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chris, are you sure it isn't 配 pèi 4th tone you are using? That means matching and can be used on food terminology, eg. 配料 pèi liào means ingredient.... Read more

For coffee, commonly would use 加 jiā, e.g. 咖啡加糖 咖啡加奶不加糖 （coffee with milk and no sugar) For "coffee with 1 sugar" you would drop the 加 for co... Read more

Is there a reason we always first learn 太太tàitai and 先生xiānsheng and only much later 老公，老婆 ? After I use 太太, people usually look at me a bit strang... Read more

Hi veronique, when talking about food and drink, I often use "陪/péi" which means to accompany. For example, if I am ordering a tuna sandwich with fri... Read more

definitely preposition - although I agree the pronunciation varied a little during the podcast! Read more

There is an older QW 0114 : How to Say "and" in Chinese , where you will find still more entrances like: 还，还有，也，一边..一边，又..又，in another context. Read more

thanks,John Read more

Hi Connie,Jenny,Greg, it took me a second before I understood why you wrote the word withstanding "WithstAnding". 我一直享受你们厉害的请问，这么有助的，而且明确的说明，多谢！... Read more

啦 (la) is a contraction of 了啊 (le a). So: 回来了啊? (huílái le a?) Read more

Hi ! Thanks for this useful lesson. In French we say very often "and", so it's sometimes difficult to not use so often prepositions in Chinese. Could... Read more