User Comments - nicolas
nicolas
Posted on: Buying a Newspaper
March 8, 2008 at 8:07 AM甚麼書？還？ traditional characters ? why ?
Posted on: Flowers and Bugs
March 8, 2008 at 12:34 AMExpansion sentence reminds me to request another time if CPod could give us a simple 数学课
Posted on: Flowers and Bugs
March 8, 2008 at 12:31 AM蝴蝶 (hu2dié2): butterfly 蟑螂 (zhang1lang2): coackroach Looks like, with insects, every character has the 部首 虫 to memorize 蝴蝶, I see something like a reckless (flying) disk (as in 蝶)
Posted on: Stargazing
March 7, 2008 at 1:01 AMbazza, Looks like this guy wasn't thinking with his brain anymore.
Posted on: My Scooter Won't Start
March 6, 2008 at 2:19 PMyou too, 明天见 !
Posted on: My Scooter Won't Start
March 6, 2008 at 2:00 PM对, 我喝醉了
Posted on: My Scooter Won't Start
March 6, 2008 at 1:21 PMauntie68, what is your problem ?
Posted on: My Scooter Won't Start
March 6, 2008 at 1:19 PMchangye, I am lucky to live in Shanghai and be able to check with locals. 我知道了 means "I new it already before you told me". While 我才知道 means "I now realize what I didn't know before" However, as you will notice in previous CPOD lessons, 我知道了 is often used by Chinese in the sense of 我才知道
Posted on: My Scooter Won't Start
March 6, 2008 at 10:26 AMthen, sorry Changye !, no big difference with: 我知道了 perfect example in this dialogue: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/asking-the-bus-destination/dialogue
Posted on: Flowers and Bugs
March 8, 2008 at 11:01 PMooops, I meant "disk (as in 碟)". Disk or dish.