什么是人民当家作主

7 hao

JZ敌人往哪里跑,我们就跟随毛主席教导往哪里打

香港来的鸟人

这就让你笑得这么欢？我来帮你换个字母，量你HAPPY得更欢：
A little CHINglish for you: No shit, no happy

不过谢你的LESSION哦, 俺需要学鸟语AS WELL.
drag 发表于 2010-4-5 10:17

I missed this comment: "不过谢你的LESSION哦, 俺需要学鸟语AS WELL."

Learning is a two way street. Coming here let me picked up some current Chinese slangs as well, including lots of cuss words. Sometimes I feel like a giant curse word magnet. But that's OK. I don't take all of these seriously. We have our own opinions, we need to learn to respect each other's opinion as well, despite our differences. We live in a free country (Canada or the U.S.), we might as well enjoy our freedom.
"俺需要学鸟语AS WELL" This is a 鸟语 country, so might as well. :smile:

7 hao

coming here let...????

coming here allow....????

let me picked....?????

let me pick?????

jiu shi zhe xie JZ niao yu

香港来的鸟人

coming here let...????

coming here allow....????

let me picked....?????

let me pick?????

jiu shi zhe xie JZ niao yu
7 hao 发表于 2010-4-5 11:10 [img]
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I was going to hold my tongue, but you asked for it.

For your information, let and allow are sometimes interchangeable in the U.S., especially in informal verbal communication and among the younger generation.

Below is the definition on the word let:

let definition
let (let)

transitive verb let, letting let′·ting

to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases let alone or let be, to refrain from bothering, disturbing, touching, etc.

to give the use of (a house, room, etc.) to a tenant in return for rent; rent; hire out
to give out (work), assign (a contract), etc.
to allow or cause to escape; cause to flow or come out, as by shedding, emitting, etc. to let blood
to allow to pass, come, or go let me in
to allow; permit: followed by an infinitive, normally without to[let me help], or by an adverb, etc. with the verb itself unexpressed [let me up]
to cause to; make: usually with know or hear let me hear from you.

As for the picked and pick, it was just a slip up. What can I say, thanks for being my trustworthy grammar cop. :rolleyes:

Now go do something more worthwhile. Again, you are the best! I am your humble student. Feel better now ??

知道我是谁

哦，刚刚跑去“翻译堂”学了“来龙去脉”，就蒙二位鸟语相教了。哦，好像还不单单是鸟语哟！

谢啦谢啦！

香港来的鸟人

coming here let...????

coming here allow....????

let me picked....?????

let me pick?????

jiu shi zhe xie JZ niao yu
7 hao 发表于 2010-4-5 11:10

A couple more things. The younger generation in the U.S. do not use the word allow much anymore. They use let mostly.

e.g
they say "Dad, will you let me have the car? " ,
very rarely "Dad, will you allow me to have the car ?"

One of the reasons I suspect is because allow sounds too stodgy, too formal. The other reason is allow is used in conjunction with the adverb to. People in the U.S. are generally too lazy to be bothered with all that extra formality.

e.g.
       let me pick up some current Chinese slangs as well.
but  
       allow me to pick up some current Chinese slangs as well.

我在

呵呵，这里现在是鸟语花香啦。

KK 123

好好好!!!
咱们中国人大开眼见，不过还是咱们中国人吵架比较简单，几个字就搞定，
鸟人吵架用英文太复杂