reality test
carolynh
October 04, 2008, 11:13 AM posted in General DiscussionThanks Chinesepod and a belated congratulations on the big 1000 lessons! This is by far the best language learning tool I've found short of actually being there. Yesterday was a big test - I took two visiting Chinese academics to a local wildlife park and we managed to communicate pretty well. The most useful lesson for this purpose was, of course, the famous Forrest Gump 'Zhe shi shenme dongwu?' lesson. Can anyone remind me of the Chinese word for kangaroo? (I know it has the character for 'pocket' in it).
Thanks again - brilliant work.
Carol
henning
October 04, 2008, 11:28 AMCarol,
袋鼠 (dàishǔ) = "pocket mouse" = kangaroo