User Comments - wildyaks
wildyaks
Posted on: Nationalities
December 24, 2007 at 4:16 AM哪 is the question particle of "where" as in 哪儿,哪里, and 那 is the locative particle (dont' know if this is the correct gammatical term) "there". They don't have the same tones. The question particle is third (I think) and 那 is fourth tone.
Posted on: Using ChinesePod
December 10, 2007 at 2:13 AMThere is no vocabulary...
Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
December 9, 2007 at 2:23 PMI think it is the conjunctive mode, as in "Are you the kind of person who would take part in the various surveys on the internet?" The English translation does not convey that, but the Chinese does, IMO.
Posted on: Turbulence
December 9, 2007 at 12:56 AMlydia, yes it means "travel together". They probably do not work in the same work unit and had to make some effort to ask for leave and coordinate the dates...
Posted on: Hard of Hearing
November 17, 2007 at 5:14 AMchangye, ha, ha... I will take your warning to heart. No more walking backward.... Coming to think of it, I have never heard an accident reported because of that very exercise. Have you?
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 17, 2007 at 5:03 AMAnd where exactly is SpanishPod based? In Mexico? The US?
Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 17, 2007 at 5:03 AMAnd where exactly is SpanishPod based? In Mexico? The US?
Posted on: Hard of Hearing
November 17, 2007 at 3:28 AMThat was one of the first things that struck me as "unusual" when I came to China the first time - everybody exercising in the streets: Old people walking back-wards or other such "strange" things as slapping their body, groups of middle-aged women doing dances (aerobic, disco, ethnic folk dances, you name it), people of all ages doing taiqi... When I was more energetic, I enjoyed those early morning hours running around the track at our university, joining in with people of all ages doing their morning exercises.
Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 17, 2007 at 2:02 AMI don't think any of the Cpod staff is up yet, since last night they had their grand birthday bash. 不醉不归... I would think. Hope you guys had fun. Sorry to hear that Eileen is leaving. Wish you the very best for your next stage in life. You are returning to the Philippines?
Posted on: A Present from Santa Claus
December 25, 2007 at 2:43 AMTo listen to Cpod lessons, download them, get involved in the community requires time and energy. To learn Chinese requires even more time and energy. So much fun to be able to combine the two. Cpod has re-instilled some enthusiasm and motivation for the learning of Chinese (I study Chinese more by necessity than out of personal interest). Thank you Cpod team for great lessons that keep me interested and keep me learning. Thanks to everybody in the community for being part of this venture of learning Chinese! After half a year of premium subscripition I actually feel that I am making progress. Such a shame I did not have time to work through lessons for about a month now. Hope that I can slot in more time in the coming weeks...