User Comments - lotsofwordsandnospaces
lotsofwordsandnospaces
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明
March 31, 2009 at 8:12 AMI clearly live in the literal world, and the articles are a little beyond my level. I am really interested in how yu fēnfēn indicates the authors state of mind...I appreciate the fēn character's implications in other words, and where it derives from - but I can't make the leap to state of mind.
Is 'yu fēnfēn' an uncommon choice of words in this time period? I fully understand how English can distort and clearly show a state of mind (I am thinking of Hunter S. Thomson for some reasdon :)
Posted on: Does it Have Bones?
March 30, 2009 at 10:24 AMVery useful stuff!
For me I don't like too many bones in my food, because I am trying my best not to imagine a dead anumal lying on my plate!
... I have only been eating meat for less than 3 years and I really need to broaden my horizons. Especially before I head off to Ghana!
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
March 27, 2009 at 8:45 AMWhat I would like to be able to say is
- huì, dànshì... not when you stare (at me)!
that is a sentence structure I need to learn!
Posted on: I want to buy this one
March 26, 2009 at 5:14 PMJust to clarify what changye said, the second example he gives uses 是不是 (shìbushì) - literally 'is not is'.
It is a really common and useful construct in Chinese "are you or are you not ...?"
The 'is' 是 (shì) can be changed to good 好 (hǎo) to make "is it good or not" and so on. You can probably blag a few questions using the x-bu-x formula...
Hope that helped/didn't make things worse!
Posted on: Buying a Bouquet of Flowers
March 24, 2009 at 1:59 PMHey Changye,
Thanks, as ever, for the insight! No dictionary goes too far into the species name, so it is hard to tell without asking!
Cheers again,
Posted on: Diet Coke
March 24, 2009 at 1:55 PM"people on the can" sounds like it means "people on the toilet" in American English - certainly if my diet of American films are anything to go by.
Good stuff Pepsi!
Posted on: Cheering
March 24, 2009 at 10:07 AMThis has to be one of the funniest dialogs on Chinesepod!
Posted on: Barbecuing
March 23, 2009 at 2:50 PMI want to just ding what perle said - Is this a popular melody in China? Does it have alternative lyrics?
Posted on: Pleco, Anki and Activity Streams! Plus, Fishing!
March 23, 2009 at 8:24 AMGreat to see Chinesepod still innovating, I think the new activity feature is superb.
The one thing that the site seems to be sorely missing is nested comments. Half of what makes Chinesepod great is the community - you get some great insight from the listener's and teacher's comments. It would be great if you could follow a conversation thread - however I would hate this feature to be added at the expense of the site's simplicity... so I will wait patiently!
Have a great week Cpod!
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明
March 31, 2009 at 8:33 AMMost tabloid headline writers seem to only know a few musicals in the UK.
"HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE KOREA?", and
"SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC, CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS" (Caledonian Thistle vs Celtic score 3:1)
...being two famous examples.