Wo3 zai4 jie1 shang4 kan4 dao4 ni3
sounds okay to me, but my assistant is out. My own feeling is that I want to add something to it like a timeframe, or a le5 ptcl., e.g.,
Wo3 zuo2tian1 zai4 jie1 shang4 kan4 dao4 ni3
or
Wo3 zai4 jie1 shang4 kan4 dao4 ni3 le
or
Wo3 zai4 jie1 shang4 you3 kan4 dao4 ni3 b[/b]
but I didn’t learn Chinese from grammar books, I just learned it living with local Taiwanese, so perfect grammar is not my forte. 
BTW, any relation to Ironlady, or is that coincidence?
I agree time frame usually has to be made clear. Usually “le” is added to state the action is completed. I remember mentioning this case to Ironman last night at Mr He’s house as an example of where I sometimes get word orderings wrong in specific instances. I don’t think I related it to him as a time specific sentence, just as an example of where syntactical orderings are somewhat the reverse of English (ie: I saw you on the street vs I on the street saw you). Although, as he wrote it here, I don’t think any local would misunderstand his meaning.
That was obviously where this came from. I’m trying to pick up everyday sentences.
My interrupter/ interpreter says no le.
There was a thread somewhere where I mentioned what a good moderator Ironlady is. Somebody then replied that she’s my wife and we sweat like ponies. Not true.
You mean you and your wife Ironlady don’t sweat like ponies?
Ni3 kan4 qi3 lai2 hao3 sheng1qi3 suo3yi3 wo3 jue2de hai4pa4.
You look very angry so I feel afraid.
You lookED very angry so I FELT afraid.
[quote=“bob”]Ni3 kan4 qi3 lai2 hao3 sheng1qi3 suo3yi3 wo3 jue2de hai4pa4.
You look very angry so I feel afraid.
You lookED very angry so I FELT afraid.[/quote]
Can it be simplified to "Nĭ shēngq
Xie4 Xie5 funky hou2zi.
Hai2 ke3yi3 shuo1 Ni3 kan4yang4zi hao3 sheng1qi3. Dui4 bu dui4?
Also can say you look very angry. Right not right?
You can also say you look very angry, right?
[quote=“bob”]Xie4 Xie4 funky hou2zi.
Hai2 ke3yi3 shuo1 Ni3 kan4yang4zi hao3 sheng1qi3. Dui4 bu dui4?
Also can say you look very angry. Right not right?
You can also say you look very angry, right?[/quote]
You’re getting too technical for me, bob. 
I usually just try and keep it simple.
I would use "Nĭ hĕn shēngq
No. The umlaut is only used with n
That’s 出去 chu1qu4, ‘go out’; the umlaut on the qu is usually omitted, as previously discussed; the u in chu doesn’t have the umlauted sound, and the ‘ch’ is retroflex.
No. The umlaut is only used with n
Wo3 tai4tai4 jiu1zun4 wo3 de wen2fa3.
I wife correct I of grammar.
My wife corrected my grammar.
Ta1 shou1 “Kany4yang4zi ni3 hao3 xiang4 hen3 sheng1qi4” bi3 jiao4 hao3.
She say “Look like you very like very angry” more good.
She says “It looked like you were angry” is better.
Oh, yeah. Sorry. Been a while. The vowel sound changes on the “chu” because the tongues curled back.
I think you mean 糾正 jiu1zheng4, to correct 
Dui. 
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huo3che1 zhan4 zai4 na3li3
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No. The umlaut is only used with n
No. The umlaut is only used with n
No. The umlaut is only used with n