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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #14: Tom Cruise
July 6th, 2009 | 3 Comments
“Has anyone told you that you look like Tom Cruise?”
有人跟你說過你長得像湯姆克魯斯嗎?
You3 ren2 gen1 ni3 shuo1 guo4 ni3 zhang3 de5 xiang4 tang1 mu3 ke4 lu3 si1 ma1?
タム·クルーズに似てるって言われませんか。
Tamu Kurūzu ni niterutte iwaremasen ka.
Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #13: Mosquito Bites
June 29th, 2009 | No Comments
“I’ve got a mosquito bite on my face.”
我的臉被蚊子咬.
Wo3 de5 lian3 bei4 wen2 zi5 yao3.
顔を蚊に刺されました。
Kao wo ka ni sasaremashita.
Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!
June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
I basically abandoned both my Chinese and Japanese texts as of this post and its sleep-inducing adventures learning Chinese at Seton Hall University.
I’m seeing the wisdom in Khatzumoto’s principle: if it’s not something you’d voluntarily read in your L1, why bother with it in L2? Read/watch the fun stuff first; it’ll help with the boring stuff later.
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