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simonpettersson
Posted on: Assembling IKEA Furniture
December 6, 2009 at 9:27 PMQuestion: the word 拧 is given as second tone níng in the vocab and dialogue, but according to nciku, níng second tone means to wring or pinch, whereas third tone nǐng is to twist or screw. In the dialogue it is clearly used in the "twist or screw" sense. Shouldn't it be third tone, then?
Posted on: 次，遍，趟: Measuring Times
December 6, 2009 at 6:32 PMI haven't listened to this yet (but this discussion is really making me anxious to), but here's my thought on the issue: ChinesePod is supposed to, as I understand it, be a complete language course, able to take you from no knowledge to advanced and confident without a need for outside material. Sure, speaking practice is great and all, but if you have to get some other teaching material because there's something you can't learn though CPod, then I think that's a shame. Risqué language is also language and if I go to China and don't know that stuff, but am fluent otherwise, I might encounter some pretty embarrassing situations.
Posted on: Pirates under attack!
December 4, 2009 at 6:36 AMTECH ISSUE: This lesson's Dialogue Only mp3 is cut short at around 25 seconds.
Posted on: Jason and Sarah
December 3, 2009 at 4:53 AMJohn: The way I interpreted chas33735's comment is that he is unable to check/uncheck the checkbox that toggles auto on or off.
Posted on: Pirates under attack!
December 3, 2009 at 4:07 AMPIRATES!
Posted on: Jason and Sarah
November 30, 2009 at 10:02 AMChatherine: Don't say things like that unless you mean it. Don't play with my heart.
Actually, a series set on a Chinese junk with some buckling of swash would be completely radical.
Posted on: Jason and Sarah
November 30, 2009 at 8:51 AMSo I don't listen to the News and Features until Mondays at work so this is the first time I heard this show, so PIRATES! Pirates pirates pirates pirates pirates pirates pirates pirates pirates PIE-RATS, people!
We're gonna have a friggin' pirate lesson! ChinesePod you are wonderful I love you! We have a ninja lesson and now a pirate lesson NO OTHER CHINESE LEARNING SITE HAS THIS!!!!!
Okay, calming down now.
(pirates!)
Posted on: Picking things up: 拿、带、取
November 29, 2009 at 4:24 PMI think the "aggressive interactions" are very funny.
Posted on: Picking things up: 拿、带、取
November 29, 2009 at 8:54 AMHey, wait a minute! When did we get a dialogue tab for Qing Wen? That is so awesome!
Posted on: Winter Wonderland
December 7, 2009 at 7:08 AMjianxuexi: The flashcard program will automatically jump to the next card after a second or so delay if you click the correct/incorrect checkmarks. You don't need to click the arrows. That's why you're skipping through every other card. Stop clicking the arrows and it should be fine.