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On February 24 at 7:03 PM by Mingmao

Thank you for tackling this topic. I have often heard that 的 is used for emphasis. How do we know, when constructing our own sentences, when to 的 an... Read more

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Posted on: Nope, You Cannot!
On February 24 at 6:09 PM by stevinsjs

Just a quick note: 41 words or unique short phrases in this lesson. Still need to memorize the tones and how to write them. Read more

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Posted on: Dialect Party Mix
On February 24 at 2:03 AM by 280153930

I liked this lesson! I'm a Flight Attendant for a major USA airline. When I work our Hong Kong flight, we have two Flight Attendants who speak Cantone... Read more

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On February 23 at 11:24 AM by 356010815

Thank you for this lesson, especially the mnemonics. However, I still have great difficulty to discriminate between 地 and 得. For example, are the 2 ex... Read more

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Posted on: Taking the HSK
On February 22 at 10:16 PM by michaelrodgers

I cannot imagine why they would still have a handwritten portion to this test. Literally all of my business is conducted by computer/email and I imagi... Read more

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On February 22 at 12:27 PM by 864773897

Cool.  Guys teach me Mandarin easily and sometimes hard. Read more

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On February 22 at 4:55 AM by YuQinCai

A likely context in this sentence might be the mom and the son are speaking at 11 p.m. at home. The mom suspects that the dad isn’t coming home... Read more

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Posted on: A Wasteful Husband
On February 22 at 4:19 AM by YuQinCai

I’m seriously explaining 去你的 here. So…literally, 去 is to go, to leave; 你的 means your (way). 去你的 literally translated as “go to... Read more

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On February 22 at 3:46 AM by YuQinCai

Ya. Here are some more example sentences to say it in Chinese way, rather than just translating from English. You could say 对我来说,中文比较好学,因为我小... Read more

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On February 22 at 2:10 AM by Gwilym-ChinesePod

Sorry, it's something to do with how the URL of the grammar wiki ends with ["] which is messing it up. Anyway, it's here: https://resourc... Read more