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lester
Posted on: Ordering a Steak
May 3, 2007 at 10:24 PMRecently, I moved to a new cubical and the former occupant left behind his his chinese menu. I'm having a blast picking out the characters and recognizing a bunch just from this lesson alone. From this lesson, I've also figured out that 牛奶 (niu2nai3, milk) is more specifically cow's milk. As opposed to mother's milk (hanzi/pinyin anyone?). Are other kind's of milk available in China, for example, goat's milk? Is milk consumed much in China? It seemed to me that butter was not.
Posted on: Black or Green Tea
May 2, 2007 at 9:53 PM...and... At a restaurant where we had flower tea, they provided sugar crystals, each about the size of a small candy, to sweeten the tea. Are these only served with hua1cha2? Do they have a name?
Posted on: Black or Green Tea
May 2, 2007 at 9:48 PMChrysanthemum tea is a flower tea, but it flower tea the same as chrysanthem tea? I went to Tea Street in Beijing back in January. Next time I go, it would be nice to know more of the tea market lingo. Any suggestions?
Posted on: Black or Green Tea
May 2, 2007 at 9:45 PMChrysanthemum Tea. Is that ju2hua1cha2 (菊花茶）?
Posted on: Ordering a Steak
May 2, 2007 at 2:32 AM我很喜欢拼音和汉子在拍。 I really like the pinyin and hanzi in the picture. Brilliant! I just finished studied another lesson on ordering food and this one just showed up. You're reading your students' minds.
Posted on: What'll it be?
May 2, 2007 at 2:14 AM... and the same sentence occurs in the exercises. #4
Posted on: What'll it be?
May 2, 2007 at 2:11 AMHi Jenny, In the expansion, the hanzi says "你想去北京？" but the speaker and the english says "你想不想去北京？" ...但是我很喜欢这个lesson...
Posted on: Invitations to Eat (original)
May 1, 2007 at 11:16 AMHi Jenny, I know this lessson is over a year old, but it's definitely a classic. I use "请(qing3)" for "please" so often that I forget it also means "to invite". Thanks also for the "不起(bu4qi3)" constructions for "can't afford"; this will be very valuable for me next time I'm at the silk market in 北京.
Posted on: Internet Cafe Rates
May 1, 2007 at 2:46 AMupon reviewing the vocabulary, maybe i'm an all-around-newbie...should have used wang3ba
Posted on: Colors Song
May 4, 2007 at 11:43 AM很美的音乐。可以说漂亮的歌吗？很好听。 Colors are wonderful parts of our lives. And music is an entire set of colors in and of itself. You've done a great job connecting up a billiant subject in a lovely setting with a beautiful medium. So relaxing and engaging. My avatar is what my morning in Delaplane, VA looks like while studying this lesson.