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crystal_counselor
April 15, 2010, 06:06 AM posted in General Discussion
davidtzau
April 08, 2010, 01:34 PMCrystal,
I apologize for cancelling last night. I will study the lessons to prepare for next week.
davidtzau
October 08, 2009, 02:18 AMHi Crystal,
Is it still holiday time over at Chinesepod? I thought we were going to practice tonight as we skipped last week Sept.30th. In any case, I'm ok with deferring until next Wednesday at 9pm CST (Oct.14). Can you send me week 5 of the plan so I can study ahead.
Thanks
crystal_counselor
October 09, 2009, 12:03 AMhi, this is the email that you were supposed to receive.
Dear student,
Between October 1st and 8th, China will celebrate both the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC and the annual Mid-Autumn Festival.
Your ChinesePod teacher will be on leave during this period and, therefore, unable to take classes. Your subscription will be extended accordingly, to make up for the missed class time, and our Customer Support Team are available to address any questions or issues you may have.
Thank you for your understanding. We wish you all the best for the festival period!
Regards,
ChinesePod
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Jiaojie Lu
Academic Developer
Head Counselor
Praxis Language Ltd.
Suite A301, 2452 Wanhangdu Road
Shanghai, China
200051
davidtzau
November 10, 2009, 04:28 AMCrystal,
I have to cancel the Wednesday meeting again. I have a major presenation to prepare for this week. I should able to meet Wednesday, Nov.18th at the same time (9pm CST)
Thanks
crystal_counselor
November 10, 2009, 06:37 AMOK!
davidtzau
November 18, 2009, 02:40 PMCrystal,
I won't be able to make the scheduled appointment tonight again. I have a work function I need to attend. Let's meet same time next week. I am studying!
davidtzau
November 26, 2009, 02:26 PMHi Cyrstal,
I have a question regarding proper usage for the words, "want", "like"
During the lessons I have heard the following combinations. This is my interpretation. Can you let me know if this is correct?
我喜欢 - I like... used to describe what you like
我要 - I want. this is something my kid would say, not very polite. Is this often used in adult converstaion. I find it quite strong
我想 - I would like - this is different from 我喜欢 in that it is describing a further action... that I would like something?
Thank you.
davidtzau
September 10, 2009, 01:37 PMvery good practice last night. I feel like I am already improving.
crystal_counselor
November 27, 2009, 02:10 AMHi
我要 is often used in adult converstaion, it's not so strong as you think.
想， it must be followed by a verb when it means "would like", 想+do something, for example, 我想喝一杯咖啡 wo3 xiang3 he1 yi4 bei1 ka1fei1.
and when it is followed by an noun, it means "miss" , 我想你=i miss you.
davidtzau
December 17, 2009, 03:25 AMAlways a pleasure to practice with you. 谢谢你
The explanation between 有没有 and 要不要 helped me a lot.
Have a happy holidays, and 我们聊天 on Dec.30th
davidtzau
December 17, 2009, 03:26 AMBased on today's vocabulary... can I say
我们再聊天
as in, "We'll chat again next time"
davidtzau
December 17, 2009, 03:30 AMI forgot, my other hobby...
我爱好是自行车赛跑. I did this for many years, stopped, and just started again last summer.
crystal_counselor
December 17, 2009, 07:37 AMhi, you can say "我们下次再聊"
and we just say 自行车比赛 instead of 自行车赛跑.
Wish you all the best for the end of this year.
davidtzau
January 28, 2010, 03:19 AMit looks like skype is having problems. my text messages are not even going through. Oh well. we'll reconnett next week
davidtzau
March 24, 2010, 07:28 PMCrystal,
I have several important meetings tonight and can not make the lesson. Can we meet again next Wednesday March.31st at the same time?
Sorry for the last minute notice.
crystal_counselor
November 27, 2009, 02:07 AMHi
我要 is often used in adult converstaion, it's not so strong as you think.
想， it must be followed by a verb when it means "would like", 想+do something, for example, 我想喝一杯咖啡 wo3 xiang3 he1 yi4 bei1 ka1fei1.
and when it is followed by an noun, it means "miss" , 我想你=i miss you.
davidtzau
September 03, 2009, 02:23 AMCrystal,
Thank you for taking the time today to speak with my broken chinese. It was embarassing. I hope to get better at speaking Mandarin.
With regards to my goals, I am trying to position myself to be able to converse at a business level. If I were to work in Beijing or Shanghai, I would like to be able to understand what is being discussed and to be able to converse with a team of chinese employees. I would like to understand the business culture in China as well, what are the expected customs, and what not to do.
I currently work as an E-Commerce Manager for www.cdw.com and would like to improve my language skills to better position myself for the future, as well as stay in touch with my culture. I am Chinese and it is embarassing that I do not know how to speak Mandarin.