User Comments - putonghualover
putonghualover
Posted on: Korean or Chinese?
April 10, 2015 at 8:20 AMSometimes we can tell but other times we just can't.
More often than not Han Chinese, Koreans, Manchurians, Mongolians, Japanese and many Vietnamese people look similar...
Posted on: Korean or Chinese?
April 10, 2015 at 8:19 AMJoyce, I think you look Korean. Or can pass for Korean.
Posted on: This Coffee is a Ripoff!
April 10, 2015 at 6:49 AMIs Constance also from Taiwan? Also, are all the other show hosts and voice actors/actresses who do recordings of the dialogues from Taiwan?
Posted on: How many people are in your family?
April 8, 2015 at 4:35 AMRich, you know what I find interesting..
Every single textbook that I've seen that either come from Mainland China or otherwise teach Mainland-style Mandarin, all teach 口 as the measure word for counting the number of people in families but this popular textbook published in Taiwan (called Practical Audio-Visual Chinese) has been the only textbook that teaches as 个.
Posted on: Eating in Korea
March 1, 2013 at 7:23 AMWhat's interesting is if you go to certain districts in many big cities in Korea where Korean-Chinese (中国朝鲜族人) migrant workers do business, there are so many restaurants that serve dog meat. They have signs like 延吉狗肉汤, etc.
They also eat dog in the Philippines which I heard is prepared in a completely different style than how Koreans prepare it.
The only meat I never really liked is horse meat. So rough...
Posted on: What's Your Job?
February 3, 2013 at 5:50 AMLol.. how would you say an "activity director at a nursing center"? Thanks.
Posted on: How do you take your coffee?
February 3, 2013 at 5:26 AMAnother question (related to syntax this time)...
Where the male speaker says ".. 牛奶不要", it okay to say ".. 不要牛奶" instead?
Posted on: How do you take your coffee?
February 3, 2013 at 5:13 AMWhat's the correct way to say "creamer (powder form for coffee)" and "baby formula (powder)" in Mandarin?
Posted on: What's up?
February 3, 2013 at 4:23 AMIs it any different if I add 了 after 好久不见? Also is it true that if somebody says 怎么样怎么样 (twice) it means he's mad or upset? Thanks.
Posted on: Asking for the WiFi password
April 12, 2015 at 8:09 AMAt the end of the conversation, the male speaker says 可以上了，谢谢。
Could I replace that with 上得到，谢谢。or 上到了，谢谢。?
Thanks.