, 2011
Hey Echo,

Just a quick note to say happy teachers' day. And I guess happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance too. :)
 said on
September 10, 2011
Ditto, happy teachers day Echo!

老师节快乐!

(那,把一块虚拟巧克力赠送你)

:)

- 小虎
 said on
September 10, 2011
@orbital & Xiao Hu,

Thanks :D

虚拟的巧克力味道不错~

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
September 11, 2011
@Brendan,

我怎么不知道你已经结婚了?希望你婚姻中的生活比对话里的夫妇安宁。

我虽然自己没有在酸奶瓶长大的,不过我却几乎在辣椒酱瓶长大的,你呢?
 said on
September 11, 2011
@Echo,

那块虚拟巧克力就是我花几块钱比特币用心给你买的。就是生活在我们现在的虚拟世界中。还好虚拟巧克力的滋味儿不错,要不然老师会虚拟的不理我。:(
 said on
September 12, 2011
笑死我了!
 said on
October 13, 2011

@Echo,

Quick question here: when using the sentence 我在酸奶瓶里找到的, could we use "发现" instead of “找到”? 都一样吗?

If there is a difference between the use for both words, I'd like to have a quick explanation.

Thanks, and keep up the good work, you guys are terrific!!

陶威
 said on
October 14, 2011
@vincent.topping - 发现 sounds fine here, but there's a slight difference in meaning. 找到 means "found (after looking)," while 发现 means "discover," without necessarily implying that the person had been looking.

@Xiao Hu - Missed your comment until just now. Thanks! We got married in late May, and my wife has so far been a lot more tolerant of my general slobbishness than I've had any right to expect.
 said on
October 14, 2011
@Brendan,

Congratulations on your marriage! I hope that married life is treating you well. Slobbishness seems to be a general male trait that we all share. I'm much better now than I used to be, at least the pile of dirty laundry is all neatly placed in a basket as opposed to scattered throughout the apartment. I can't say it's actually clean now, though...
 said on
October 15, 2011
@vincent.topping,

Exactly like Brendan said :)

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
April 8, 2012
A quick pronunciation question: in the sentence "我在酸奶瓶里找到的!" it almost sounds like the woman says "pingr ni" instead of "pingr li"... am I hearing that wrong? If not, why?
 said on
April 8, 2012
@user37749,

Yes, you are hearing this wrong. These two sounds do sound similar though.

--Echo

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