ayala Posted June 24, 2006 at 10:39 AM Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 at 10:39 AM Hello everyone! romantic question: how should i translate 谈恋爱:"dating"? "being in live"? is it the same as 谈朋友? if not, what is the difference? 谢谢大家, ayala. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychao Posted June 24, 2006 at 05:47 PM Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 at 05:47 PM Hi, ayala: In most circumstances, we call it as 'fell in love' , as for 'dating' , in Chinese, it substancially means have a date with someone. For the '谈朋友', it's almost the same as '谈恋爱', but we don't normally use it too much, it is collateral way and not so directly as '谈恋爱'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayala Posted June 25, 2006 at 11:25 AM Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 at 11:25 AM so, if 谈恋爱 means "fell in love", what is the difference between 谈恋爱 and 爱上了(她/他)? i though that 爱上 means "to fall in love" (with someone) and 谈恋爱 means that two people are actually having a romantic relationship. am i wrong again?... many thanks, Aayla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychao Posted June 26, 2006 at 06:31 AM Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 at 06:31 AM Hi, Aya: Normally, when we use谈恋爱, we are saying that ‘A fell in love with B’, which means A loves B, and B also loves A. Such as, Ayala is 谈恋爱ing with Jennifer Lopez, it mean Ayala and Jennifer Lopez were boyfriend and girlfriend. However, ‘爱上了’ is just a very basic and general mean of ‘love’ or ‘like’, for example, I say I爱上了 Ayala,‘ that means I like or I fall in love with Ayala, however, I am absolutely not sure whether Ayala also loves me or not….alternatively, we can also say ‘after watching the Gone with the wind, I 爱上了Scarlett’, obviously, it’s just a kidding. So, ‘谈恋爱’ means a love of mutually, certainly and a matter-of-fact, but ‘爱上了’…more or less, just as ‘ I like…..’, without any results and consequences. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayala Posted June 28, 2006 at 08:51 AM Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 at 08:51 AM well, i think i got it now! many thanks for your detailed reply! ayala. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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