I assume you want corrections for your English, right? :)
1. "have you had the feeling that when you study, work or simply think too much, you felt feel like your head all swollen and heavy?" You should use "feel" since you have used present tense with "when". When you have cause-relationship phrases like: "When (condition), (result)" they should have the same tense (except for future). Examples: "When I walk to work, I listen to music." "When I have finished my homework, I have decided to read a book."
In the future tense, the part after "when" should be in the present tense, and result should be in the future:
"When I arrive to Shanghai, I will visit my friends."
2. "your head (needs an "is") all swollen and heavy": remember that English nouns always need "to be" when you are describing them: "my head is swollen" "my Chinese is worse than your English" :)
3. "This is what I felt like after work working on my paper for four hours straight...": you need a verb+ing in this phrase, since "after" requires it. Examples
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"When I have finished my homework, I have decided to read a book."
I'm a native English speaker, and this sounds funny to me. Maybe it's just that I wouldn't use this tense in this situation. I'd probably just say, "When I've finished my homework, I'm going to read a book." Which, um, isn't in the same tense. So it isn't a hard-and-fast rule. You can use the same tense for the first pattern ("When I walk to work, I listen to music"), but there's also a pattern where you say, "When I've (completed some action), I'm going to do some other action."
I saw your post in learn_mandarin. It is so helpful. I am just beginning my second semester in Chinese, and reading your posts is great! :) I could understand the characters, but I wouldn't have any idea what it really meant unless I read your description. Do you mind if I add you as a friend? :)
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Mind if I Friend you on LJ? I'm studying Chinese and need somebody to practice talking to.
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清告诉我如果我说什么不对。:D
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上个五月我在北京学了 or 过一点点。
For past tense.
And you can use 去年五月 for "last May".
清请告诉我如果我说了什么不对的。
清 Means "clear".
请 Means "please".
了 For past tense here.
的 To turn 不对 into a noun.
I think it's funny that I correct your Chinese here, and mricon correct my English below~
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1. "have you had the feeling that when you study, work or simply think too much, you felt feel like your head all swollen and heavy?" You should use "feel" since you have used present tense with "when". When you have cause-relationship phrases like: "When (condition), (result)" they should have the same tense (except for future). Examples:
"When I walk to work, I listen to music."
"When I have finished my homework, I have decided to read a book."
In the future tense, the part after "when" should be in the present tense, and result should be in the future:
"When I arrive to Shanghai, I will visit my friends."
2. "your head (needs an "is") all swollen and heavy": remember that English nouns always need "to be" when you are describing them:
"my head is swollen"
"my Chinese is worse than your English" :)
3. "This is what I felt like after work working on my paper for four hours straight...": you need a verb+ing in this phrase, since "after" requires it. Examples ( ... )
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PS: I'm honored. ^_^
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I'm a native English speaker, and this sounds funny to me. Maybe it's just that I wouldn't use this tense in this situation. I'd probably just say, "When I've finished my homework, I'm going to read a book." Which, um, isn't in the same tense. So it isn't a hard-and-fast rule. You can use the same tense for the first pattern ("When I walk to work, I listen to music"), but there's also a pattern where you say, "When I've (completed some action), I'm going to do some other action."
And I got here through english, by the way.
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Also, this should be "When I arrive in Shanghai...". You don't arrive "to" a place, always "at" or "on" or "in." And for cities, it's "in."
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Do you mind if I add you as a friend?
:)
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