Lesson Comments

Are you f'n kidding about faking pregnancy as a way to trick someone into getting married? Might work on a Chinese guy but the Western guys I know do... Read more

I heard this explanation of 了 in several cpod lessons, and it seemed to make sense...but later I started doubting it. Started from another cpod lesso... Read more

That's my understanding, too. The 了inicates a change. So e.g. 别吵 bié chǎo means: "Don't make noise", whereas 别吵了bié chǎo le means: "Stop making noise"... Read more

I think that the natural rhythm of Mandarin goes very well with rock music, but most Chinese that I know don't really like rock.  So, searching o... Read more

Nice show and interesting tastes! Actually, there are not so many characters (汉字) in Jonathan Campbell's book Red Rock ;-) , but readers are introdu... Read more

谢谢lujiaojie 第二题我想问的是‘或’字。 ‘或’是不是比较正式？意思是‘和’吗？ 文章里说‘不少驱车或骑车的市。。。’ 还有第五题 关于量词 一个句子中用不同的量词来表达相同的意思更准确/地道？还是最好一句中用同样的量词？ Read more

’今天 先 简单 介绍 一下 ， 改天 有 时间 了 再 细说 吧 。’这里为什么把‘了’放在这里呢？ ‘ 都 这么 晚 了 ， 他 今天 十有八九 是 不会 来 了 。’ 这里&... Read more

Hey, nice new photo of Jenny and John on the mp3 file. 1st time I've seen it. Read more

...Actually 一万 isn't even in my dictionary. Both expressions are 万一, and thinking about it I can see how "what if" and "just in case" are very closely... Read more

I second this request. he zui is also the only term I've every come across for being drunk, regardless of degree. I am sure there must be others out... Read more