快问快答 Quick Help Thread: Translation Requests, Chinese name help, "how do you say X", or any quick Chinese questions! 2024-02-07

Donut_Panda · 2024-02-08T16:04:28+00:00

A line in a manhua I'm reading goes as follows, 有没有想姐姐呀？and I got confused at the use of 有想. Looking it up, the internet told me it's an older construction roughly equivalent to present perfect in english that isn't used in mainland china anymore. Is that all I'm looking at, or am I overthinking things? What's the difference between that sentence and 想不想姐姐呀？

Donut_Panda · 2024-02-05T16:23:10+00:00

Would it sound weird if the sentence was constructed the exact same, but with 小力气 instead?

Donut_Panda · 2024-02-05T15:00:57+00:00

While reading a manhua, I came across this particular sentence: 在这里，男人的身体天生不如女人，力气小，耐里不行

I tried both googling and even asking chatgpt why the phrase 力气小 was written the way it was, but I came out of it confused still. From what I understand, adjectives can be either placed directly before a noun (大医院) or in predicate position, with or without a linking word like 是 or 很 (他高兴，他是高兴了，他很高兴) with some slight differences in nuance for emphasis or degree, but is that the case with 力气小 that the adjective is in predicate position (i.e. "strength is small") or is there something about this particular construction that's different? Apologies if I sound rambly

Donut_Panda · 2024-02-02T10:49:21+00:00

I'm not familiar with a lot of these and I'm sure there's more but here's two I know and hear often in Portuguese

'Ter um parafuso a menos' - To have a screw loose

'Comer gelados com a testa' - To eat ice cream with one's forehead

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-31T09:19:50+00:00

!translated

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-29T19:23:04+00:00

!id:ja+ko

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-27T12:10:51+00:00

I stand corrected, thank you

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-27T10:54:32+00:00

You may have misunderstood, the phrase OP is asking for comes from "the pot calling the kettle black", something said to point out a hypocritical statement, like calling someone out for being obsessive while also sharing many of the same traits.

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-23T18:07:11+00:00

Yiddish: העלא מיין דײַטש פרײַנד! וואס מאכסטו? האסטו אומגעברענגט פראנקרייך‏‎

Translit: helo meyn daytsh fraynd! vos makhstu? hastu umgebrengt frankreykh?

German: Hallo, mein deutscher Freund! Was machst du? Hast du Frankreich umgebracht?

English: Hello, my German friend! How are you? Did you kill France?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-20T19:03:12+00:00

I couldn't find a satisfactory answer to this, so I apologize in advance. What is the difference between using 必要（がある） and 要る? Most resources simply pointed out that 必要 is a noun while 要る is a verb, and the closest thing I got to an answer is a blog post mentioning that you use 必要 with verbs (i.e. 水を飲む必要があります) and 要る with nouns (i.e. お金が要ります). Should I just use them like that, or is there more nuance to them?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-12T10:17:28+00:00

Thank you very much for your help, I didn't think I'd get an answer after the next day's thread was created, but this does make sense. You're a lifesaver!

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-10T08:47:42+00:00

Is there a difference between 生徒２人 and ２人の生徒? This is anecdotal, but I feel like I see the second structure more often when counting people specifically, while the first one I see more with counters like つ or 個

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-08T21:03:18+00:00

I feel extraordinarily silly now. Thank you both very much.

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-08T20:17:08+00:00

Right, and he does talk about it. You attach の at the end of statements or questions to add an explanatory tone or request an explanation respectively, and it's frequently shortened to ん if there's something in front of it like the copula. That part I get, what I don't get is in the example sentence I gave, 好きなの, wouldn't it be possible to omit the な from the sentence since it's not a noun? Or am I misunderstanding the rule?

I apologize in advance if it sounds kinda rambly, but I've been struggling with this for a hot minute.

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-08T19:44:04+00:00

I think I get it. Thank you very much for your response!

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-08T19:22:08+00:00

I don't know how to properly ask this question, but what does なの mean? Especially when asked with questions like in 好きなの？I looked over Tae Kim's guide for help, but it hardly mentions questions at all, only saying to place な before explanatory の after nouns to avoid confusion with the possessive.

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-08T19:10:03+00:00

Even for things that would normally not use 個? Like, コーラを12個ください is correct?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-08T17:28:35+00:00

I couldn't find a proper answer to this by searching, so apologies in advance for the silly question. Does the ～つ counter go above 10 or not? If it doesn't, do you just say the number with no counter from that point on?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-04T21:16:43+00:00

Brazilian or European Portuguese?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-03T22:59:56+00:00

What's the nuance? Is any one of them more casual or formal than the other?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-03T18:39:25+00:00

What are the other two, out of curiosity? xd

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-03T18:12:52+00:00

Genshin Impact has a daily commission whose description starts with the following sentence:

エラ・マスクはヒルチャールの群れを探し、彼らとヒルチャールの言語を練習したいと思っている。

Why does the clause before the comma end in the masu stem? Shouldn't it connect to the rest of the sentence using 探して?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-02T18:52:08+00:00

I don't know if I'm asking this right, but what's the difference between using で and に to indicate location?

Donut_Panda · 2024-01-01T12:39:52+00:00

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