Learning Chinese Language

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    dragonfly93 said:

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    Anyone still interested here? Shall I teach more, or are you all still absorbing the material? Want to know some random words for fun?
    Minä olen horjunut, epäilen enemmän kuin ennen
    Mutta halusit ihmisen, sen viat, sen heikkouden
     
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    Xie xie!! I got this chinese guy to pronouce it for me, sounded like che chi! I was like HUH wheres the x?? I sorta read it ex-ee ex-ee

    Do the chinese have terms of endearments?
     
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    Yes, we do

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    kĕ ài = cute
    the same ài as in "love"

    kě ài de xiǎo gāo = cute kitten / cute small cat
    zhēn kě ài = really cute
    hěn kě ài = very cute
    zhèn me kě ài = this cute (so cute)
    nà me kě ài = that cute (so cute)
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    qīn ài = dear, beloved
    qīn ài de mā ma = dear (beloved) mother
    qīn ài de xiǎo māo = dear little cat
    qīn ài de hái zi = dear child/children (no plurals in Chinese except for pronouns)
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    It's very hard to explain the word "de"... There are 3 different words like this, used differently and with no equivalents in any other language I can think of... Here, this one is used for adjectival (is that a word? ) phrases.
    You put the adjective + de + noun for a description in this form.
    It'll get more complicated later xD
    Minä olen horjunut, epäilen enemmän kuin ennen
    Mutta halusit ihmisen, sen viat, sen heikkouden