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Posted on: Dinosaurs
August 24, 2009 at 7:13 AM

@Henning,

Very glad to hear that the dinosaur lesson is creating some buzz in your house. I'd love to learn some dinosaur words in German from your son.  

Posted on: Dinosaurs
August 24, 2009 at 4:36 AM

@xiaophil,

I am not at ChinesePod today. But I've talked to Shenyajin about your request. Hopefully, you can receive it in time. If not, we do sincerely apologize for the problem. And thank you for your understanding.  

Posted on: Dinosaurs
August 24, 2009 at 2:25 AM

There is a dinosaur theme park in 常州/Changzhou, a city a few hours’ drive from Shanghai. I am guessing it might be a bit tacky.

Posted on: 把 Humbug
August 22, 2009 at 2:47 AM

Hi Poddies,

Notice the addition to today's Qing Wen? Yes, in the 'dialogue' section, all the sample sentences are listed  with pinyin, translation and you can click to play. There is also PDF transcript. All Qing Wens will be in this format from now on. Enjoy!

Posted on: Grab Some Veggies From the Store
August 21, 2009 at 10:20 AM

@bodawei,

Interesting development. I've been to quite a lot of places in China, Kunming seems to be an exception.

Posted on: Grab Some Veggies From the Store
August 21, 2009 at 5:56 AM

A good word to know for buying veggies and food in general in China is 斤/jin1, it's half a kilo. It's the unit of measurement used in China.       

Posted on: Grab Some Veggies From the Store
August 21, 2009 at 2:21 AM

What a wholesome lesson! Hope all especially vegetarians like it. One side note, I heard that in Taiwan, 土豆/tu3 dou4 means peanuts (花生/hua1 sheng1 on the mainland), not potato. Any Poddies in Taiwan?

Posted on: It's My Birthday!
August 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM

@ncmuck,

生日快乐！

Posted on: It's My Birthday!
August 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM

@milanromeo, 'What is the day today' is 今天是星期几？/jin1 tian1 shi4 xing1 qi1 ji3?/

星期/xing1 qi1/ means week. Monday to Sunday is 星期一 、星期二、星期三、星期四、星期五、星期六 and 星期天。

Posted on: It's My Birthday!
August 20, 2009 at 2:49 AM

I notice that many non native speakers of English (myself included) tend to confuse the words 'day' and 'date' when asking what's the day/date today. It might partly be that the two words sound slightly similar, but we tend to say 'day' when we should say 'date' and vice versa.