Archive for December, 2007

Almost weekend

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

I'm pretty busy at the moment with everything. Therefore I recommend You prepare some Chinese food and enjoy. Add in a beer or two and invite some friends. So I will give You this nice food picture. Mention all the peppers in there. It's Sichuan cuisine - hot as hell. If ...

Chinese prefer sex over money

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

What do the Chinese want the more? Money or sex? Being a very capitalistic country where porn is banned from the stores You might come to the conclusion, that they are very money focused. But that is far from the truth. Google Trends is a tool where You can compare ...

Modal verbs

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

A modal verb expresses the modality of another verb. An example would be: You must go now! In this case "must" indicates the modality. Without modal verbs You cannot express Yourself. Here is a list to get You started. 会 huì - can, fundamentally be able to do something 能 néng - ...

Grammar: 从 cóng - from … 到 dào - to, until

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

This Monday's Chinese class was full of insights and one thing I have to share with You is how to use the cóng ... dào ... construction. First we will have a look at the 2 main words. 从 cóng - from 到 dào - (1) to arrive, to reach (2) ...

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