User Comments - zhenlijiang

Posted on: Some uses of 些

Oh OK, good. I wasn't as sure, I meant to say.

What about 里?

Posted on: Some uses of 些

I would go with 在……之间. 在这些 QingWen 之间，你最喜欢的是哪一个课？

The 里 I think could work, but not the 从. 从 indicates a starting point of reference, whether temporal or locational.

I think 在……当中 is also good, but not as sure as w/之间.

In any case, as always, am happy to be corrected if I'm off!

Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 12: A Dodgy Opportunity

Hi--the Exercises are the "old school" ones! They don't work well (with certain browsers?)--the matching is a nightmare. Please update!

Also, in the Supplementary Vocab, the audio given for 合法 is hézuò.

Posted on: Changing a Plane Ticket

In this sense 过 would be to "surpass" or "exceed", "go beyond".

Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 6: An Old Flame

Baba maybe that was in the Intermediate lesson "New Years Wishes" (Bob, 看出来 is in the Supplementary vocab there).

John and Jenny talk about this ～出来 starting around 17:30.

Posted on: Changing a Plane Ticket

不过 (búguò) is "however"; it is also "no more than" (makes sense. it's the literal meaning of the characters). Which it is is evident from context. You often see 不过～而已 éryǐ. See some examples here.

http://www.nciku.com/search/all/%E4%B8%8D%E8%BF%87%20%E8%80%8C%E5%B7%B2

(Sorry, I meant to make this Reply to a recent comment of yours but didn't have time then, I think you had an example sentence with this 不过)

But of course your reply to spgowen about possible confusion with 不够 (búgòu, 'not enough') is to the point, and correct.

Posted on: 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls

Hi danchao, dahouxiaohou asked about 老子. My dictionary tells me 老子 (aside from a way of saying "my father"--much like "my old man"), is also a way of saying "I". It doesn't seem to have any third-person pronoun function.

Posted on: Boston

Thanks Bob, I guess you mean select the Group, say the Intermediate Group. I tried that but that doesn't give me any Removed lessons. I have since found a way to reinstate my Removed lessons but only as Studied lessons.

(edit) OK forget it. The link won't work. I talk about this in a General Discussions thread called "Re-Add a Set of lessons".

Posted on: 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls

Beg? 这我可不相信！ Come on we all know Connie's the boss. She only has to look your way and you know what you have to do.

Posted on: Boston

Thanks but I don't know what you mean by "select a particular level from the dropdown menu, and click the icon once". Anyhow I'm not able to get the garbage bin icon on the removed lesson page to do anything. There's more, but I'm going to try to find someplace else to discuss this.