Henry

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From :   Henry

Date : 2008-05-19 / 05:25PM

Hi, how to say ‘i accidentally throw your things’?

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Jenny

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-05-19 / 05:47PM

Hi Henry.

You may say”wǒ bù xiáo xīn rēng le nǐ de dōng xī”. Also do not forget to say “duì bù qǐ”.

hehe

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 Vicki hotmail.com 
2008-05-20 / 08:52AM

Hi Jenny can you explain which is for “accidentally” and which is for “throw”

Dui bu qi should be first?

Thanks Vicki

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-05-20 / 11:35AM

Nice question, Vicki.
As you known “accidentally” means happen unexpectedly and not on purpose. So in Chinese, we usually say"bù xiáo xīn". Maybe because of your carelessness or negligence. “Throw”=“rēng”.
It does not matter put “dui bu qi” at first or the last.

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Henry

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2008-05-20 / 01:42PM

thks jenny but i thought diu1 means ‘throw’ ?

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-05-20 / 01:58PM

yes,Henry.“Throw” also means “diu” in Chinese. But there are some differences between "diu"and “reng”.
“reng dong xi” means you throw sth intentionally while “diu dong xi” is more like you lost sth unexpectedly.

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Henry

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2008-05-20 / 07:12PM

ah ic, so if i were to say i want to throw this rubbish, i would say ’ wo3 yao3 reng1 zhe4 ge la1 ji1’ ?

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 Jenny Li hotmail.com 
2008-05-21 / 05:09PM

Yes, Henry. But never mind if you hear some one says “wo qu diu la ji” because that’s not typical Chinese.

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