Post B6pmu9d9cGqpW0odDE by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #B6pmu9SWFoLOz1q8dU by mcc@mastodon.social
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       Sometimes when I ask for help with 中文 on here I get it. I wrote two sentences. Do these sound idiomatic to you?• 无论哪一个味道，我喜欢冰淇淋。• 除非喝咖啡跟早饭，我着累。(Continues)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6pmu9d9cGqpW0odDE by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @mcc you're well beyond my level lol. I at least was able to see 中 (something other than国) and conclude that this probably was referring to something about China rather than the country itself, and then infer from context that 中文 probably referred to a form of the Chinese language.Does it refer specifically to the written form of modern simplified Chinese or what?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6pmuAiVZqjCsuKQCG by mcc@mastodon.social
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       "No matter which flavor, I love ice cream""Unless I drink coffee with breakfast, I feel tired"What I'm mostly unsure about:• 哪一个 for which?• 跟 for "with"? Should it be 跟一起? Should it be • 当 or one of the "when" words? Google translate translates what I was as "and". I don't want to say I need breakfast or I feel tired, just that breakfast is when I'm drinking the coffee.• The dictionary has SO many words for ice cream
       
 (DIR) Post #B6pnBqkAZlHU9RXDwu by teohhanhui@mastodon.social
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       @azonenberg @mcc 中文 refers to the written form of Mandarin Chinese (simplified or traditional). But in colloquial usage it could also refer to the verbal language, even though that'd be technically incorrect.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6pnEQPov64ZMfFERc by artemist@mildlyfunctional.gay
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       @azonenberg @mcc 中文 is just "chinese" in general. simplified chinese would be 简体中文 and traditional chinese would be 繁體中文.standard spoken mandarin would be 普通话 and somewhere in there is 汉语, though i don't entirely understand when it's used.