Writing a postcard

Vocabulário

• 明信片postcard
• 邮票stamp
• 邮寄to mail / send by post
• 收件人recipient / addressee
• 地址address
• 思念to miss / longing
• 问候greeting / regards
• 祝福to wish / blessing
• 回忆memory / recollection
• 特产local specialty

Expressões

• 我在这里玩得很开心I'm having a great time here
• 这里的特产太好吃了The local specialties here are delicious
• 我非常想念大家I really miss everyone
• 祝你身体健康！Wishing you good health!
• 我买了一些当地特产给你I bought some local specialties for you

Erros frequentes

• ✗我思念你们非常地。
  ✓我非常想念你们。

  非常 (very much) comes before the verb — 非常想念 is correct. 思念 is more literary; 想念 is the natural spoken form.

• ✗这里的景色让我感动了很深。
  ✓这里的景色让我深深地感动了。

  The degree adverb 深深地 modifies the verb 感动 and should come before it — 深深地感动了.

• ✗虽然我想回家，所以我舍不得离开。
  ✓虽然我想回家，但是我舍不得离开。

  虽然…but… requires 但是 (or 可是/却), not 所以. 所以 means therefore — it is used for cause-and-effect.

• ✗我给你寄了一张明信片去了。
  ✓我给你寄了一张明信片。

  The direction of mailing is already implied by 给你 — adding 去了 at the end is redundant.

• ✗祝你健康身体！
  ✓祝你身体健康！

  身体健康 is a fixed phrase — 身体 (body) must come before 健康 (healthy) in this set expression.

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