Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
那 vs 哪
English translation:
there, that | where
Added to glossary by
Roddy Stegemann
May 20, 2006 11:22
18 yrs ago
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Chinese term
那 vs 哪
Non-PRO
Chinese to English
Science
Education / Pedagogy
Grammatical Analysis
Please provide examples to explain the difference in meaning and use of these two characters. The explanation will be entered as a special not on the following website, so please be as clear as possible.
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/special.html
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/special.html
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | where in Chinese |
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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4 +1 | there/that vs where |
Will Wong
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Proposed translations
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where in Chinese
Well, my answer to this question would be quite simple. Let's imagine that two persons are chatting:
A: 我下個月底到美國去一趟。我的阿姨在那裡,我要去探望她。
B: 到哪裡?你阿姨住在哪裡?
A: 她住在華盛頓州。不過,我先去紐約和波士頓,之後回程才去阿姨那兒。
B: 那兒?哪兒是華盛頓州?
Now, you know the difference between 那 and 哪.
A: 我下個月底到美國去一趟。我的阿姨在那裡,我要去探望她。
B: 到哪裡?你阿姨住在哪裡?
A: 她住在華盛頓州。不過,我先去紐約和波士頓,之後回程才去阿姨那兒。
B: 那兒?哪兒是華盛頓州?
Now, you know the difference between 那 and 哪.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Discussion: Please see http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/notes/naa_naa.html
Acknowledgment: This was a very difficult choice to make as Will Wong as provided the best glossary entry, but Wenjer provided the most help with his somewhat awkward conversational invention."
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there/that vs where
there/that vs where
Peer comment(s):
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anastasia t (X)
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Discussion
This, by the way, is not the appropriate venue for this type of discussion, and if you would like to open a forum under the Community menu, I would be happy to join it. Should you decide to do so, please notify me in a private email, however, as I almost never go there anymore.