User Comments - henning
henning
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 12, 2009 at 4:02 PMNow here is the solution:
Add a field to the "add comment" section where one has to specify if a comment is a) language related, b) culture related or c) other. Later we can set a filter base on that data.
There are days where I enjoy every digression (e.g. a lazy Sundays with my family being in China...) and others where only language-learning efficiency counts and all that culture noise just bothers me.
Come on, it is just a small update on the frontend. And on the comments logic. And on the AMS. And on the data base scheme.
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 12, 2009 at 7:12 AM[As Klingon has been indirectly recognized as a vaild culture by Matt above: The classical "Star Trek in Chinese" posts are continuing to be fine?]
Oh, poor 老王 must be really careful now - especially considering all these new policies. If he digr- transgresses, his work might easily get deleted.
He probably needs to speek in code language now and disguise his comments as harmless, topical discussions to escape the relentless policy enforcers. Especially as some of the new laws can be interpreted rather flexibly...
Will he succeed with his Shady Business? Will we?
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 8: About to Give Birth
July 6, 2009 at 12:00 PMchangye,
fortunately, 给孩子起名 has already been covered.
But you are right - we can from here on follow the life of small 李于 until he dies - a cuddly Cpod Sim.
Almost in real-time (the series so far took about 7,5 months). Lots of topics to cover: No sleep at night, first teeth, beginning to crawl, being able to sit, first teeth, first word, birthday party, entering the kindergarten, first day at school, puberty, love, sex, becoming a parent, becoming a space explorer, encountering strange phenomena in the Kuiper belt, lost on an extrasolar planet...
Did I just get carried away?
Posted on: Pinyin Sections 1-2
July 6, 2009 at 8:04 AMBabardwan,
because it is basically an "u" (or unpronounced when followed by an "u"). You find all the "w-s" in the "u" column, 1st row.
BTW: For the same reason the "y-s" are under "i" and "ü".
Posted on: Hate is a Very Strong Word
July 4, 2009 at 7:11 PMPete,
thank you! Very helpful explanation!
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
July 4, 2009 at 6:34 AMI am with paulinurus - it is a matter of convinience.
I have to take a train each Tuesday morning - a 2 hours ride best filled with Chinese learning.
I get up at 4.15 and download lesson materials (including Expansion and Audio Review) while gulping down two cups of espresso. If the lesson is Intermediate upwards that is OK, otherwise I need to look out for surrogates. Of course, I could "prepare" in advance by having enough material on my notebook. But I always forget that and just hope for a higher level lesson.
Posted on: Hate is a Very Strong Word
July 4, 2009 at 6:28 AMThe one I find most tricky is 嫌 (xián) because it so easily slips by my ears...
真讨厌嫌这个单词！
Where would that be on the scale - between 不喜欢 and 讨厌?
Posted on: Pinyin Sections 1-2
July 3, 2009 at 7:23 AMchanelle,
Ha! Just give us more of those ü-sounds! We are not afraid.
But I think that are some universal problem syllables. Oh, how I hated sentences like 骑自行车去吧...
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 2:23 PMMatt,
if that is the survey I am thinking of, it has been done quite a while ago - in wilder and rougher times (and those days I already voted against chaos).
Currently, the surprise factor has (fortunately) already been limited by the fact that we now exactly know what levels to expect during the week. And thanks to N&F we also know the contents. Only the weekday is missing.
(Disclaimer: I am a German who is perfectly matching the old Hofstede results: Risk avoidance to the limit).
Posted on: April Fool's
July 16, 2009 at 4:59 AMIn addition to raygo's explanation.
快 is not only "fast/quickly" but also "soon".