LOL, well he did always remind me somewhat of having a Love/Hate relationship with Foghorn Leghorn.
Man I'm dating myself now.
Stephen
Na, the only Love/Hate relationship I have is with certain members of my family in where we love to hate. As for Foghorn Leghorn, I miss his cartoons. Hell, I missed most WB cartoons from back in the good old days. *sighs sadly as I reminisce, then grabs a rubber chicken and smacks Stephen and turns him into my laundry cleaner*
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Sigh...
Laundry Cleaner. Obviously you want to go back to Politics and make me your slave. Brother, I love ya, But I don't speak Chinese anymore.
Stephen waiting until Taki Kamura returns his call, or Ted Wong, which was the resason I learned Mandarin.
Na, I don't want to make you my slave. I just needed someone to do my laundry, and I didn't wanna do it myself. And you used to speak Chinese?
Sheshi Nee.
actually, Me being the stubborn Son of a bitch that I am, I can read just a tiny bit, and speak a little less.
You of course remember my love of martial arts, and most importantly, Jeet Kune Do.
Of course, Bruce was dead, and there was only one person to go to. Ted Wong, the cheerleader camp masterbater extraordinaire. Good lord, I have to tell the story of the cripled vet, and the cheerleader camp on of these days.Let me just say, you haven't seen laughter, untill the guy who could give you a one inch punch and knock you back 20 feet, laughed at my friend the cripple, cause he needed a tissue.
Anyways, I wanted to hear and understand what Bruce had to Ted. Sure he explained a lot, using english, but to understand the subtle differences, esp. when combat is called for, One must learn the language.
Let me help here Brother Cent. From memory here of course, so sue me.
Ni(2) Hao(3) - ni = you, hao = good, meaning "how are you?"
Ni(2) Shi(4) Na(3) Li(3) Ren(2) - shi = yes, na = there, li = in, ren = person, meaning "where are you from?"
Wo(3) Lai(2) Zhi(4) Mei(3) Guo(2) - wo = me, lai = come, zhi = from, mei = beautiful, guo = country, meaning "I'm from America"
Ni(2) Hui(4) Jiang(3) Ying(1) Yu(3) Ma(1) - hui = will, jiang = speak, ying yu = english, ma = ending for question "do you speak English?"
dui(4) bu(4) qi(3) - dui = right, bu = no, qi = up, meaning "sorry"
qing(3) ni(3) xiang(4) ning(3) mu(3) qin(1) wen(4) hao(3) - xiang = towards, ning = your, mu = female, qin = relative, wen = ask, meaning "please say hi to your mother for me"
n hanyu pinyin, each pronunciation is actually made up of two parts. Its similar to English.
English example:
oe when combined with f gives foe and with t give toe, both have similar endings but the "front" sound is different.
In hanyu pinyin, it is the same.
Common endings:
a - "ah" (English equivalent of pronunciation), i - "e", u - "oo", e - "eh", o - "oar"
Common starts:
s - "ser", k - "ker", n - "ner", m - "mer", t - "ter" (note: the "er" is silent)
Example:
ma = mer+ah, pronounced as "mah"
ni = ner+e, pronounced as "nee"
ku = ker+oo, pronounced as "koo"
so = ser+oar, pronounced as "soar"
te = ter+eh, pronounced as "teh"
Lesson 4: Greetings (in general)
zao(3) an(1): zao = early, an = safe, meaning "good morning"
wu(3) an(1): wu = noon, meaning "good afternoon"
wan(3) an(1): wan = late, meaning "good night"
ni(3) chi(1) bao(3) le(4) ma(1): chi = eat, bao = full, meaning "have you eaten?"
xin(4) hui(4): "pleased to" (usually, xin hui xin hui is used to mean "pleased to meet you")
hen(3) gao(1) xing(4) ren(4) shi(4) ni(3): hen = very, gao = high, xing = happy, ren shi = know, meaning "pleased to meet you"
ni(3) hia(2) hao(3) ba(4): hai = are, ba = question ending, meaning "are you well?"
Lesson 5: Salutations
xie(4) xie(4): xie = thanks, meaning "thank you"
ni(3) gan(4) de(4) hen(3) hao(3): dan = did, meaning "you did very well"
zai(4) jian(4): zai = again, jian = see, meaning "see you again"
gong(1) xi(3) ni(3): gong xi = congratulations, meaning "grats to you"
xia(4) chi(4) zai(4) yi(4) qi(2) you(3) xi(4): xia = down, chi = attempt, yi qi = again, you xi = game, meaning "we'll party again the next time we meet"
I did my best to put numbers with common words. Now you want to here someone with Russian, look the Judge the hell up. Man I miss that guy.
zai jian .
Stephen