Questions:
1. In Chinese, is it ok to use the expression "my country" as 我的国家? I have always been unsure about this because I am afraid it will sound like I actually own the country :p
2. "they teach English and Chinese at the school" but I have no idea how to say this.
3. How do you say this: "I have studied Chinese for many years, but it has been on and off"
and this: "I have studied Chinese since college but I have spent months maybe years without studying Chinese". I would appreciate it a lot if you could give me some grammar points on these two.
4.-I would like to know how to say "I went to that school" "I went to college" and "I graduated from the University and I studied -major-"
Thank you!
3. How do you say this:
" I have studied Chinese for many years , but it has been on and off"
我 已经 学习 中文 X 许多 年 了, 但是 X X X 断断续续 的 .
and this: "
I have studied Chinese since college but I have spent months
我 已经 学习 中文 从...开始 大学 但 我 已经 花费(用) 几个月
===》我从大学开始用了几个月学习中文
maybe years without studying Chinese".
大概 几年 没有 学习 中文 了“ ===》大概几年没有学了
I would appreciate it a lot if you could give me some grammar points on these two.
4.-I would like to know how to say "I went to that school" "I went to college" and "I graduated from the University and I studied -major-"
went XXX-ed = 以前 ,做过...(done something)
"I went to that school"
我去过那个学校
"I went to college"
我去过那个大学
"I graduated from the University and I studied -major-"
我毕业 于 那个大学 而且 我 主修 。。。。。
Questions:
1. In Chinese, is it ok to use the expression "my country" as 我的国家? I have always been unsure about this because I am afraid it will sound like I actually own the country :p
my country = 我的国家
2. "they teach English and Chinese at the school" but I have no idea how to say this.
教 英文 和 中文 在 这个学校 ==>这个学校有教中文和英文
1、Yes, it is ok to use "我的国家",the meaning of "我的国家" equals "my country" in English.
For example,You can say "This is my country"="这是我的国家。"
But when you say "America/Japan/China.....is my country", you'd better say"美国/日本/中国...是我的祖国"or“我是美国人/日本人/中国人...”
2. 他们在学校教英语和中文。
3.我学了很多年中文,但是断断续续的。or 我断断续续地学了很多年中文。
我从上大学时就开始学中文,但是到现在为止已经有很长一段时间没有学了。
4.I went to that school=我去的那所学校
"I went to college" = 我上大学,but it doesn't seem to be a whole sentence, you'd better add time or place to the sentence, for example,我在美国上的大学。
5.我大学毕业,学的是...专业。
Thank you very much guys!
just one question Alan,
you wrote:
但是 x 断断续续的
What do I insert there? Or is that a pause?
it's more common to say "(在)我们国家" or you say your country's name.
to the second one, we say "这个学校同时教授英语和汉语".
to the third, 我已经学汉语很多年了,但只是断断续续地学. 大学时,我就开始学习中文了,但是最近很长时间都没有继续学了.
4. 我在那所学校学习.
我上大学.
我毕业于university大学,专业是major