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Posted on: Wait for Me Here
May 20, 2008 at 12:37 AM

The eruworld of this lesson isn't working.

Posted on: 澳洲总理秀中文
April 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM

Auntie68 thanks for the kind words. Here's an interesting article about the right honourable Kevin Rudd and his speech. http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-rewrites-the-rules-of-engagement/2008/04/11/1207856825767.html

Posted on: 澳洲总理秀中文
April 12, 2008 at 3:15 AM

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi! (The Australian equivalent of 中国人民共和国万岁！Or USA! USA!)

Posted on: Please Speak Chinese
April 2, 2008 at 12:57 AM

I think the point is that the people serving sometimes SEE a face and HEAR a language. Instead of using their ears. Sorry for confusing you!

Posted on: The Fourth Tone
February 7, 2008 at 5:57 AM

新年快乐！ Can I make a suggestion? How about a lesson on "The second tone AND the third tone"? They're so similar to my ears; I'd like to hear them both discussed in the same lesson.

Posted on: 东京
February 1, 2008 at 5:33 AM

俳句 驻华好几年的我 赴日本发现 觉得非常面白い

Posted on: Evading Nosy Questions
January 24, 2008 at 1:58 AM

Three words. "听不懂"! Has got me out of answering a lot of stupid questions. Especially effective if you put the first two as 1st tone, last one as 4th tone. Yes, wande, it's very common. Once I was in a taxi, and I told the driver my address, after confirming he knew where it was, asked ［哇，那边挺贵的！你一个月赚多少？］We'd only just met! And this coming from a taxi driver!

Posted on: Is someone in here?
January 21, 2008 at 3:21 AM

antoniov, 对不起 and 不好意思 are interchangeable for the most part, 对不起 is perhaps the stronger of the two, but I can't really see a social situation where one is appropriate and the other is not. I wonder why a woman knocks on a stall door and where a man is doing his business. Wouldn't one of them say "sorry, I think you're in the wrong room"?

Posted on: Lost Cell Phone
January 13, 2008 at 2:57 AM

Sometimes the driver will tell you that his printer is broken, and produce wad of receipts from his pocket. He'll find one that has around the same price of your fare and ask, "拿这个吧".

Posted on: Singapore
January 7, 2008 at 1:38 PM

Isn't 普通话 an official language of Singapore? It's only non-Chinese country in which the language we are all learning is officially recognised, if I'm not mistaken.