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Went to a new favorite cafe today and was very productive!! 🤍🫶🏻⭐️📝☕️

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sorry to bother you, but here with a question:

what does 給我 in phrases like 給我沖， 給我滾， 給我回來 ， and 給我閉嘴 translate to in english or atleast, how is it that 給我 is used alot for the start of these sorts of phrases that seem very rude or atleast annoyed/emotionally charged 😅?

给 means "to give" and alone 给我 would be "give [it to] me", however in the context of the examples you gave, it becomes "for me", e.g, 给我冲, would be "charge it for me", if the context is filling a card with money or charging a battery, etc, and "charge for me" if the context—more likely, given your other phrases—is "Charge forth!".

However, for English translation, while it can be tempting to try and get as close to the Chinese as possible, doing a word for word translation is also clunky and will give you what I'd call a "translation accent" (I think I was guilty of this for a while in my early days of running this blog). It's better to leave off the 给我 and try to convey the emotion in another way, because yes, the 给我 in a phrase can often make it emotionally charged, as it places emphasis. That emotion can be annoyance or amusement—it just depends. For translation, it helps if there's vocal delivery context but even if not, you should be able to determine the emotional degree of the phrase based on what else is happening in the convo.

From your examples:

Chinese → Clunky literal translation → smoother translation options

给我冲 → Charge for me → Charge! / Rush forth! / Go! / Get them! 给我滚 → Roll for me → Get lost! / Take a hike! / Fuck off! 给我回来 → Come back for me → You get back here! / Come back here! 给我闭嘴 → Close your mouth for me → Shut up! / Zip it!

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A Friday spent writing + reading 🩵📝📚

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tip for improving japanese reading speed!

how about you try some カラオケ???

i've been doing this for a couple years now and i think this has single-handedly made my reading speed in japanese improve to the point of almost being as fast as it is in english (although i still struggle with kanji and katakana sometimes x_x)

to find one, i usually just search on youtube (song name) followed by either カラオケ or ニコカラ. if nobody has made a karaoke for your song of choice, then i'd otherwise search up (song name) followed by 歌詞 (kashi/lyrics) and you'll usually find them that way. i like to use the site utaten.com because they all feature furigana! be a little careful though because while its only happened to me a couple of times, there's been times where the furigana is wrong for one or two words.

i think this is a really fun way to practice especially if you love singing, like i do!! i've never seen anyone else recommend this so i hope this helps

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(through gritted teeth) sometimes what's good for your mental health isn't another do nothing day or a little treat sometimes what's good for you is putting in some of the work. Not all of it at once but sometimes you have to finish that essay or at least take the next step or you have to clean your room or at least dust the shelves or you gotta do the laundry or at least put it all in the hamper and it's not fun and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks but you have to because i read a post on the internet that told me that's what being nice to yourself is sometimes

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traditional chinese firework 打铁花datiehua and 火壶huohu

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today I rotted but also studied.

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Reblog this to ease the back pain of the person you reblogged it from

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My post exam bubble tea lol 🧋

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I bet you're drinking a coffee rn... Counteract that with a few sips of water!!! Goooo

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February 21st, 2025

Have my last exam of the semester in about 2 hours! Unfortunately I've been failing miserably and will absolutely be seeing this school next year lol but I did try really hard and I'm proud of myself. Hopefully next year I'll only have the one exam to repeat but we'll see! It's been really stressful and I can't wait to be done with exams for now!! I start my internship soon also! I think it'll be good, can't wait to have some routine :)

XO

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January 26th, 2025

It's the little things y'all 😩 currently studying for my Chinese exam on the 29th!

Happy studying!

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Mandarin resources (free) Beginner.

Index for the post:

- HSK word list - 

Apps

Book recs

Dictionaries

Extensions (Chrome-Firefox)

Flashcards

Grammar

Input (Reading/Videos/TV shows and Films)

Phonetics

Pinyin

Sentences

Tones

Web courses

Youtube channels (Teaching / other)

- Other -

Last edited / updated:   4 / Jan / 2023 = (edit 18)

* is for fav resources

- HSK word list - 

HSK 1 list in Hsk.Academy: Simplified and traditional + pinyin + exercises + sentences examples. (in spanish)

HSK 2-6 list

1500 Most Common Chinese Characters (edit 17): pinyin + audio + definition + direct link to search in a dictionary.

Continuar a ler

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Guys I'm like the opposite of an academic weapon unfortunately, I just wasn't made for this lol but rest assured I'm getting my damn degree 😭

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January 18th, 2025

Happy new year everyone! It's been a rough January, I can't lie! But we persist :) I have my first exam out of 3 in 2 days brrrrr

Wishing you all the best of luck on whatever you have going on :)

XO

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