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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 8:35 PM by Right-Wingnut

Lets make sure we separate the 2 claims here. I am saying with certainty that Putonghua and Mandarin are not exactly the same thing. Mandarin vs Pu... Read more

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Posted on: Time for a Holiday
On October 28 at 3:09 PM by chinesecatherine

Hmmm.... must be different time in China - Christmas Day and Valentines day are never the same day of the week :) Read more

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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 1:19 PM by Purrfecdizzo

I thought that 汉语 referred to Mandarin, and there are other names for the other dialects such as Cantonese 粤语... Am I wrong? Read more

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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 11:34 AM by bohan2007

I went to the Wikipedia page. It says that 汉语　is the same as 中文。I'm not sure if that's right. Maybe it is, I'm not sure Read more

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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 11:32 AM by bohan2007

also, you're saying that Mandarin is different that 汉语？ Read more

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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 11:32 AM by bohan2007

so you're saying that Mandarin is different than Putonghua? Read more

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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 8:26 AM by Right-Wingnut

Hi bohan2007, I think you are confusing 'Mandarin' with 'Putonghua'. Mandarin is a language that consists of numerous dialects which are divided... Read more

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Posted on: Lessons Per Week
On October 28 at 7:34 AM by bohan2007

I have a question about what John said at about 6 minutes and 50 seconds into this lesson. He said that 汉语 is the language of Beijing. From what I... Read more

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On October 28 at 5:51 AM by guolan

我经常把上涨和下降混起来。这个请问很有用。 Read more

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On October 28 at 1:57 AM by byronmeinerth

I'm from the US, and I've usually figured at least 24h notice is the minimun I try to give people if it's anything that requires some sort of preparat... Read more