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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #5: Mom Gets Mad

March 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

“Mom just blew up at me.”

媽媽剛剛對我大發脾氣.
Ma1 ma3 gang1 gang1 dui4 wo3 da4 fa1 pi2 qi4.

さっきお母さんが私を怒ったんだ。
Sakki okāsan ga watashi wo okottanda.

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Six Sentences in Chinese

February 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments

Many of the language blogs I’ve found in the last few weeks have discussed Tim Ferriss’s “How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour”. He provides six-plus-two illustrative sentences that will help you tease apart the basic structure of a language in a short period of time.

  1. The apple is red.
  2. It is John’s apple.
  3. I give John the apple.
  4. We give him the apple.
  5. He gives it to John.
  6. She gives it to him.

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