User Comments - martijn819

Posted on: Using a Dictionary

This lesson was just auto added by the group.

Talk about resurecting an old lesson -- something tells me these older intermediate lessons are a wee bit harder than "modern day" intermediate lessons.

Posted on: Check Your Spam

谁打电话给你 sounds smoother to my ears., I am however pretty sure that I have heard both used interchangeable.

But of course, maybe someone with a better understanding of the finesses of Chinese can explain this.

Posted on: Learning about Levels

I think the new progress bar thingy is a great motivator.

I am enjoying ticking off lessons and seeing that bar move ever so slowly (forever) towards the next level.

Posted on: Going on a Picnic

Or as my wife lovingly calls all Dutch dishes: baby food.

Just mash and boil it until it falls to pieces. I can see the point, but then again its nice variation from rice every day.

Posted on: John and John Talk Cheese

My own most wanted feature for the iPhone app: 

Being able to set "Simplified" or "Traditional" in the settings menu and lock it down. 

At the moment it seems to depend on the Safari connection underlying the app. Which gives me a horrible mixed bag of Simplified and Traditional (my thing) characters in the flashcards.