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"A few years back I lived in Shanghai for six months" 可以说：几年前我在上海住了六个月。 “住” is an intransitive verb, 不能说“我住了XX”,要说：我在 XX 住了 X 个月/X年。 Read more
I'm in China and can verify that "there has been disruption". I've had all kinds of trouble with an assortment of sites, not just Chinese Pod. Hopef... Read more
Thank you for your comment. I tried all of the expansion sentences and dictation, the audio are all working. Are you in China? If so, it's very likely... Read more
Very good lesson, the usual mix of interesting grammar, instructions on how to say thing, plus having it tied into contemporary Chinese social realiti... Read more
Also, not sure why, but when entering a comment in the last week or so, the font for some reason is very small, but then it comes out normal size when... Read more
接听。。。1st option in 2nd set of matching exercises ...should it be 接通? Is 接听 commonly used? Read more
In the dialogue, 二十七八岁, if I wanted to extend it to: 27, 28 or 29 years old, could I do 二十七八九岁? If so, how far can you go with it? Read more
Yep, shuo1guo is as it is pronounced. I'm not sure about the niceties of pinyin rules, so I'm not sure if it is standard to express it as shuo1guo in... Read more
Thank you lujiaojie for your example! And thanks to Jenny for the precious explanation of where to put 了when using measure words in the sentence. :... Read more
“接听”就是“接”这个动作。接听 is formal, you can just say 接，接电话，电话没人接。 “接通”，是指“有人接，联系上了”。 所以是：电话没人接听。后来，电话接通了！（“接通”就是有人“接听”了） Read more