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time location in a sentence

January 30, 2010 at 12:50 AM

If I say "Tomorrow he will be here", the time reference is at the beginning of the sentence, as I would expect: Míngtiān tā zài zhèli. But if I... Read more

The use/purpose of 的 in this sentence?

January 29, 2010 at 09:56 PM

This is the sentence (well, part of it, it was pretty lengthy) I was wondering about: 贝拉从繁华的凤凰城搬到偏僻且... I know 的 is the possesive particle but I heard somewhe... Read more

如果 or 要是

January 29, 2010 at 02:40 PM

hey guys. quite early after i started learning chinese the teacher told us that we should use 要是 as "if", but a few days a go it got more complicated as we also lear... Read more

I guess Cpod is soooo 2008...

January 29, 2010 at 12:17 PM

Staying in front of the press is always a challenge, but certainly one worth undertaking.  The NY Times talked about you favorably in the past, and they can do... Read more

Tech Query

January 29, 2010 at 07:12 AM

I have a query/suggestion regarding "Paste From Word".  At present we need 3 steps - use the mouse to click the button, use the keyboard to paste, then use the... Read more

Sobs and Growls Come Across In Any Language

January 28, 2010 at 08:33 PM

Sobs and Growls Come Across In Any Language   Interesting research By Dr   Disa Sauter from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlan... Read more

How to UNPROTECT the mp3 files?

January 28, 2010 at 01:21 PM

I noticed that recently what mp3 files I have been able to download with WCLP are not playing in my WMP. They play OK with Winamp, but that program does not allow me... Read more

Team List

January 28, 2010 at 12:05 PM

On the 'Team' list, I'm wondering if its time to consider moving Ken to the 'Former Team Members' section? Read more

Nciku releases iPhone app

January 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Don't know if everyone is already aware of this and I'm just late to the party ... Here's the blog post  from a few days ago. Note that it's only an English-Chi... Read more

Amateur fiction, in Chinese, by us

January 28, 2010 at 09:11 AM

Hi there Poddies, I recently wrote a short story (my first) in Chinese - I consider this quite a milestone and it was very fun to do. I'd be interested to see storie... Read more