iury

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-21
Language : None
Posts : 14
Responses : 9
Comments : 2

From :   Iury Paz

Date : 2008-01-28 / 08:01AM

你好Benny!
If I say 我要喝咖啡。and 我想喝咖啡。do they have the same meaning?
Are both translated as “I want to drink coffee”?
谢谢你!
再见!

Views (1315)   Replies (3)  

Latest Responses

managerjoy

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-28
Language : None
Posts : 0
Responses : 9
Comments : 0
 joy bennysland.com 
2008-01-28 / 10:37AM

Hi,Iury! 我想喝咖啡,我要喝咖啡,They have a similar meaning, 要means i want.想means*I would like*.

By the way,When 想plus a verb, it means would like, but when it plus a noun, it means*think about*/miss. Be Careful!

Reply  
NickWaters

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-12
Language : None
Posts : 9
Responses : 39
Comments : 3
 NickWaters gmail.com 
2008-01-29 / 12:48AM

G’day Iury!

You sound like you know your chinese! How long did it take for you to learn?

Reply  
iury

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-11-21
Language : None
Posts : 14
Responses : 9
Comments : 2
 Iury Paz hotmail.com 
2008-01-29 / 04:40AM

谢谢你! Now I know the slight difference between them Joy.

NickWaters now asnwering your question! I’ve been studying chinese for 3 months… I’ve been studying it very hard… Well, I can’t speak it fluently yet, I know just the basic. What about you NickWaters?

Reply  

Membership

Enjoy all the learning features & content by upgrading your membership to a Royal Member.

Make Me A
ROYAL MEMBER

AskBenny
Every Brick Counts

Donate to help build a better Chinese learning site

Spread the word and share the love of Chinese Language Learning!
Follow askbenny on Twitter