clau

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From :   claudia calisti(claudita)

Date : 2009-07-12 / 04:24AM

Hi Benny!Hi friends of Bennysland! I want to tell you a little sit comedy happened to me yesterday just to know where I mistaked my Mandarin!
I was making the queue at Supermarket to pay my shopping. Suddendly the girl of the desk sayd: who is the last of the queue? tell him not to let add other people after him cause I am going to finish my work turn.
The last was a Chinese boy speaking by his nokia in his language.So I went near him and to make practice with the few words I know,showing the desk girl, sayd: “yi hou ni, ta kuai bu gongzuo le, qing shuo shui lai..”(after you she is going to stop work, please tell to next people arriving).
Well: he looked at me and answered,but in an italian slang very rude: “I don’t care about it”.
I am afraid He misunderstanded!
why?
Thanks for help!

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Jenny

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 Jane hotmail.com 
2009-07-12 / 11:12AM

Well, I think becuae the boy thought you could not have any right to ask him hurry up his talking since it is personal thing.

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huaweiwang1981

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 wei hotmail.com 
2009-07-12 / 06:04PM

maybe he misunderstanded what you said .

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-07-12 / 09:37PM

I think he did understand you. Just he was really didn’t care about!

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clau

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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2009-07-13 / 07:22AM
To : Jane

I didn’t ask him to hurry up while he was talking but I wait, with my best good manners,he finished and then I asked him to say to the people arriving after him not to make the queue, at that desk.

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clau

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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2009-07-13 / 07:34AM
To : Benny the Mandarin Teacher

I only wondered about his rude manners: as he did not use exactly the words I used to explain you the matter: I don’t know the translation in English..cause it is an italian slang very bad. I translated you only the sense and not the exact words he said… for this reason I suppose he may have misunderstood my words cause he had no reason to use those words just to say: I do not care!
But after you said me I did not make a terrible mistake…now I think, may be, it is up to him to know a little bit better italian ihhhhhhhhh!Thanks Clau

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clau

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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2009-07-13 / 07:42AM
To : wei

Dear Wei: I am sorry for my mistakes (in English)in my last message.
1 misunderstood and not with “ed” cause it is an irregular verb.
2 said and not sayd.
Sorry but this is the result to be always in a terrible hurry…..and to sleep really few hours by night!!!!
see you later!

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huaweiwang1981

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 wei hotmail.com 
2009-07-13 / 07:56AM
To : claudia calisti(claudita)

i c ,i understood you .Don’t be angry over such trivial matters.it’s bad for you health .i wish you happy every day .

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clau

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 claudia calisti(claudita) tiscali.it 
2009-07-13 / 08:50AM
To : wei

Here is the exact word: trivial matter!But I want to try to laugh about it!!and study much hard in order to reply,next time, on the same line… with Mandarin slang to Italian slang…ihhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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huaweiwang1981

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 wei hotmail.com 
2009-07-13 / 10:15AM
To : claudia calisti(claudita)

:) ,i should study hard too .bu yao wei xiao shi er fan xin .不要为小事儿而烦心。

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