Today for my topic in my Mandarin class, I chose some phrases common amongst my friends. I thought I'd share:
wo shi yue shou
: "I'm a musician"
ni wan shenme?
: "what do you play?"
hen duo wo dou bu hui wan
: (not a strict translation) I play a lot of instruments, badly
also:
wode nan peng you jiu zai na ge yue dui
: my boyfriend is in the band
and:
ni bu zhi dao wo shi shui ma???
: don't you know who I am???
Stay tuned, next week I hope to get..
"I really don't care if I'm cool or not"
"I only came for the free beer"
"I like their old stuff better"
Suggestions for other common phrases most welcome.
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"I'm on the door-list." "I was a ...
"I'm on the door-list."
"I was a fan before they became popular."
"God, he/she's such a wannabe!"
"there has always been a dance element ...
"there has always been a dance element to our Music"
"similar too (insert obscure and innapropriate artist here)"
"if they stand any chance, Zamora needs to be on the field, not the bench"
"there the next big thing"
"even Kiwi are playing them"
"his Dads a Bank manager"
"no I'm Trevor, Colins twin brother"
"i helped them write this one"
"$5 for this, I don't know any of these songs!"
"if you unplugged all those effects ...
"if you unplugged all those effects pedals that note would get very boring very quickly"
"sing fatty sing"
"fuck you this ain't mexican, it's pre-CBS"
"I've had all my pedals rewired for true-bypass, did you notice the clarity"
"which 3D's song is this ripped off from?"
"I've got that on vinyl"
"Oh they're sooooo mainstream"...
"Oh they're sooooo mainstream"
Ni Hao Ma Wu Shi Thomas J Cynic Esq Wu ...
Ni Hao Ma Wu Shi Thomas J Cynic Esq
Wu Shi fanza (crazy?)
One wild night in Wuhan
drink,
sex
a fight with
the woman's husband
and a night in the stocks
those were the days
the cynic never learnd
how to say
'where's the hookers?'
would have saved him much
embarrassment
when Mr Ning
came home to find
yours truly
banging his wife
(loosely) how are you?i am thomas j ...
(loosely)
how are you?i am thomas j cynic esq
i am house
yi ge feng le hei tian zai wuhan
he jiu,
zuo ai,
da jia gen,
na ge nu ren de lao gong,
yi ge wan shang zai (i don't know the word for stocks)
(?)
na ge cynic cong mei lai xue xi le
zenme shuo
ji rou zai narrrrrr?
(?)
(?)
deng ning xian sheng
hui guo jia zai dao le
zhe ge lao wai sha bi; 'cynic' shi yi ge huai de zhu ai de ren , yong ta de shou, nenme kuai, gan ta zi ji de pi gu.
.......huo guo........//should..... be ...
.......huo guo........//should..... be hui guo...
"I can't understand why these guys ...
"I can't understand why these guys aren't famous."
Ideally coupled with something like:
"The general public are just brainwashed by the big record companies."
Hey man, cool chucks!...
Hey man, cool chucks!
"Oh yeah, they used to open for ...
"Oh yeah, they used to open for us"
"The comedown is really smooth"
"It was, like, 50c from Vinnies"
what do you mean you've never heard of ...
what do you mean you've never heard of any of our bands?! our people pay taxes to export our pop music!
do you own any non-pirated cds?
lose the trumpet player
this song goes out to all the non christians
where'd you get your tatts?
it's a small island nation beside australia
yeah i come from a country where we ...
yeah i come from a country where we just vote our politicians in insteadn of giving them an interview and a good vetting, (like somne survivor episode) but what can ou do?
less reverb please
In annoyed german accent: "we ...
In annoyed german accent:
"we desparately need more foldback"
ne yow her war gan ma? Heather she ji ...
ne yow her war gan ma?
Heather she ji noowie
ne gay bo gay ko yin?
he he he
Wow, your spelling is terrible, like - ...
Wow, your spelling is terrible,
like - really really appalling
Nope, sorry, it's so bad I can't ...
Nope, sorry, it's so bad I can't understand what you're saying at all
bruce u tard. ni yao he wo gan ma ...
bruce u tard.
ni yao he wo gan ma ne? -what do you want us to do?
Heather shi ji nu yi - heather is a prostitute
ni gei bu gei kou yin - do you give accent??????(what do you mean) -perhaps 'kou jiao'- blow jobs
bruce wo de hanyu bi ni hao, que.
kou yi-oral translator...
kou yi-oral translator
"Play some Slayer"...
"Play some Slayer"