User Comments - go_manly

Posted on: KTV

The last Expansion sentence is:

我怎么什么都听不见了？(Wŏ zĕnme shénme dōu tīngbujiàn le.) How come I can't hear anything?

If  什么都听不见 means "can't hear anything", how do you say "can't hear everything"? (that is, some things can be heard, but not all)

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

I'm not really 'getting through' all those lessons. I don't actually make the effort to commit anything to memory - just hope things will stick after a while. I probably only spend about 10-15 minutes looking through each lesson. I'm in my 3rd or 4th pass through the Elementary lessons. Meanwhile, I'm listening to 2 or 3 Intermediate lessons a day, without looking at the PDF. (This question came from listening to the podcast.) I'll make another attempt to study the Intermediates properly in a couple of months.

Posted on: Choosing a New Pair of Glasses

In the sentence:

贵是贵，但是质量好.

we are told that _是_, 但是 __ is a pattern.

Can we still use 可是 in place of 但是 in this pattern ?

Posted on: Just a Flesh Wound

Thanks again Jason.

Are you saying that 才 probably shouldn't be used in an Elementary lesson?

Posted on: Juiced!

Thanks Jason. I suspected as much, but just wanted to check.

Posted on: Just a Flesh Wound

Two more issues:

算什么 (suàn shénme). Neither your mouseover Pinyin ("to figure as what") nor you Vocabulary entry ("to be what kind of") means anything to me. There must be a better definition.

And how can such an important new word as 才 not be mentioned in the Vocabulary List.

(I had to place this comment up here, because I knew my earlier question would never be seen if I hadn't, due to this system of threading.)

Posted on: Just a Flesh Wound

Could someone please answer this 4 year old question?

Posted on: Juiced!

One of the expansion sentences uses 味儿 (wèir), and translates it as 'smell' (as well as taste). However, all dictionaries I've checked only refer to 'taste'.

Posted on: Juiced!

So, she doesn't want you to have a hot body?

Posted on: Interview with an Athlete

OK, I accept that, but I don't think 'already' is the ideal definition here. I will challenge myself to think of a better word.