nique

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From :   Monique Nicole Daguman

Date : 2008-04-16 / 10:36AM

hello. last time i asked the meaning of ai dao. how come when i read some translations ai dao is translated as love has arrived..??

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-04-16 / 01:25PM

Hi Monique, it’s all about the tones. “āi dào” means express your condolence, but “ài dào” = love arrive. If you don’t give the tones, there will be more than 20 possiblities.

Also “ài dào (love arrive)” is just the literal translation, we could not use it when we talk in Chinese.

Let me know if you have any questions



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steven

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 Steven Gilmore gmail.com 
2008-04-16 / 03:15PM

Haha….Mandarin is so different.

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