User Comments - nicolas
nicolas
Posted on: Bumming a Smoke
January 25, 2008 at 1:03 AMI did'nt imagine that my remark made me look like a Newbie in English :-)
Posted on: Bumming a Smoke
January 24, 2008 at 2:10 AMNever heard of the expression "bumming a smoke" before. Probably not that widely used because, when you google "bumming a smoke", Chinesepod comes in the first two results with this lesson.
Posted on: Too Picky
January 24, 2008 at 2:05 AMheruilin, I don't even know how you manage to mix traditional characters and simplified characters (such as 買) when you type. I am never offered the choice to type a traditional character.
Posted on: Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
January 21, 2008 at 10:29 AMChinese pronounciation is a nightmare for me, not grammar which is relatively easy.
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
January 21, 2008 at 10:24 AMso one can use 厕所 and 洗手间 in an apartment thanks amber and sushan
Posted on: Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
January 20, 2008 at 3:22 AMfrank, as I suspect there are different ways to say living-room or bathroom for example, to have both a lesson and a QW would be good.
Posted on: Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
January 20, 2008 at 2:32 AMI support Chris1's idea. Also, I suggest a new QW on the different rooms in an apartment: room, living-room, guest-room, kitchen, bathroom, toilets.
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
January 20, 2008 at 2:21 AMHow would you say: "I want to go to the toilets" if you are at somebody's place ?
Posted on: After You
January 19, 2008 at 2:20 AM我觉得中国人可以是世界上最礼貌的人还是世界上最无礼的人 I found Chinese people can be either the most polite people in the world or the rudest.
Posted on: Extreme Chinese - 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
January 25, 2008 at 1:12 AMthanks Xiaohu, The longest post I've read sofar on Chinesepod as I usually skip reading those >10 lines. I will certainly reap some huge benefit from it. I found helencgq pronounciation tips in this thread extremely useful too: http://chinesepod.com/extra/accents-and-subway-survival/discussion