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Homogenik
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Message 185 of 457

24 January 2013 at 3:09am | IP Logged

billyshears66 wrote:

I've notice a few of us on the team mention using memrise.com... does anyone else see any
benefits if we all became mempals? Maybe it would be a good way of watching each others
progress? Maybe make mini challenges with points? Etc..

If anyone is interested, my profile:
billyshears66 memrise profile

I've added you to my mempals. I think it's a good idea to regroup that way.
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Homogenik
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Message 186 of 457

24 January 2013 at 3:16am | IP Logged

vermillon wrote:

Homogenik wrote:

Wow,　非常感谢你！这是很好。Thanks a lot. Is 兄 exactly like 哥哥 and
姊
like 姐 or is there some kind of semantic difference?

As you got no answer yet, I'll do it. They're "semantically" the same, but they have different usage. To keep it
simple,
you can just consider that when you want to refer to a specific person, you use any of 哥哥, 姐姐 etc (the
"doubles"),
but when you refer to "brothers" (they cannot be the 哥哥 of each other!), "sisters", or "brothers and sisters" (as in
your sentence), you use 兄弟 and 姊妹(/姐妹). Or to make it clearer, you don't use any of 兄, 弟, 姊, 妹 on its own,
but
rather in conjugation.

Thanks, that's great and very logical.

Oh and I'll be able to continue with my chinese college class after all. I had my first lesson last evening. We
learned about drinks and fruits mostly. My teacher says 桔子 and 橙子 aren't the same, one being tangerine and
the other orange. Is it accurate or does it change depending on regions of China? Because some dictionaries do
list 桔子 as orange.
She just came back from China the day before and told us how much of a shock she had from the growth in
pollution over there.

Edited by Homogenik on 24 January 2013 at 3:23am
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vermillon
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Message 187 of 457

24 January 2013 at 7:00am | IP Logged

橙子 and 桔子 are indeed different, however there's 橘子 and 桔子 (both júzi) which are the same fruit just spellt differently...
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Hidden Linguist
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Message 188 of 457

24 January 2013 at 1:44pm | IP Logged

I'm impressed with everyone's introductions. :)

I wish I had the guts to record and upload an audio here...oh well...maybe in a few weeks.
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billyshears66
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Message 189 of 457

24 January 2013 at 5:01pm | IP Logged

Homogenik wrote:

billyshears66 wrote:

I've notice a few of us on the team mention
using memrise.com... does anyone else see any
benefits if we all became mempals? Maybe it would be a good way of watching each others
progress? Maybe make mini challenges with points? Etc..

If anyone is interested, my profile:
billyshears66 memrise profile

I've added you to my mempals. I think it's a good idea to regroup that way.

I believe I found your profile too, and added it. Thanks!
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js6426
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Message 190 of 457

25 January 2013 at 7:50am | IP Logged

I followed in this mempal adding initiative! This might actually motivate me to use memrise a bit!
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billyshears66
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Message 191 of 457

25 January 2013 at 12:23pm | IP Logged

js6426 wrote:

I followed in this mempal adding initiative! This might actually
motivate me to use memrise a bit!

Great! What is your profile name so I can add you also?
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js6426
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Message 192 of 457

25 January 2013 at 3:10pm | IP Logged

billyshears66 wrote:

js6426 wrote:

I followed in this mempal adding initiative! This might actually
motivate me to use memrise a bit!

Great! What is your profile name so I can add you also?

This is a link to my profile - http://www.memrise.com/user/js6426ca/

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