A friend is talking to me in chinese, and I can't quite seem to understand this. The first word is I, the second is all, the third is love, and the fourth is new to me?
2007-08-03 11:57:15 · 2 answers · asked by valentinesdisaster 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Fred, don't think:
It's not just used in Cantonese, but all Chinese dialects use this: This is a reply to someone who says "I love you", person spoken to replies: "I love you, too!" Where the character for "ni", "you" is different depending on gender.
carnation-soul,
dou doesn't suggest "both", but everyone who's in attendance whether you use the feminine word "ni" or not.
But this is grammatically incorrect: "ni" is singular. dou indicates "everything, everybody, all". It's used differently here.
2007-08-03 13:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by bryan_q 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Even though this is written in Mandarin characters, as Mandarin is the only written language in China, I think that it is not Mandarin but Cantonese. The second character, in Cantonese, means also.
The fourth character is an acceptable way of writing 'you' when the target is a girl.
2007-08-03 13:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋