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Formalities

December 22, 2009 at 08:30 AM

Sweden is, nowadays, a very informal country. If I go see a doctor, talk to my teacher or meet the prime minister, I'd call them all by first name. "Mr." this and "D... Read more

When to say 你 and when to say 你们?

December 22, 2009 at 05:35 AM

Hello everybody, I just wrote this: 大家，请告诉我们你们的中文名字，你为什么选择了你的名字？你的名字有特别的意义吗？如果你没有中文名字，是因为你不要还是你还没选择？ Because in English 你 and 你们 both are translated as 'you', I wasn... Read more

How do I wrap my head around 'verb + 起来'?

December 21, 2009 at 12:36 AM

I can't handle it anymore.  There is a big fat hole in my brain waiting to be filled with the knowledge of how to use 'verb + 起来' properly in sentences.  I... Read more

Did I use 再 correctly?

December 19, 2009 at 01:31 AM

I just wrote this sentence: 你什么时候打算收集一切好建议再修改你的杰作？(When will you gather up all the suggestions and revise your masterpiece?) Did I use 再 correctly?  Is this t... Read more

Difficult Customer

December 18, 2009 at 09:04 AM

Hey again,What did I learn today in EnglishPod? It's Lession 0002 Difficult Customer .   New Vocabulary: complimentary :free causel :relaxed,not dressy. impatie... Read more

Everybody join this translate English to Chinese

December 18, 2009 at 07:15 AM

We have a technical conversation at 13:30 every friday. Today is turn me.After the CSS topic lesson in the last times. I talked about below topics:   1.CSS3 &am... Read more

圣诞节

December 17, 2009 at 01:01 PM

今天学习了 decorate christmas  pine tree. http://englishpod.com/lessons/decorating-a-chris... the ornaments: tinsel,garland,wreath,christmas star.... Actually,I have... Read more

Two random grammar questions

December 17, 2009 at 01:49 AM

A Chinese student said to me the other day "almost new".  I got to thinking, how would I say that in Chinese?  I think I would say, 崭新差不多.  However, c... Read more

A question about our pesky friend 了

December 17, 2009 at 12:25 AM

I recently wrote the following: 我和我老婆今年夏天去过欧洲，我们到几个国家去。 I fretted a bit as to whether I should include 了 somewhere in the sentence.  It seems to me that 了 only... Read more

Pinyin in Microsoft Word (or other platforms)

December 07, 2009 at 02:24 AM

Hi y'all!  As part of a project I am doing, I want to add pinyin above hanzi, just like a textbook.  Word 2007 is supposed to do this, but I find that for... Read more