User Comments - jckeith

Posted on: The Final Show

I wish her all the best and welcome any and all competitors to the Chinese-teaching arena!

Posted on: 赤壁之战

@jennyzhu

Haha. I wish my Chinese was advanced enough to detect "youth language" in Chinese. As it stands now, it's all just Chinese language to me. I'm way out of my depth in the Advanced section. Ask me this question again in a few years ;)

Posted on: 赤壁之战

I really liked the movie. 三國之見龍卸甲 is another good Three Kingdoms era movie. Anybody else seen it?

Posted on: Going to Church

@shenyajin

Though I'm not a Christian, I'd say there really isn't a "right" way to pray. It's up to each individual.

Posted on: 未来世界大战

Heh, I should have known that ChinesePod would be one step ahead already. Thanks for the tip.

Posted on: Hong Kong Visa Run

Very interesting, Changye. I've often thought that I would be quite tired after a full day of speaking Chinese (haven't attempted this yet, though). It seems that even native speakers are sympathetic to this view!

Posted on: 未来世界大战

Anybody care to share their favourite strategy genre games with us?

I'm currently playing Empire: Total War. I'd be interested to know what Starcraft is called in China. This game is hugely popular in Korea. The televised matches are like football games here in the U.S.

Posted on: Hong Kong Visa Run

Strangely enough, I find the neutral tone to be the trickiest to get right, aside from the third tone. Second tone feels the most natural to me.

Posted on: Taking it all off

Personal attacks aren't constructive criticism. We already had to endure a round of this when Amber left and a few poddies lost their collective minds and lashed out at the rest of the staff.

Posted on: How have you been?

Actually, this rule only applies to 不. There are a few special rules like this in Mandarin. See here for a helpful explanation.