User Comments - Michael Krzykowski
Michael Krzykowski
Posted on: Buying a Newspaper
March 6, 2008 at 7:21 PMChangye, Thanks for the correction. I realized, too late, that I had not said "Chinese Newspaper". I see your point with kan2 bu4 dong3. I had not thought of that. In addition, I still have trouble with when to use neng2 and hui4. memmifer, I've had similar problems.
Posted on: Buying a Newspaper
March 6, 2008 at 3:11 AMWo3 bu4neng2 kan2 bao4 zhi3. 我不能看報紙。 Another nice lesson Ken and Jenny. thanks 謝謝。
Posted on: My Dog
March 4, 2008 at 2:21 AMFun lesson. 我的狗叫"DAWG."
Posted on: Chinese Green Eggs and Ham
March 2, 2008 at 4:25 PMIszone, So I think that nei zhi really means "that one (thing)", and in english we would just say "that." dui ba?
Posted on: Chinese Green Eggs and Ham
March 2, 2008 at 12:14 PMKaisa, I'm not one that knows the language, but we had a similar discussion on zhe xie in a recent class. I thought your explanation on the use of "these" was very useful. Also, na before a measure word becomes "nei" and zhe before a measure word becomes "zhei". As zhe xie is these, nei zhi is that.
Posted on: Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ
February 29, 2008 at 2:04 AMihyi, But we all understood it, so maybe it is!! Good lesson QW.
Posted on: What's up?
February 28, 2008 at 3:00 AMWelcome Back Ken. I wouldn't call what you add "ramblings." I thought this was a very good lesson and the chemistry between Ken and Jenny continues to make the lessons enjoyable. By the way, thanks for the interesting audio addition on the exercise. I think it might be more helpful if we could match the Chinese character to the sound we hear. This could be a multiple choice question; Hear the sentence with the missing word and choose the correct character out of four. It is hard to get instant feedback when you write the pinyin. If it is not right it doesn't tell you what is wrong and sometimes it is just because I miss spelled the pinyin. Thanks again. I think this added an interesting twist to the lesson.
Posted on: Long Distance and Cultural Mysteries
February 24, 2008 at 5:43 PMAmber, Clay: Being that Shanghai is quite a large and (modern) city now, do the Chinese still use bicycles for everything? In Taiwan years ago I found it interesting how innovative they were with their bikes. They seemed to be able to carry anything. I even saw one guy carrying a double bed on the back of his bike. Maybe you could have a show to talk about the many ways Chinese make use of their bikes and scooters. Amber, maybe you can get us a picture of you giving Clay a lift on your bike.
Posted on: Time for Class
February 23, 2008 at 3:53 PMCongratulations on #800. The Newbie lessons are great. I find the dialogs are super introductions to the expansion sentences. It would be nice to include a audio quiz in the exercise section where we could match the right translation to a phrase. Something to tax our listening skills.
Posted on: 一...就... (yī...jiù...) pattern
March 7, 2008 at 3:33 AM我很淚。 Wo3 hen3 lei2. But I'll try one. Wo3 yi shui4jiao4 jiu4 dei3 qi3chuang2. 我一睡覺就得起床。 Gosh, some of these 子 are so small I can't really tell if they are right!! Anyway, it was a fun lesson. Thanks ACC.