@amber, tks for word order correction.suoyi , 'she is always smiling' (this is considered a continuous action, right?) this would be new to me - 'ta zongshi xiao zhene' what is a tip to use zai /zhengzai or zhe / zhene after a verb/adj is it just context /interchangeable?e.g. they are dancing is zhengzai or zhe use?need to be natural to me for when i'm able to make more complicated sentences.
@Echo, zai / zhe and where does 'zhengzai' fit into this?if i want to say > i'm waiting for the results (this could be an ongoing , continuous or in progress action ? ) > wo … dengdai jieguo can all 3 fill-in ?also is 'zhene' use at end of a sentence to emphasize(strongly) both adjectives and verbs? a few examples would help zhuhao
@murrayjames, not quite dead on with a few pronunciation errors but like you said impressive. he doesn't seem to have any hesitation thinking in french. he learned by living /speaking everyday with native speakers the most efficient way if one can do it. i'm back taking to my computer!
@David,Echo (pefferie)all in good spirit . although i have never been to China and 'zhiji xuexi' with few opportunities to converse in chinese/english. i had a good chunkle. i can relate with my city Ottawa heavy accented french/english dialogues (patois) . perhaps David can remember similar situation here. anyway, i understand Echo's imitation and David/Echo banter quite well .tks for the fun lesson and will remember not to say 'wan'