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Posted on: Jenny and Learning 2007 conference
November 9, 2007 at 3:39 AMYou like Radiohead?!?!? Marry me...
Posted on: Excuse Us!
November 6, 2007 at 10:55 PMamber: Thanks for posting the examples! chris1: Here is a Qing Wen on that very subject from back during the summer....well, summer in the States anyway. These older Qing Wen episodes are kind of hard to find, but if you go to the Q&A section and hit the "Go" button next to "Order by..." you should get the complete list.
Posted on: Excuse Us!
November 6, 2007 at 2:15 AMI second the motion to post the examples....pleeeeeease :-)
Posted on: Don't Underestimate the Power of 呢 (ne)
October 30, 2007 at 2:41 PMI know... I was very surprised that OpenVanilla didn't recognize it. I mean, for crying out loud, I hear it in movies all the time!
Posted on: Don't Underestimate the Power of 呢 (ne)
October 30, 2007 at 2:43 AMGreat stuff, guys. Very helpful info on the use of particles. However, my question isn't about 呢, rather it's about the pronunciation of 谁. It's really a funny coincidence, but just today I was about to pull my hair out trying to type 谁 on the computer. I had always heard it pronounced and written "shéi." However, when I typed that in, I got *zero* character suggestions. It wasn't until I looked up the character at zhongwen.com that I found the alternative "shuí," which is also how Amber entered it in her comment above. When I tried that, I finally got the character I wanted. Anybody know what the story is behind this duplicitous little word?
Posted on: How many people are in your family?
October 22, 2007 at 2:40 PMThere was also another family lesson back in September...
Posted on: Gymnastics
October 22, 2007 at 2:26 PMthanks amber!
Posted on: Gymnastics
October 20, 2007 at 11:23 PMSpeaking of 漂亮 (piàoliang)... Brings back memories from junior high when my friends and I all had crushes on the girls from the US gymnastics team. *sigh* I digress... In the last line of the dialogue, could you also use 训练 (xùnliàn) instead of just 练 (liàn) by itself? Is there a big difference between the two? BTW, this lesson didn't show up on my home page...
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 19, 2007 at 10:20 PMHaha! I've never heard anyone compare the taste of something to bandaids. That's hilarious.
Posted on: Aric and more Aric!
November 9, 2007 at 3:39 AMYou like Radiohead?!?!? Marry me...