User Comments - ruyide
ruyide
Posted on: I don't want it!
June 28, 2008 at 9:58 PMBillm,
Thanks for the suggestion.
Another question: if you say "tai pianyi le" would the dumbfounded vendor just stare at you and let you get away?
Posted on: I don't want it!
June 27, 2008 at 9:27 PMWould "bu xiang" be a softer alternative to "bu yao", which might be considered too abrupt in some circumstances?
Posted on: Dealing with Praise
March 24, 2008 at 5:34 PMa lot of the audio is missing from the expansion section of this lesson
Posted on: Don't Litter
February 12, 2008 at 9:16 PMthe sound in the expansion section of this lesson does not work properly.
Posted on: Getting Water Delivered
January 7, 2008 at 9:51 PMAmber - sorry to be pedantic, can I take the liberty of correcting your spelling mistake (English that is, not Chinese). The plural of storey is storeys, not stories.
Posted on: Tone Rule: Two Third Tones
December 27, 2007 at 9:21 PMSorry to come so late to this discussion but hope my contribution is useful. Why is xiaojie (Miss) always written xiao(3)jie when it is pronounced xiao(2)jie. This is misleading for beginners.
Posted on: My Foreign teacher
November 8, 2008 at 9:42 PMLoginaj
I did a one month stint as a volunteer last year using most of my annual vacation from work. I went under the auspices of Global Volunteer Network and paid for the privilege. I imagine it would be difficult to find paid employment for just one month.
I made a hash of the 'teaching' which was arranged by GVN, at a junior school (xiaoxue) in Yantai, Shandong Province, but got a lot out of a genuine 'Chinese' experience and would recommend it to anyone of any age (I was 62 at the time).
Hope this is of some help.