User Comments - triphazard
triphazard
Posted on: Can you Speak Chinese?
April 4, 2008 at 10:13 PMXie4 xie Jenny, the info is very useful especially since I wasn't sure how to use 'zhen1 de'. My cousin told me that if you used "Zhen1 de ma?" You can say "Zhen1 de."
Posted on: Buying a Pet and Food Poisoning
April 4, 2008 at 8:11 PMI was actually wondering, if you buy your food from a good market then clean it and prepare it yourself, is it less likely that you would get salmonella or any food poisoning?
Posted on: Can you Speak Chinese?
April 3, 2008 at 2:29 AMGreat lesson! Is there any way to truly say that you can't speak much Chinese even through the norm of modesty? It would seem a bit wonky not being able to say many things and they interpret it as, "Oh, they're just being modest."
Posted on: The First Tone
March 14, 2008 at 4:22 AMJust a question, is there any hint in written Chinese as to how to pronounce a character that is used for different tones? (Like: gan4 and gan1)
Posted on: Updating Old Lessons
March 10, 2008 at 7:08 PMOh, that's great then. I had never really thought of listening to whichever lesson I wanted. I was going from the earliest on!
Posted on: Updating Old Lessons
March 10, 2008 at 6:11 AMI tried a bit of Spanish myself but I'v enoticed that the Chinese language is less complex than Spanish, in that there aren't so many words that you could do without. The tones are the hardest part for me and a friend of mine who started learning Chinese about three years ago said I have them right on, so I guess now I need to continue reviewing these wonderful lessons!
Posted on: How have you been?
March 10, 2008 at 6:03 AMGreat lesson! Thanks for explaining things simply. This was extremely helpful. Xie4 xie!
Posted on: The Second Tone
March 5, 2008 at 6:29 AMJenny, I usually follow the pdf's that come with each lesson. It is really useful to see what the tone is so I can practice it and see it. I must sound crazy chanting "Wang2 Xian1sheng" while listening to one of the earlier lessons...
Posted on: The Fourth Tone
February 27, 2008 at 6:49 AMGreat lessons on tones! A friend of mine who started learning Chinese about 3 years ago asked me to say something in chinese, and when I did he said I had the tones totally correct. Wonderful lessons!
Posted on: Can you Speak Chinese?
April 5, 2008 at 3:51 AMI was wondering if you need to have a question mark after you already have the question marker "馬". It would actually work if a question mark wouldn't be needed.