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From :   BooBoo

Date : 2008-09-16 / 07:25AM

Benny..could you tell me how to say “almost” in chinese? e.g : it’s almost time to go or it’s almost xmas ?

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-09-16 / 08:23AM

Hi BooBoo,

almost in Chinese is “jī hū”. However we use “mǎ shàng = soon” in your sentence.

Shèn dàn jié mǎ shàng yào dào le = It’s almost XMAS?

Benny



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