User Comments - John
John
Posted on: Business and Investment in China - Part 1
May 3, 2011 at 2:32 AMGreat job, David and Jason! Interesting interview.
I liked how 李总's accent was so clear and easy to understand.
Posted on: Transferring Money
April 28, 2011 at 9:26 AMKeth,
That would be gàn. The verb form of 干 (meaning "to do") is 4th tone. The adjective (meaning "dry") is first tone.
Posted on: Asking the Time
April 28, 2011 at 2:13 AMAmesburygeorge,
We are redoing some old Newbies, and a few of them are being removed entirely. 0122 is still there, though. It's called What time is it?.
The remake has a new name and a new ID (this one).
Posted on: Nothing More Than Only and Just
April 26, 2011 at 2:42 AMmtd,
刚 does not mean "just, only." There must have been a miscommunication with your teacher.
When preceding a verb phrase, like 开玩笑, it's most natural to express "just" using 只是 (and definitely not 刚):
我只是开玩笑（而已）。
You could also say:
开玩笑而已。
Posted on: Losing and Forgetting
April 26, 2011 at 2:37 AMTo me, "by accident" sounds more correct, but I definitely do hear Americans say "on accident" pretty often.
Posted on: The Final Jizhou Pieces
April 26, 2011 at 2:04 AMShanghai accent.
Posted on: Long Time No See!
April 26, 2011 at 1:59 AMHmmm... "Long time no see... again"?
Posted on: Push and Pull
April 21, 2011 at 1:58 AMI was totally thinking of this cartoon while we were recording! Nice.
Posted on: Labor is the Most Glorious
May 3, 2011 at 3:04 AM哈哈，不是！