Talk:Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 3

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The scholarly uses are rarely seen in modern literature and are only seen in very old books. I think it's ok to ignore them altogether. Maybe they will disappear.


 * I'll agree to that. In my second year and never heard of or used them. Introduce them later when they have a chance of being useful instead of just intimidating clutter. - Everlong 03:30, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The scholarly uses are rarely seen in modern literature and are only seen in very old books. I think it's ok to ignore them altogether. Maybe they will disappear.


 * I'll agree to that. In my second year and never heard of or used them. Introduce them later when they have a chance of being useful instead of just intimidating clutter. - Everlong 03:30, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Clarification please
The text reads: The Zhe/Zháo particle is another particle that you'll frequently encounter in the course of your Chinese studies

Which is the Zhe/Zháo particle in chinese characters? Is it 著? Why does it have two pinyin equivalents? What is the rule to determine its placement in a sentence?

Please keep in mind the outlook of the neophyte reader. Many thanks for your splendid efforts!

--Philopedia 23:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the pace of the whole book needs to be slowed considerably.86.137.109.142 11:13, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

the word pronounced as 着 is much more common as 'zhe' rather than 'zhao2'. The word ‘到’ should be introduced before the word 着 as most people think of the word '到', which is more 'direct' in a sense, rather than the word '着' in the case of '我拿到(so-and-so)了！’ rather than '我拿着(so-and-so)了！‘ --chinzh