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“老外”是说我们老吗？
December 08, 2010 at 05:16 PM
今天上汉语课，西班牙女孩问我，你们中国人叫我们老外，是因为我们普遍比你们老吗？ 我说不是，我告诉她是昵称(nickname)，比如我们叫自己的爸爸妈妈“老爸老妈”，但是她不信，她说有一个西班牙朋友已经告诉她了，那就是“中国人觉得外国人比他们老一点”。
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Newbie: This?
December 08, 2010 at 04:56 PM
Hello All, Total Newbie here! Please tell me if zhè and zhège is fully interchangeable to say "this"?
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Pronunciation of Pinyin
December 08, 2010 at 06:22 AM
In the "TOOLS" section there is a "Pronunciation" tab and it gives you all the different combination of sounds in Chinese. You just click to hear what it should...
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Some Chinese songs
December 08, 2010 at 12:02 AM
At the start of class yesterday a student sang a song (lyrics below). [Baidu 我爱你《东成西就》 for an mp3 or the lyrics.] Anyone like to attempt...
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Newbie starting Dec 2010 - anyone else?
December 07, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Hi all, just joined Chinesepod and hope I can be disciplined enough to make some progress! Is there anyone else in the area interested in having an occasional...
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二零一零年十二月七号的问题
December 07, 2010 at 07:14 PM
So today I've got the date right I hope, at least I have here in England. 1) What is the difference between 人人and 大家。 2 Last week we had lots of snow, is there a chi...
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Help - 忽然 and 突然 differences
December 07, 2010 at 02:25 PM
Hi Everyone, I could not find this question on ChinesePod, so sorry if it's already been addressed. But I need help understanding the difference between 突...
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11th
December 07, 2010 at 06:13 AM
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Hamburgers for Breakfast
December 06, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I have been watching this funny show produced out of China for helping people learn Chinese. Twice they have had the "American" character eating hamburgers for...
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