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General Discussion - A Week in the North Country
Hope we get to hear something about what you've learned!
sushan
General Discussion - 教你学中文
@miantiao 呵呵,i can understand.you know,my english teacher often said that chinese people to learn english called chinglish .但是我没有想过您们也存在同样的问题。哈哈,我相信你的中文能力会得到更大的提高的。 我也会加强我的英语水平,说一口流利的英语,not englese. ...
tina2858
Qing Wen - 你好 (Nǐhǎo) is a Many-Splendored Thing
@taipan "Ni hao, lao gong" "Nin hao, TaiTai" Is there a difference between "Ni hao?" and "Ni hao ma? “你好”与“你好吗”的意思是一样的。但是用法不一样的,“你好”是用在问候语当中。“你好”=“hi,hello” , “你好吗”=how are you?...
tina2858
General Discussion - i am sad
对不起啊,我用错别字了! you are right! 或许我也不了解您们的思维方式。
tina2858
General Discussion - A boy named @
I don't think that the goverment's intervention is strange at all. Perhaps in the US it's ok to call your child Apple, Fairy, etc ;) but most countries have some kind of law to prevent ridiculous choices. Even more so in the case of punctuation. (My own name s...
waitingroom
General Discussion - Ahma sings a kiddie song!
@barbs i was rolling on the floor after i saw it. queer phone for a straight guy, includes fashion tip software, and some great add ons, its a female homophone.
miantiao
Cantonese Speakers - Not necessary
Of course, you don't need to speak Canto fluently. We're here in this group to learn. :)
hitokiri6993
General Discussion - Writing Excercises
@skedzinger - Skritter doesn't ignore stroke order completely. If you put a character together in the wrong order it lets you know by flashing on the bit you should have done first. It's still in beta though and is perhaps not everyone's cup of tea. I do find ...
tal_
General Discussion - Review of Praxis' competition: FrenchPod101, ArabicPod101 etc
I have been using arabicpod.net for the past year and I think it's brilliant. As well as podcasts they have games, videos and interactive software. It's way better than arabicpod101 in my opinion
user14904
General Discussion - Newbie lesson: Ahma's poem
tvan, 谢谢你!
azerdocmom
General Discussion - Another Newbie(-ish) poem by Ahma
...and here's a second poem recitation by Ahma that I've dragged out of the archives...thought the poddies might enjoy it...a second time around http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/755
azerdocmom
DVD - Boyfriend's duties (useful vocab)
Key Vocabulary 负责任 (fù zérèn) taking responsibility负责 (fùzé) be responsible for养 (yǎng) raise (provide food)义务 (yìwù) duty权利 (quánlì) right欺负 (qīfù) bully, take advantage of and暑...
kimiik
General Discussion - I'm Hooked on CPod
Honker, I'm afraid there's no going back now. You're now one of us! Ken
kencarroll
Newbie - Does it Have Bones?
学习中文的方法和如何认识更多的热情好客的中国朋友 http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/4862
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News and Features - Fingers, Food and a Mystery Video
学习中文的方法和如何认识更多的热情好客的中国朋友 http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/4862
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News and Features - The New Series is So Close, We Can Taste It!
学习中文的方法和如何认识更多的热情好客的中国朋友 http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/4862
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General Discussion - 认识 vs. 知道
我认识他。(mostly used for knowing sb) 我知道这件事。(mostly used for knowing sth)
skyfx
Shakespeare - Help choose which group icon.I'll go with whatever gets the most votes.
Thanks gesang and urbandweller, That's 2 votes for Cobbe,1 for Fu Xiru,and zilch for Shakespotter. I just managed to upload the Cobbe though it is a little widened.Not sure whether to crop it so it fits in without distortion or just include the whole portrai...
bababardwan
Advanced - 鲁迅
势利 was just introduced in this lesson. I hoped that Cpod would make a whole lesson around this interesting concept of 势利 and explain in detail the characteristics of a 势利小人.
kimiik
General Discussion - NEED PARTNER TO LEARN CHINESE?
Hi~ everybody. My name is Qing. I can speak good chinese. Of couse i can teach you. i hope i will become your good partner. Believe me , you can learn the chinese is most usefully!
qianqian1220