User Comments - nicolas
nicolas
Posted on: What does 厉害 (lìhai) mean, anyway?
December 21, 2007 at 3:23 AMFrench youngsters often say "c'est trop !" (it's too much!) when they find something 厉害 in the positive sense.
Posted on: Presentation on Trends
December 20, 2007 at 2:57 AMJenny makes enjoyable to listen the most boring subject. You too, Amber !
Posted on: Most Frequently Asked Question in China
December 17, 2007 at 5:39 AM@tage this QW + these two lessons: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/nationalities http://chinesepod.com/lessons/where-are-you-from/ = no need for another QW on that topic, IMO.
Posted on: Using ChinesePod
December 14, 2007 at 2:35 AMgoogle : 8,020,000 for 一个话 6,080,000 for 一句话
Posted on: Using ChinesePod
December 14, 2007 at 2:35 AM一句话 meaning a spoken word, what about 词 ? is 词 usually used in the context of a written word ?
Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 12, 2007 at 3:16 AMxiaohu, you misunderstood my (too) tongue in cheek sense of humour. I totally support you. I was making a fool about some persons who feel they need to explain how irrelevant your problem is to them.
Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 11, 2007 at 2:50 AM@ xiaohu, Let me make it clear that I don't support your idea, for one of the following reasons: "I learn Japanese, not Chinese" "I am deaf" "I was born yesterday" "I don't use Chinesepod (happy just watching Dashan on CCTV 9)" "I use 21 MP3 players, one for each file of each day of the week" "I prefer to listen to the radio when I drive alone" "My wife talks to me all the time when we drive together" "I don't want to bother Chinesepod staff" "I just don't care about anything these days" "I don't want to be seen as if I were whining" "I learned to be satisfied with what I am being offered in life"
Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 10, 2007 at 3:14 AMFunny that sometimes when a user sends a complain (which is usely a request for a solution to his/her problem), some users feel the need to step in and explain how irrelevant the problem is to them: "You have that problem when you,drive. Personally I don't drive, so I don't mind." "You have that problem because you use only one MP3 player. Personally I use two, so I don't mind" Their motivation is a complete mystery to me. What harm could it do to them if Chinesepod finds a solution to xiaohu's problem other than selling his car and buying another MP3 player ?
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 10, 2007 at 2:20 AMI didn't catch the expression used by Jenny for "apartment complex".
Posted on: Automated Phone Recordings
December 22, 2007 at 12:58 AMAnne, It's natural that you can't hear the third tone there. Here is the explanation : "Attention au "deuxième troisième ton", lorsque le troisième ton est suivi d'une syllabe au premier, au deuxième ou au quatrième ton... la voix descend, comme au début d'un troisième ton, mais elle ne remontera pas." Footnote, p.12, Le Chinois sans Peine, tome 1, La Méthode Assimil Translation: "Beware of the "half third tone", when the third tone is followed by a syllable in the first, second or fourth tone...voice goes down, like in the beginning of a third tone, but will not go up again."