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Henry
Date : 2008-10-19 / 11:55AM
ni hao benny! wo men you jian mian le
1) can the word zao4 (造) be used for emotion case? like for example, if i wanna say “why do you make her sad” , can it be something like “ni zen me zao ta bu kai xin?” The reason i ask this is because in cantonese, it is not wrong to use zao4 in this case so i am curious for the same case in mandarin
2) How to say ‘dream’ in the following sentences:
i) people normally dream when they sleep
ii) My dream is to be a pilot
iii) you must be dreaming
Thank you for your time
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| | frank hotmail.com 2008-10-19 / 12:59PM | | Henry, as far as I know. “zao” is the meaning of “to build”. not to make. If you want to say “make somebody ….” you have to use “rang4” which means “to let”
Also “dream” in your sentence should be 1) zuo4 meng4. 2) meng4 xiang3. 3) zuo4 meng4
Need to be confirmed with Benny
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Chinese Mandarin : Registered on : 2008-03-04 Language : None Posts : 62 Responses : 24 Comments : 0 |
| | Henry yahoo.com 2008-10-19 / 08:24PM | | thanks frank for the reply..i know the more appropriate words should be nong4 or rang4.. but i just want to know if zao4 can be used as well because in cantonese, it is possible | |
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