User Comments - Michael Krzykowski
Michael Krzykowski
Posted on: Hot Soup
February 20, 2008 at 2:15 AM这课太棒了。 Not only is this what I think of this lesson, it is one of the expansion sentences. I thought it would be interesting (in honor of Ken) for someone to explain how the Chinese get "awesome" out of a "stick."
Posted on: 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
February 18, 2008 at 3:28 PMI think I must vote for the "team". QW wouldn't be the same without all of you. Amber is beautiful; Connie is wonderful and Clay is...er...interesting!
Posted on: Chinese New Year!
February 9, 2008 at 12:23 AMLast year I was in Suzhou for New Years. I was on th 15th floor of an apartment building looking out over the city. Fireworks were everywhere, all night long, some right outside the windows. Looking out over the city was amazing. My understanding is that the fireworks are used to attract attention to Fortune as he passes out wealth in the coming year. The idea is that the more noise you make the better chance that you will not be overlooked and will receive a better portion of wealth.
Posted on: Scams and Bus Culture
January 31, 2008 at 2:47 AMOOps I was just reading QW. I meant to say, can you answer the question on Dear Amber?...er sorry, not to slight the Amber show!
Posted on: Scams and Bus Culture
January 31, 2008 at 2:42 AMAnother interesting QW. And as always, the cast seems to have a good time putting them together. Often in the lessons also, there is a lot of banter that helps us all laugh, and it made me wonder if Chinese see humor any differently. Could you have a QW on what Chinese see as funny. Would they laugh at western jokes? What has been your experience with humor in Chinese?
Posted on: The First Tone
January 23, 2008 at 3:58 AMIn the lesson "Time to Go", the word gàn 干, (to do) was used. In this lesson 干 means "dry." Is it only context that tells them apart? It's bad enough when they sound alike, but when they look the same but mean something else....!
Posted on: The First Tone
January 23, 2008 at 3:41 AMGreat lesson, and great timing. Tonight in my Chinese class, our teacher was stressing the importance of tones. So next week I will be a robot!! (or a floating Manilow). That will be quite a contrast to fourth tone because the teacher likes to stomp his foot and say get mad with fourth tone!
Posted on: The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode
January 21, 2008 at 9:29 PMDefinitely a fun way to to learn Chinese!! Here's my try at a you-you sentence. 情 問 又 玩 很 又 很 有 意 思。 Qing wen you hen wan you hen you yisi.
Posted on: The Double 了 (le) phenomenon
January 19, 2008 at 2:41 PMThanks, this was a really simple and direct explanation of the double le. No one ever explained it this way to me before. I especially liked the example of the ghost!
Posted on: Hot Soup
February 21, 2008 at 3:15 AMZhiyuan, To get "awesome" out of "stick", there had to be something a bit wild. Your professor may be on to something. Ken, Any other explanations or do you just want to add this one to the chronicles.