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Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: Date with a Nerd
October 16, 2007 at 2:50 AMJust a minor typo in the PDF pinyin for shu1dai1zi. It is written shu1dan1zi. (Although dan1zi is also a valid word meaning "item list").
Posted on: Motivational Speaker
October 5, 2007 at 4:14 AMyeah..definately a Chinese "Matt Foley who lives in a van by the river"...loved those cheesy Chris Farley speeches....great lesson..motherhood statements i can use at my next meeting...
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
October 1, 2007 at 12:52 AMExcellent lesson. Just a technical question...some of the Intermediate Dialogue exercises have problems opening the first sentence in the dialogue. Seems just to hang. All the other sentences open OK with the speaker symbol. Anyone else having this problem ?
Posted on: Death by Ninja
September 15, 2007 at 2:31 AMNow send those Ninjas after those businessmen shipping the toxic toys overseas !
Posted on: Condoms
July 5, 2007 at 6:09 PMHow do you say "I would like the extra large size" :)
Posted on: Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
July 4, 2007 at 12:42 AMThere's a problem with the file download with this lesson. It will only download a small portion of the total 3.19mb and then it quits.
Posted on: Using 又 (yòu) and 再 (zài)
June 26, 2007 at 4:56 AMAnother Qing Wen lesson I would like to see: Explain how to use the negative in Chinese. Most learners, including myself, have problems using "Mei You" and "Bu". A Chinese friend told me that "Mei You" is for the past tense and "Bu" is for the present tense. But I would really like CPOD to clarify this. Thanks Amber, Connie and Ken !
Posted on: Using 又 (yòu) and 再 (zài)
June 24, 2007 at 4:57 PMCan we also have a Qing Wen episode that gives examples of when we can use a whole word and when it is OK to use just part of a word ? examples: Hai Pa (afraid)...sometimes just the "pa" is used Te Bie (especially)..sometimes just the "te" is used Thanks for a great new feature !
Posted on: Reduplication of Verbs
June 22, 2007 at 11:45 PMVery informative ! Thanks ! Does reduplication also apply to "less friendly" phrases ? For example, can you say "Bi bi zui" (shut shut up) ?
Posted on: Familiar Face in Jizhou
October 18, 2007 at 3:18 AMGreat story. Can't wait for the next episode. Question about this sentence: Bu4 yao4 ming4 la ? yao4 ming4 = "very taxing" according to the vocab section But the sentence is translated as "Don't you value your life ?" So, would this be an idiomatic expression where you would not translate literally ?