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Posted on: Why, why, why??
July 20, 2007 at 3:48 PM

Rich, Thanks for the link. Hmm... is it possible that the Chinese are the lost tribe?

Posted on: Why, why, why??
July 20, 2007 at 1:50 PM

Also, thank you for continuing improvements like the grouping of vocabulary according to the lesson it came from.

Posted on: Why, why, why??
July 20, 2007 at 1:24 PM

A propos this bizarre writing system, those who do not already know the work of John DeFrancis would probably be intrigued by “The Chinese Language, Fact and Fantasy” . Champollion’s secret for deciphering the Egyptian Hieroglyphs was the realization that they were phonetic. One of the things I love about Chinesepod is that one can learn the spoken language without having to learn the characters.

Posted on: The Olympics on TV
July 13, 2007 at 12:16 PM

Thanks danjo and Amber

Posted on: The Olympics on TV
July 12, 2007 at 1:34 PM

Hello Amber, Is the bo1 of zhuan3 bo1 the same as jung1guo2 bo1 ke3 ( our beloved cpod? ) Does that mean broadcast lesson? And if so, are other podcasts that are not lessons also boke? Also, has anyone noticed that the “a5” particle at the end of a sentence to indicate a soft questioning (“ Ni shr cong Jianada lai de, a”) is suspiciously like the Canadian particle “eh”?

Posted on: Chinese Money Denominations
June 19, 2007 at 5:09 PM

Executer, Dui4bu4chi3. jen1 bu4hao3yi1sile. Our current Präsident brought that word to mind. That and the fact that trying to find a German word in my mind is like rooting around in an old toybox of faded blocks and broken trucks.

Posted on: Chinese Money Denominations
June 18, 2007 at 2:28 PM

Anne, Leide kann ich nicht wirchlich Deutch sprechen (selbst verstandlich) aber ich danke Sie. Sie sind vielleicht zu junge fur errinen Sie sich, aber ein mal die Vereinignen Staaten hatten ein fuhrer nicht wie jezt , der hat “Ich bin ein Berlinner “ gesprochen.

Posted on: Chinese Money Denominations
June 18, 2007 at 1:58 PM

hi Amber, Thanks for looking into this. Here's a partial list of words that don't play from my vocab list. Kou3wei4 Nai3xi1 Xue3gao1 Bing1qi2lin2 Xiang1cao3 Mei3shu4guan3 Tao3yan4 Zhong4 bing4du2 Die2yong4 Lei4 You2yong3chi2 Xiang1cao3 is especially odd because it plays in the lesson's vocabulary but not mine.

Posted on: Chinese Money Denominations
June 18, 2007 at 2:44 AM

Bill, Thanks, I already have a bookmark there and agree it's a good site. But I like to use audio flashcards in cpod and am frustrated by the number of words that lack audio files.

Posted on: Chinese Money Denominations
June 17, 2007 at 1:42 PM

bitch, mumble, gripe department: too many vocabulary words lack sound files.