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Posted on: Detroit
May 16, 2008 at 9:21 AM

Thanks Amber- and I see by the time posted you stayed over to answer me - thanks so much!

Posted on: Sing and Dance
May 16, 2008 at 9:14 AM

Loved the kids voice - goes well with Autie68's nephew posting comments - I'll join with the fun, and say that indeed, 我会唱歌- in fact, you can check it out for yourself - a song I wrote about my lovely province Yunnan, - go to youtube, type in "lovely Yunnan" or my name, (Kim Lytton) and do some on line sightseeing in Yunnan!

Posted on: Detroit
May 16, 2008 at 7:12 AM

Hey John or Jenny, I'm late getting to this lesson, don't know if you'll answer - I've studied before and used the 没想到 phrase, but how do you say the opposite? In English we would say "I expected that." Is there a way to say it?

Posted on: Chicago
May 15, 2008 at 3:29 AM

Hey - if you're coming to Kunming, we have a great new coffee bar and restaurant - called Chicago Coffee, with great pix of the city and wonderful atmosphere. Find it on the web or google.

Posted on: Lo and La （咯 & 啦）
May 14, 2008 at 1:46 AM

Hi misterjess - the south is famous for interchanging the l and the n, so if you heard na, they probably meant la.

Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Geology
May 13, 2008 at 2:40 AM

I haven't done chinese pod for a few days due to illness, and now I open it and it's about.... earthquakes. How unbelievable. Here in Kunming, we were shook pretty badly - ceiling tiles falling, pictures swaying... but I'm with auntie 68 - I'm really heartbroken for the families who've lost loved ones - and the count is still rising.

Posted on: Sweet Roasted Chestnuts
May 6, 2008 at 8:49 AM

I live in Kunming, where, oddly, when they say a jin here, they don't mean a half gong jin, they always mean a gong jin. If they think you're from out of town, they'll clarify by saying gong jin but they tell me this is the 1 place in China where it's a slightly different measure! So heads up travelers, if you ask for a jin, you'll get what if normally a gong jin!

Posted on: Regional Accents Part I
April 22, 2008 at 6:21 AM

Hi Changye, yeah, I got confused on the order too - they explained it one way but we heard it in a different order. An engineering mistake, I guess