User Comments - pearltowerpete

Posted on: No Need to Take off Your Shoes

Hi threecats33 and lisamann

The 啦 in 你来啦 Ni3lai2la is the combination of 了le and 啊 a. It gives a softer, more welcoming feeling than just saying matter-of-factly, 你来了.

Sorry about the late reply.

Posted on: I want to buy this one

Hi lisamann

You are right, 少 shao3 is a third tone word, but it is pronounced as a neutral tone in 多少钱. So there is no tone mark. 

Hi fionaliumofiona

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Posted on: Have you been to Beijing?

Hi stanimal

By common convention, the 的 is omitted after 政治 or 文化. There's really no hard-and-fast grammatical rule here, it's just how it works.

Posted on: The Surname Code

Hi pinkjeans

Jiaojie says it sounds a little strange to say 子小孙. You would be better off with 孙中山 or 孙悟空.

Hi infusiastic

P.S. You can also say 竹字旁 的竺.

Posted on: Let's Go to Beijing

Hi bobrobelka

The "keys" you're talking about are called "radicals," from the Latin for "root."

This is a rich field of study. Learning the 214 traditional radicals or the 188 simplified ones (there is a lot of overlap) will be very helpful in your studies. They're an invaluable way to break apart words and make them easier to remember. Plus, they're fascinating.

Your Chinese dictionary is probably organized by radicals. That would not be a bad place to start.

Posted on: Agreement on Exclusive Representation

Hi andreasurfer

这个“所”跟英文的”which" 有一点像。

这就是一种语法结构: 所（动词）的... = That which...

譬如： 我所说的（话）－－　the things (which) I said

这个说法听起来有一点正式，但大概是这个意思。

Posted on: The Surname Code

Hi lavender86

I'm not really sure which pronunciation your 薄 has when it's a surname. But you could say 薄片bo2pian4的薄 or 薄片bao2pian4的薄， both of which are possible pronunciations.

Hi infusiastic

Yes!

Hi wjeffreys

You're right, Sun Yat-sen had several names. He started as 孙文, and is also sometimes referred to as 孙逸仙 sun1yi4xian1. But for practical purposes, 孙中山 is the best known name.

Hi brims

This is one case where a historical allusion would work well. So you could say 北魏的魏 bei3wei4 . This refers to the Northern Wei dynasty of the fifth century CE. Or 魏晋wei4jin4的魏, which refers to the period 220-420 CE of the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Hi yikes121212

Most people with your surname just say 双人徐, shuang1ren2xu2, "the xu with the two-person radical."

Posted on: I want to buy this one

Hi imreallytryinghere

You've come to the right place! The rest of the listeners and I look forward to answering your questions and helping you learn.

Posted on: 老上海印象

Hi christudent

非常感谢你把歌词贴上来，挺有趣。

你说的也没错，从清末民初一直到“解放”，上海的小流氓不少。黄金荣啊，张啸林啊，杜月笙啊。建立新中国以后，很多都跑到香港和台湾去了。

当时政府特别腐败，杜月笙还当过海关部门的领导，对他进口鸦片很有利哈哈。

我估计很多外国人想到三十年代的老上海就会联想到“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom．＂　还是那部电影里面的一首歌说的对：“Anything Goes."

Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod

Hi jeremylee

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