<![CDATA[Comments on: What Would You Like to Eat?]]> 2009-07-06 18:00:00 <![CDATA[By: pearltowerpete]]> Constructions like 好吃 （hao3chi1 tasty) and 好听 （hao3ting1 pleasant-sounding） are easy to understand. “Good" plus "a verb" equals "lends itself to that verb." Tasty food is "good for eating" and so on.

]]> Constructions like 好吃 （hao3chi1 tasty) and 好听 （hao3ting1 pleasant-sounding） are easy to understand. “Good" plus "a verb" equals "lends itself to that verb." Tasty food is "good for eating" and so on.

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> To add a few high frequency words to Pete's list, there are also 好看/hao3 kan4/'good for looking at', i.e. pleasing to the eye，好玩/hao3 wan2/'good for playing' meaning fun, 好笑/hao3 xiao4/good for laughs, i.e. funny，好用/hao3 yong4/'good for using', i.e. user-friendly.

]]> To add a few high frequency words to Pete's list, there are also 好看/hao3 kan4/'good for looking at', i.e. pleasing to the eye，好玩/hao3 wan2/'good for playing' meaning fun, 好笑/hao3 xiao4/good for laughs, i.e. funny，好用/hao3 yong4/'good for using', i.e. user-friendly.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Do they tend to speak Chinese or French in the French  restaurants in China?

]]> Do they tend to speak Chinese or French in the French  restaurants in China?

]]> <![CDATA[By: jennyzhu]]> @bababardwan,

Only in extremely posh French restaurants will waiters speak some French.

]]> @bababardwan,

Only in extremely posh French restaurants will waiters speak some French.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> Jenny,

谢谢beaucoup.

[If we can have Chinglish,would you call that Chrench,Chench,Chinch,Frenese? or something else?]

]]> Jenny,

谢谢beaucoup.

[If we can have Chinglish,would you call that Chrench,Chench,Chinch,Frenese? or something else?]

]]> <![CDATA[By: mikeinewshot]]> My hotel in Shanghai was next to a hugely expensive French restaurant.  However, I did go in and talk to the (?)head waiter - He told me that he didn't speak French but was thinking about learning it!  The was also a smell of disinfectant, so we left - overenthusiatic cleaning I think ...

In Guangzhou I went to a nice French restaurant on the river.  The person who took my order was French.  I thought she was the boss, but she told me she was just a hired hand.

In Yangshou there was a 'French' restaurant which did steaks - not very good and not very French really - just Western style.  No French speaker in sight.

]]> My hotel in Shanghai was next to a hugely expensive French restaurant.  However, I did go in and talk to the (?)head waiter - He told me that he didn't speak French but was thinking about learning it!  The was also a smell of disinfectant, so we left - overenthusiatic cleaning I think ...

In Guangzhou I went to a nice French restaurant on the river.  The person who took my order was French.  I thought she was the boss, but she told me she was just a hired hand.

In Yangshou there was a 'French' restaurant which did steaks - not very good and not very French really - just Western style.  No French speaker in sight.

]]> <![CDATA[By: bababardwan]]> In Shanghai,are the French restaurants mainly to be found in the old French concession? How much Frenchness is left in that district?

]]> In Shanghai,are the French restaurants mainly to be found in the old French concession? How much Frenchness is left in that district?

]]> <![CDATA[By: pearltowerpete]]> Hi bababardwan

I love the French Concession, and lived there last year. Some of the architecture is wonderful and charming. But there's not much Frenchness left there. Actually, even back in the old days, there were many more Russians (many "White" exiles from the Soviet Union) than French. 

But then you add in forty or so years of often-anti-foreign political turmoil and it's no wonder the Frenchness is almost non-existent.

Hi mikeinewshot

I chuckled to read your comment about overenthusiastic cleaning. Actually, you can thoroughly clean a house with nothing but vinegar and baking soda, but no one seems to.

]]> Hi bababardwan

I love the French Concession, and lived there last year. Some of the architecture is wonderful and charming. But there's not much Frenchness left there. Actually, even back in the old days, there were many more Russians (many "White" exiles from the Soviet Union) than French. 

But then you add in forty or so years of often-anti-foreign political turmoil and it's no wonder the Frenchness is almost non-existent.

Hi mikeinewshot

I chuckled to read your comment about overenthusiastic cleaning. Actually, you can thoroughly clean a house with nothing but vinegar and baking soda, but no one seems to.

]]> <![CDATA[By: brendaninaus]]> Hi mikeinewshot,

If it is the French restaurant in Yangshou I went to when I was last there, there food might not be so French, but they do do a good French onion soup. One of the best I have ever tasted.

]]> Hi mikeinewshot,

If it is the French restaurant in Yangshou I went to when I was last there, there food might not be so French, but they do do a good French onion soup. One of the best I have ever tasted.

]]> <![CDATA[By: go_manly]]> I hope no-one minds me posting the link to my dictionary again. I know some people have a problem with double-posting. There may be Newbies out there who don't access Qingwen. I will also post it after the next Elementary lesson.

If you want a character-based dictionary in PDF form containing all the Newbie and Elementary vocabulary from Cpod, click here.

When you get there, click the blue 'Download Now' button. After you get redirected, wait for the countdown to finish, then  "Click here to download this file".

And thanks everyone for the positive feedback.

]]> I hope no-one minds me posting the link to my dictionary again. I know some people have a problem with double-posting. There may be Newbies out there who don't access Qingwen. I will also post it after the next Elementary lesson.

If you want a character-based dictionary in PDF form containing all the Newbie and Elementary vocabulary from Cpod, click here.

When you get there, click the blue 'Download Now' button. After you get redirected, wait for the countdown to finish, then  "Click here to download this file".

And thanks everyone for the positive feedback.

]]>