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Posted on: Hot Soup
February 28, 2008 at 7:35 PM

in the traditional pdf it says "dianr3" but it sounds like "diar" is this just a typo or am I missing something?

Posted on: The First Tone
January 24, 2008 at 4:04 AM

kaliyaa, I have the same problem with my voice going too high when I speak (especially the first tone). A friend of mine (male) said that all the men in his level one class (taught by a woman) had trouble because her voice was so much higher pitched and imitating her pulled up all his tones and he has now worked to correct them all back to his range. I think women have this problem too because (at least in cpod) the women all have higher pitched voices than me so I have to correct all my tones down a few notches as well. If I'm repeating after someone I wait a second or two and then start in my own range.

Posted on: Using Verbs 不出来 , 得出来
January 24, 2008 at 3:54 AM

I'm still a Newbie so some of the Qing Wen's go over my head. I'm still not sure what this structure communicates, is it just ability or inability to do the verb?

Posted on: What meat is this?
October 23, 2007 at 2:53 AM

can someone tell me how you would say "sesame chicken"?

Posted on: Please let me through!
October 23, 2007 at 1:03 AM

I was wondering what you say for "excuse me" when you are trying to get someone's attention I know qing(3)wen(4) for asking a question, but could you use jie(4)guo(4) to say (for example) "excuse me, you left your sweater" or "excuse me, I'm interested in talking to you about...."