Oral Mandarin Lesson 2: Differences among following "modal particle", do you want to know how to use it?
There're some 语气助词 ("modal prcticle"??) are usually used.
1、哦,噢,喔
2、嗨,嘿,咳
3、呵,嗬
4、唉,哎
5、么,吗
6、吧,呗
Do you know the differences among them? Drop down your answer and I'll explain later!
This could be long but interesting:
it come's from an article from from NG website:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150507-mothers-day-history-holidays-anna-jarvis/
Here's quote:
<em>Hering didn't suggest a specific day or month for the observance, though he did note a preference for Mother's Day falling on a Sunday. Local “aeries” of the Fraternal Order of Eagles took up Hering's challenge. Today the organization still bills Hering and the Eagles as the “true founders of Mother's Day.”</em>
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</em>We've been disussing a lot on this, but still cannot understand:
1. whom the "organization" in last sentence stands for?
2. whom the "Eagles" in the last sentence stands for?
3. Whom "aeries" means stand for?
4. Whom actually billed whom?
My understanding is:
1. "organization" = Local aeries mentioned in previous sentences.
2. "Eagles" in last sentence = The Fraternal Order of Eagles
3. "aeries" = some local organizations of The Fraternal Order of Eagles
4. Local aeries still bill The Fraternal Order of Eagles and Hering
My friends understanding is:
1. "organization" in last sentence = The Fraternal Order of Eagles
2. "Eagles" in last sentence = Members in The Fraternal Order of Eagles
3. "aeries" = some local places of The Fraternal Order of Eagles
4. The Fraternal Order of Eagles still bills the members and hering
Another understanding is:
1. "organization" in last sentence = A new organization which holds the Mother's day but not mentioned in the article
2. "Eagles" in last sentence = The Fraternal Order of Eagles
3. "aeries" = some local places of The Fraternal Order of Eagles
4. The not-mentioned organization still bills The Fraternal Order of Eagles and hering
May I have your help and answer??
I'm going to post some notes every week to let you know something about how people real communication everyday. It'll be in the most authentic / native way, maybe use some Beijing dialect.
I'll try to add English translation following, please correct me if there's anything wrong.
Beijing Dialect:
今儿中午我跟我哥们儿一起吃饭去了。
我骑车从学校到他们单位楼下,等了他一会儿。
他下来之后我们去了他们单位旁边儿的一个饭馆儿,一人吃了一红烧肉煲仔饭,还喝了俩汽水儿。
煲仔饭还真挺好吃,就是有点儿撑着了。
Mandarin:
今天中午我和我的朋友一起吃了饭。
我骑车从学校到他们公司楼下,等了他一会儿。
他从楼上下来以后我们去了他们公司旁边的一个餐馆,每个人吃了一份红烧肉煲仔饭,还喝了两瓶汽水。
煲仔饭很好吃,但我们都吃得太多,感觉有点撑。
English:
I went for lunch together with my friend this noon.
I ride bike to his office from campus, and waited a while.
We went to a restaurant after he went downstairs and met me, we took a 红烧肉煲仔饭 for each of us, and drank 2 bottles of mineral waters.
煲仔饭 is delicious and tasty, but we ate too much and felt stuffed.
