User Comments - xiao_liang

Posted on: The Shanghai Literary Festival

Customs officials have their own rules, often more restrictive than you'd imagine. But China is very very sensitive when it comes to HIV. Have you heard of the HIV villages in central china? Whole villages of people were infected through a botched blood donation programme, introduced originally (it's thought) by truck drivers crossing poorly controlled borders.

It's sad, but not surprising.

Posted on: How many family members do you have?

Double response! I am honoured :) Thanks both :)

Posted on: Instant Noodles

This a very very very useful lesson! Although I'm going to have to listen to it a couple of times to get all that vocab down.

Posted on: How many family members do you have?

So would you use 口 to describe any member of your family? For example

我有一口哥哥。
wǒyǒuyīkǒugēge.

Or would it be

我有一个哥哥。
wǒyǒuyīgègēge

Or interchangeable as per the above explanation of the north/south divide?

gege ge gege.....

:)

Posted on: Let's Just Be Friends

Hmn. Searching cojak.org, I suppose 小蜜 (xiǎobì - a mistress...) is similar? 有姘 (yǒupīn - to have illicit sex?)？性伴侶 (xìngbànlǔ - sex partner)？

Gosh, this is an education.

Posted on: Flying a Kite

I worry about you, bababardwan.

Posted on: Meeting ChinesePod's Teachers

I tried to send you a message, but it says you've elected to not receive emails! Send me the chords please! (although I'll play it on the piano...)

:)

Posted on: New year, new lessons, and a reminder of new prices!

I think if you say "gosh" in Birmingham, you get stoned. At least where I live :-p The politest Brummie version I could think of is "YUUUWWOOOOORRRRR?" (you what?) but usually it's a teensy bit more expletive-laded. Love my area :p

Anyway, more Sarah on the podcasts :) I'm off to start a fan club.

Posted on: Earlier and Later than Expected: 才and 就

He's just imagining he's been waiting for his chinese food for an hour.

那我们不要了！

Posted on: He's boring

Ah ok, just one of those flavour things then. Many thanks for the help.