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The 然's
突然，虽然，忽然. and the other 然's can often get mixed up, so here's a quick explanation of some of the most common ones!
突然 (Túrán): This means suddenly or unexpectedly
居然 (Jūrán): This kind of means suddenly, but more in the sense of "surprisingly" or to suggest disbelief at something that happened.
忽然 (Hūrán): This also means suddenly or unexpectedly, but it has a more stronger connotation.
既然 (Jìrán): This is a conjunction meaning "since" or "now that"
既然the weather is great, let's go out!
既然 you aren't busy, let's go watch a movie.
不然 (Bùrán): This means "otherwise" or "or else";
You should study, 不然 you won't do well on the exam.
虽然 (Suīrán): This means although or even though.
虽然 I'm not good at singing, I still like to go to the karaoke.
当然 (Dāngrán): 当然 means certainly or definitely and can be used as a reply:
Can you help me with A? 当然!
自然 (Zìrán): This can mean nature or naturally.
China's 自然 is very beautiful.
She speaks Chinese 得很自然.
仍然 (Réngrán): This can mean "still" or "yet".
I仍然 haven't read that book.
依然 (Yīrán): Similar to 仍然, this also means still" or "yet" but it's usually used in more formal and literary works, whereas 仍然 is more often used in spoken language.
果然 (Guǒrán): 果然 can be used to mean "indeed" or "as expected"
This movie is 果然 interesting.
竟然 (Jìngrán): This is an adverb used to suggest surprise or something unexpected.
He竟然forgot her birthday.
显然 (Xiǎnrán): This means "clearly" or "obviously".
This soup 显然 hot.
偶然 (Ǒurán): This means "accidentally" or "by chance".
We 偶然 met at the same cafe.
How many other 然's do you know about? Drop a comment!
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Bathroom wall graffiti
拉屎好爽，拉K...... (拉K = do ketamine)
#I'm still trying to figure out why the verb here is 拉 although in searching 吸K also turns up#personally never done it so maybe it's obvious to the partaker??#mandarin#chinese#tw drugs#some interesting headlines out there like 拉K一時，尿布一世！
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#I'm reading this Chinese webnovel translation about a foodie who gets transmigrated into the past#and back-to-the-future's all this street food that hasn't been invented yet#and it's making me so hungry reading it#Youtube#I feel I clarify that I am specifically using back-to-the-future as a verb here meaning:#to go back in time & “invent” something that was actually an African American invention#y'all there's literally a chapter where she serves KFC New Orleans Style Chicken Burgers to Han Dynasty bureaucrats
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Borrow - Mao Buyi (借 - 毛不易) Translation
Finally figured out how to tackle this song I've been obsessed with for years. Enjoy!
借
Borrow
借一盏午夜街头 昏黄灯光
A streetlamp, casting hazy yellow light at midnight
照亮那坎坷路上人影一双
To illuminate the pair of silhouettes on the uneven pavement
借一寸三九天里 冽冽暖阳
An inch of frozen sunlight from the dead of winter
融这茫茫人间刺骨凉
To melt the frigid cold of this endless world
借一泓古老河水 九曲回肠
A scoop of water from an ancient, twisting river
带着那摇晃烛火 漂往远方
To take that swaying candlelight drifting far away
借一段往日旋律 婉转悠扬
A stanza of an old song, gentle and melodious
把这不能说的轻轻唱
To quietly sing this which cannot be said
被这风吹散的人说他爱得不深
Those blown apart by these winds will say that they never loved deeply
被这雨淋湿的人说他不会冷
Those caught in this rain will say that they will not be cold
无边夜色到底还要蒙住多少人
How many more people will be enveloped by this endless night?
它写进眼里 他不敢承认
It lingers in the mind, yet he dare not admit
借一抹临别黄昏悠悠斜阳
A glimpse the setting sun in the moment of farewell
为这漫漫余生添一道光
To add some light to the rest of this life
借一句刻骨铭心来日方长
A simple 'we have plenty of time' etched into the soul
倘若不得不天各一方
To prepare for the chance of forced separation
被这风吹散的人说他爱得不深
Those blown apart by these winds will say that they never loved deeply
被这雨淋湿的人说他不会冷
Those caught in this rain will say that they will not be cold
无边夜色到底还要蒙住多少人
How many more people will be enveloped by this endless night?
它写进眼里 他不敢承认
It lingers in the mind, yet he dare not admit
可是啊
And yet
总有那风吹不散的认真
There is a sincerity that cannot be blown apart by this wind
总有大雨也不能抹去的泪痕
There are tears that cannot be washed away by this rain
有一天太阳会升起在某个清晨
Some day, on some morning, the sun will rise
一道彩虹 两个人
Under a rainbow, two people will stand
借一方乐土让他容身
An acre of land for him to call home
借他平凡一生
An ordinary life for him to live
#cpop#cpop translations#chinese langblr#mandarin langblr#mao buyi#translations i made#im fully cheating btw bc you're supposed to insert the word borrow before each 'a (noun)'#at least thats how the original lyrics are written#but like... bc chinese just kinda lets you omit the subject of sentences but you cant really do that in english#so this was the only way ive figured out to make the lines work while still maintaining the air of#almost.. detachment? distance? i just really didnt want to insert a pronoun there basically#im just hoping people get the hint from the title pretty much#its pronouns and verb tense thats the two things english has in spades but chinese just *doesnt*#theres just a lot of educated guessing involved in translation i guess but i always feel like im assuming something i shouldnt#this is one of those songs that make me think 'im a translator not a poet but i feel like i should be'#bc this song? this is poetry#considered putting the video of the performance of this song on singer at the top of the post but#tbh i dont really like how they did it there#its too... grand. too large#this is not a Large song#this is a song that's supposed to quietly sit at the back of your brain and Haunt you for ages (a lot of mby songs are like that)#Spotify
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common verbs
是 (Shì)to be (links noun to noun)
很(hěn) very (links noun to adjective)
有(yǒu) have, there is
没有(méiyǒu) do/does not have
不 (bù) makes verbs after it negative
要(yào) want
想(xiǎng) would like to(often used for future plans
可以 (kěyǐ) can
需要(xū yǎo) need
得(děi) must, have to
覺得/得(juédé) think
認為/认为(rènwéi) think
說/说（shuō ) say, speak, tell
告诉(gàosù) tell
知道(zhīdào) know
帮助(bāngzhù) help
喜歡/喜欢( xǐhuān) like
去(qù) go
笑(xiào) smile laugh
買/买(mǎi) buy
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languages are so hard to learn i am so amazed and proud of people who have to learn many languages and actually understand them 😭😭😭
#guys do any of you know chinese this is hard#very hard like why do all of the animal verbs sound the same#juno.txt
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Saving Face wouldn't be Saving Face if it wasn't released in 2004, but I can't help wondering what it would have been like if it was set in 2023
Putting this here for easier access. Unfortunately, no subtitle option because there is Mandarin (and maybe Shanghainese?) spoken throughout the film
#Movies#Saving Face#Huh#Like I guess it's the same at its core#But the pain would start a bit differently?#Played myself when I said conjugating Latin verbs#I don't speak any Chinese language so I'll need to look for the script or other sources
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wait is there seriously no word in the english language for untoasted toast except bread. you know like the square loaves. like is there seriously no word specifying 🍞 from every other type of bread
#like yes untoasted toast is ''''''bread'''' but only a specific type of bread is toast you know what i mean#are y'all calling toasted baguette toast?#-> saw someone complaining about taiwanese people calling untoasted toast toast#the ho rambles#in chinese we have a word transliterated from 'toast' and which referes to that specific type of bread 🍞#and if it's toasted we add the verb for toast (/bake/roast/etc) in front of it
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wouldn’t it be absolutely fucking hilarious if i had to repeat the semester again AGAIN because straight up got too anxious on my exam? ha ha ha ha haaaa-
#fuck my brain#what’s being the best in class for when you totally freeze up during exams and even tho you’ve basically lived in the library#before the exam and yet the anxiety just shuts off my brain and it’s like going blind#verbs? never heard of them… honorifics? suddenly don’t know how they work#Chinese characters? keep dreaming about them and the correct way to write but on the test? idk how to even write my own name#el rants#might have to restart my studies#i am so tired of being mentally ill#i am tired of having crippling anxiety that just hinders me in everything I do#anxiety
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I cant believe it took me 12 episodes to realize I can say that I love Aye, my favorite character, by saying “I 爱 Aye” and literally just repeating the same sound thrice
#like girl come on#you know Chinese well enough for this#i realized as I was watching the finale I was like oh aye sounds like 爱 huh no wonder I love him#and then I was like haha verb 我爱Aye#but then i was like OH MY GOD BUT ENGLISH I THO#i 爱 aye <3#rae.txt#the eclipse
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The thing they never tell you about learning multiple languages is that the ones you use less will start fighting over real estate in your head, and the second strongest one will start making unwelcomed appearances and tripping the weaker ones up like an attention hogging bully (in my case, them being Mandarin and Spanish respectively) like '她們 estamos usted們的... Shit, wait-'
#i need to work on my spanish more but that's hard when you're not very interested in it and mostly learned it out of convenience/necessity#also I've almost cried over Spanish verb conjugation but Chinese *has* no verb conjugation!#i hate you verb conjugation
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Chinese Verbs Cheat sheet: B's
My quick guide to the most common B- verbs in Chinese!
Bake - 烘烤 - hōng kǎo
Be - 是 - shì
Belong to - 属于 - shǔyú
Begin - 开始 - kāishǐ
Believe - 相信 - xiāngxìn
Become/ turn into - 成为 - chéngwéi
Boil - 煮熟 - zhǔ shú
Blame - 责备 - zébèi
Break - 打破 - dǎpò
Bring - 带来 - dàilái
Build - 建造 - jiànzào
Burn - 烧 - shāo
Buy - 买 - mǎi
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Just caught myself saying 我 ξέρω. Caught myself, said désolé, only to realize I am in fact speaking to my English speaking friend
#multilingual problems#bro I’m not even fluent in Mandarin Chinese or French#and my greek is barely passable#like wtf#just neurodivergent things#child of immigrants#greek Canadian#greek immigrant#also#for anyone wondering#ξέρω can be by itself#it doesn’t need a noun to say it’s me I’m talking about#bc conditional verbs or whatever#so I am even more confused#with why my brain though I should combine them
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Learn Chinese (verbs)
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I opened Duolingo for the first time in like 6 years why did I start Chinese, Norwegian, and then… Italian? The class I took for like 7 years and was top of the class in every time?? Girl why was I looking to Duolingo for validation 😭😭😭😭😭
#have I used it much No but I can definitely understand a good amount of stuff once I refresh my verb knowledge 😭😭#come on now I have a half-decent grasp#idk why Norwegian either and I can never learn Chinese I don’t think I tried for years nothing stuck
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Me listening to the Guardian audiobook: ahh yes I understand just enough to follow the main plot
#rant#by this i mean. i can tell what scene im hearing but its because i read these chapters in chinese already. i think once i pass chapter 20#in the audiobook ill get confused. since i only read up to chapter 20 ToT#and i cant understand as much when listenkng as i could when i read ToT#like i said lol goal is to get listenjng skill up to my reading skill ToT#also!! i understand enough to gush at the weilan scenes sjdjjd so thats nice uvu#all the dialogue scenes and internal monologues are like the easiest part.#second easiest is action descriptions since i know more verbs than object nouns#and then the hardest is descriptions
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