Lesson Comments
房子 has a lot of ambiguity, but two words mentioned in the dialogue, apartment and condominium, also can be quite ambiguous. In the US I often hear peo... Read more
"I believe rats are actually cats, and a mouse is actually a house. lets talk about it over email as to avoid embarrassment" lol [love your example... Read more
In a nod to Scandinavian sensibilities, which tend to be a bit less tolerant of such behaviour, when one of the two princes of Denmark crashed his car... Read more
I don't know if it is just me, but Japanese seemed so hard to learn when I was studying it. I am not sure if it is actually harder, or if I just had a... Read more
As far as the 'inbox me' comment, I don't expect or want anyone to inbox me simply over a disagreement, what I meant was if I say or do something in t... Read more
George, "if anyone should find disagreement with anything I say or do, I would kindly request that they inbox me their malcontent rather than post... Read more
Very interesting. The nomenclature for muroid rodents in Japan seems to have more in common with China than the English-speaking world -- i.e. Japanes... Read more
Dear Chinesepod staff and fellow Chinesepod subscribers (the fact that I am replying to RJ should not indicate that I am directing this solely to him,... Read more
Hi richwarm2, yes and yes. The 老 prefix in front of animal names is a Chinese thing. ねずみ・ネズミ nezumi is usual for reference to general rats/mice. I... Read more
I wasn't that surprised when I heard Dilu's reaction about bread not being 面食. This type of separation between foreign and domestic happens all the ti... Read more