Hulk:

lmfao

Stiggs:

A mandarine is a type of orange.

DrMonkey:

In English (and in French too), mandarine is a fruit that looks like a small orange and taste something close to an orange
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_orange
There's also the clementine, even smaller, an hybrid of orange and mandarine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine
The tangerine is a close cousin to the mandarine, called like this because it was grown a lot around the city of Tanger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine

DrMonkey:

It depends on how you use the word mandarin
* Mandarin (with a major M) is a language spoken in China, and taught in all schools in modern China. It's to make the distinction with others languages commonly spoken in China, like Cantonese or Hokkien.
* A mandarin (with a minor m) is the name for a scholar bureaucrat in Imperial China.
It can be used nowadays to speak of a bureaucrat, usually in a joking way.

mandrin does not exists in English, but in French, it's the name of a tool to make holes.

sorrel:

if you are the anonymous poster, please be aware that we have been trolled a LOT on this site recently.

posters are just sceptical about anything posted anonymously

DrMonkey:

Which answers are crazy ? They all are true, and directly answer your questions :)

DrMonkey:

Look at the original question (the top of the page), the name of the poster (left side of the top of the page) : anonymous. So until now, nobody could be sure it was you who posted the question ;)

DrMonkey:

Agree ^^ It's a white guy with lots of make-up to look like an asian guy, with Manchu elements (clothes, mustaches, hair). I think the picture is taken from one of the Fu Manchu movies from the 60's, which are terrible and idiotic movies :p

DrMonkey:

JacobJohn:

Tony, DrMonkey, happens to be a doctor, if I am not mistaken. So, call him monkey or not, he is still a doctor. 

TonyMiddle:

not for money

sorrel:

so what would be the exchange for?

Mandrin lessons for:

my immortal soul?

my first-born child?

please elaborate on what you expect in exchange

TonyMiddle:

you comment is  so funny,so crazy,would anyone like to exchange her immortal soul or first-born child for learning another kind of language?when does Chinese language become so invaluable?i wanna learn english,ok ,that is my aim.

sorrel:

ok, so you want a language exchange.

maybe you should change the question above to reflect that.

I have had unfortunate experiences with language exchange.

The person involved usually suddenly became 'too busy'  when it was my turn to learn Chinese, or when i suggested teaching me first, suddenly had 'something else to do'

So you will excuse my skepticism. 

TonyMiddle:

whom you met is a bad person.compared with english ,chinese words are more complex,more difficult to learn.chinese language is very funny,morphological pattern vary from different meaning...that is China...old weird ,incapable of being expressed ,special country

sorrel:

i would suggest you try to find a local English Corner. 

There you could meet and chat with foreigners regularly.

Good luck with that.

TonyMiddle:

you are a warmhearted guy,thank you.i find this network station is a good place where i can learn english from all of you,it is good to exchange advice from all you guys,i work for private company ,i offen travel for business, so i have no regular time to take part in english corner,,,,,,it is not easy to find a english corner near where i live in

harvey2face:

Just answer his question and stop being a grammatical Nazi ,Help the guy.you see this you all think you know everything ,also with your smart alec answers.

sorrel:

i believe i did help him by outlining the concerns of many, myself included, when we agree to 'language exchange'

I have been caught out once too often to accept a 'language exchange' at face value.

The suggestion of finding an English corner is valid for anyone who wants to improve.

They are also good places to meet foreigners who want to practice and improve their spoken Mandarin.

harvey2face:

Tony, ,   ^^^^

Dont worry about these other dropkicks mate, i want to learn .

Most of the clowns, especially (1 female SORREL and the 2 THE SHEMALE  FIDU think they know everything)  .PM me i would like to learn .

 Mandarin.