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pchenery
Posted on: Dorm Life: Late For Class
December 26, 2007 at 9:54 PMThanks for the explanation of the repeating verb pattern: "da youxı da dao tian liang?" Is this an example of a "descriptive complement" grammar structure ?
Posted on: Getting Dressed
December 11, 2007 at 3:41 AMThanks Amber ! The examples really help to clarify things (and yes, they are funny too). I need to review that Qing Wen lesson on using "mei you" and "bu". :)
Posted on: Getting Dressed
December 7, 2007 at 3:30 PMIn the sentence: "kuzi lalian mei la", can you substitute "bu" instead of "mei" to form a negative ?
Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 1, 2007 at 10:02 PMTingLan, yes, I have the same problem. I posted about this on the CPOD Forum. AuntySue indicated it is probably a "bug".
Posted on: An Anonymous Tip in Jizhou
November 14, 2007 at 3:38 PMI have noticed that the PDF dialogue in this lesson (and some other lessons) uses the 1st tone mark for 空. Should this not be the 4th tone ?
Posted on: Make-up
November 11, 2007 at 10:57 PMThe last line of the PDF dialogue needs to be fixed... :)
Posted on: Getting a Date
November 11, 2007 at 9:06 PMThe word for free time = kong4 空. The PDF dialogoue also shows this as a first tone. Dictionaries also show it both as a 1st and 4th tone. Which is correct ?
Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
October 30, 2007 at 2:25 AMbing1 qi2 lin2 / bing1 ji1 ling2 Both terms are used for "ice cream". Perhaps it relates to regional preferences as to which term is used ?
Posted on: Pricey Beer
October 19, 2007 at 2:31 AMHmm..its amazing that two beer-drinking canucks, Bob and Doug Mckenzie, are known in China. Da Bai Bei (Great White North).
Posted on: Dorm Life: Late For Class
December 26, 2007 at 11:02 PMIn the lesson, John says "Ni shuo Zhongwen hen hao" , to give an example of a wrong grammar pattern (since the "shuo" has to be repeated). However, can you say "Ni shuo Zhongwen de hen hao" ? Here, I did not repeat the verb, but added the "de".