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Posted on: Carpooling
On June 16 at 12:13 AM by rich

Of course in this lesson the carpooling was a bit different than we think of it, that is, it wasn't a bunch of people going to work together like in t... Read more

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On June 15 at 11:28 PM by rich

Yes, they all appear to be working now. Read more

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Posted on: Language Exchange
On June 15 at 11:22 PM by rich

Great explanation Tal. And as I mentioned above, there is a Qing Wen that covers more of this: WithstAnding 和，跟，and 与 http://chinesepod.com/less... Read more

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Posted on: Language Exchange
On June 15 at 11:14 PM by rich

There are always exceptions, and also goes by what is commonly said. I'll just let a Qing Wen do the talking, a very helpful lesson even to Interme... Read more

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Posted on: Language Exchange
On June 15 at 11:08 PM by rich

Has botfa said, it is kind of like having the "ing" in English. It doesn't have to mean "now" because I could say 我在休息的时候你可以来 (wǒ zài xiūxi de shíhou... Read more

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On June 15 at 10:50 PM by rich

Remember also the 是……的 structure...it is just used to stress the question word in the sentence as the main focus. Read more

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On June 15 at 10:49 PM by rich

You're welcome. It almost seems here that the missing noun after the 的 in your case is just 人..."You are a person from what place?" This "missing noun... Read more

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On June 15 at 10:49 PM by floalvarez

问题在括号里面： @7:21    “ 行呢 ” 现在我们再来看。    @7:48    “ 会能 ” 改观。 Read more

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On June 15 at 8:35 PM by timothygstout

对。是在美国的。谢谢你的最好的建议。我下次可以用这个。不太多人愿意浪费钱！ Read more

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On June 15 at 7:15 PM by guolan

当时你在什么国家？在美国的话，你可以这样解释，“奶奶，不系安全带，我会被罚款了“。很多老人不愿意浪费钱，她可能会为了钱的原因改变想法，系安全带。 听起来，你是一个最好的孙子！ Read more