Lesson Comments
Wonderfully useful lesson. Thank you. (: Read more
Hi Mikeinewshot, I worry about this a lot because my principal goal in taking up the study of Mandarin was to produce the sounds as accurately as... Read more
Yes, Jenny, 平舌音 and 翘舌音 are more of a problem for understanding, at least for me. Thankfully, Chinesepod voice actors seem to have no trouble clearly... Read more
Question about 炸 -- Jenny says zhà, but the Supplemental Vocab shows it as zhá (and Pleco also shows zha2 for "fry"). On a... Read more
I don't understand... why are people putting 'r' in places? is it just slang? Read more
Good lesson! Both sides had very good arguments which, of course, cannot be expounded in such a short time. Just two itsy bitsy remarks: - what'... Read more
Very useful lesson. This has been a nagging puzzle for me for a long time. I would have liked a few more examples of the 势 words though.... Read more
Perhaps you are far more perceptive and discriminating than me, as I have not noticed that Chinesepod vowels are different to 'standard vowels'. What... Read more