Conversation unit 04- My address
Texts
- 04.1
address[
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My son works in Berlin
Schatten
He lives in 32, Schatten street
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This is his telephone number: 4752708[
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Thank you - 04.2
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liliθ
This is my friend. her name is Lilith Moon[
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She studies in London[
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King
She lives there, at #47 King road - 04.3
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dʒoŋson
May I ask, Mr.Johnson, where do you work?
I work in Cambridge
Where do you live?
I live in Cambridge, too[
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Thank you - 04.4
dʒoŋ
John, where do you live?
New York
I live in New York[
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New York
Does your wife live in New York as well?
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No, she lives in Rome[
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Do you have children?[
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We have two daughters, they live in Rome too - NOTES
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we: "I"+"I" / you: "thee"+"thee" / they: "it/she/he"+"it/she/he"
Schatten
In this case the location complement is placed after the verb ("lives in..."). The usual form, with the verb in the end, is more correct but could create confusion when reading, due to the length of the complement.Also note that when there are several items, the order is from "big" to "small". This is obvious here for the addresses (first the city, then the street, then the house number, then the room number) and will appear in next units for dates (year, month, day).
There aren't particular respect form in the pronouns
- DIFFERENCES WITH CHINESE
Usually 'telephone' ("dian4 hua4") in chinese is used also to refer to the phone number. Not so in MG.
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Titles precede names, instead than following.
New York
MediaGlyphs is more strict than Chinese with the position of indirect complements
First appearance: Tue Aug 13 23:10:42 CEST 2002 - | - Last modified: Fri Dec 11 17:15:05 CET 2009
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