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Author: Phyll
Date: Apr 10, 2007 09:17
...the chaye shoppe'. Using Chinglish would be more confusing. A Chinese storekeeper will say in mandarin "xienshen, yao mai chaye, ma?" (..., if you said "...yao mai cha." (without using ye), the storekeeper will understand, too, but if they are also in the business..., then those will be included in the possibilty. Then the storekeeper will probably ask you "xienshen, ni xihuan he seme cha?"...
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