Wow, this really is an interesting journal. First you force me to think about my own language, and now you're giving me a chance to brush up on my Chinese...
I haven't spoken Chinese for a while, and may have lost touch with the language somewhat, but I was wondering, is dajiamen for "everyone" proper Chinese these days? I never heard that in Taiwan. Don't dajia and dou imply enough of a plural that you can leave out the men? This is not meant as a criticism; I'm just genuinely curious.
Damnit, why do you point this out now after I've already sealed the envelope? Da4jia1men is an error; I had hui3shi4men, but my teacher suggested I change it to da4jia1 and obviously I forgot to delete a character. Wo3 na4me dai1dai1!
Bie2 zhao2ji2. It's an easy mistake to make. I do it all the time when correcting my own translations. And the rest of the letter looks pretty good. :-)
Yes, I think I would have gone for the le. In fact, I think I would have added one to the first half of the sentence, as well. Ke4ren2 dou1 li2 sounds a bit funny to me. But as I said, my Chinese is a bit rusty. :-)
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I haven't spoken Chinese for a while, and may have lost touch with the language somewhat, but I was wondering, is dajiamen for "everyone" proper Chinese these days? I never heard that in Taiwan. Don't dajia and dou imply enough of a plural that you can leave out the men? This is not meant as a criticism; I'm just genuinely curious.
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