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BeccaChu
Posted on: Continued Tone Change Series #2 - Trying Out a New Restaurant
October 28, 2020 at 1:34 PMHello, thank you for the good question!
There should be a tone change in 一只. Because 只 is first tone (只 is pronounced as zhī when used as a measure word), 一 would turn into fourth tone, becoming [yì zhī].
Hope this helps!
Posted on: Lesson 6 - Buying Some Good Stuff
October 27, 2020 at 2:11 PMHello, very good question!
Chinese for "Clothes are not edible." or "Clothes can not be eaten" is 衣服不能吃.
The word 能 can be used in a passive way when you want to express if an object is able to be "used" in a certain way. For example, if I say, 这屋子不能住, what I mean is "This house is not livable" or "This house is not comfortable enough for me to live in".
Hope this helps!
Posted on: How to use 都不 & 不全都
October 27, 2020 at 2:05 PMHello, you're right, it is not suitable for this lesson type. Thank you very much for your feedback!
Posted on: Road Rage Chinese
October 26, 2020 at 3:14 PMHello, thank you very much for the feedback! The Qingwen lessons usually contains more English as it's not a regular dialogue lesson. And the hosts definitely enjoyed it very much, perhaps that's why the dialogue went too fast for you!
Posted on: Tone Rule: Two Third Tones
October 26, 2020 at 3:03 PMHi Matija,
This is a good question!
Let's look at the first one:
"wǒmen méiyǒu jiǔ."
This sentence is a simple negation, and it just means "We don't have alcohol". It implies that they have never had alcohol in the first place.
"wǒmen méiyǒu jiǔ le."
With the 了 [le] at the end, it represents a change of state. This sentence means "We don't have alcohol anymore". It can be understood as "We used to have alcohol, but now we don't".
Hope this helps!
Posted on: 哪里不一样：发音差异, Part 1
October 26, 2020 at 2:27 PM謝謝你的留言! 我非常同意你的想法。
有時候當我們聽到自己不習慣的發音時，會覺得有點奇怪，甚至覺得他們講話好好笑! 這些其實都是正常的反應，慶琳只是很誠實地說出自己的感覺而已。但是語言本來就是一直在改變的，每個地區的發音方式難免會有少許不同，我們應該要保持著開放的心態去接受它，不用太堅持什麼是對的，什麼是不對的，彼此可以溝通才是最重要的事。
Posted on: Taiwanese Mandopop: Teresa Teng 邓丽君 and Singer-Songwriters (1970s-90s)
October 26, 2020 at 2:20 PMHello, I'm glad that you enjoyed this lesson. We're still working on producing new lessons. Thank you for your patience.
Posted on: Bank Hours
October 26, 2020 at 1:59 PMHi Matija, yes they have the same meaning and they are interchangeable.
Posted on: Asking Prices in Chinese with 多少
October 26, 2020 at 1:58 PMHi Mark, glad that you're enjoying this series!
Posted on: 3 ways to use 都 dōu
October 28, 2020 at 1:45 PMHello, thank you for your feedback. There is actually a second part of this lesson that focuses on the negation form of this sentence structure and also introduces some new ones.
You can find it here:
How to use 都不 & 不全都
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/how-to-use-%E9%83%BD%E4%B8%8D-%E4%B8%8D%E5%85%A8%E9%83%BD