Lesson Comments
Jenny, Is Nexus One not 3G-capable, or you don't have 3G service? I have not tried SKYPE from my iPhone over a cellular network. 4G is rolling out i... Read more
Sorry, that should obviously be: Jenny 说：“‘豆’ 是一个 ‘bean‘ 吗？“ Read more
Boy, that was quick! I was in the process of editing out my question because I read Mike in Ewshot's post when you must have put in your reply. But... Read more
Do you have any citations or descriptions of Professor Tang's work? Read more
'Virtually useless if you don't have 3G' I use it at home and in free wifi hotspots so I'd say it's useful for me. But I can't sit down at the park... Read more
Sorry, Ken, but if I hadn't been taking medicine all these many years for one of my medical problems, I probably wouldn't still be here to get you and... Read more
John makes a great point about the use of jieshao (介绍）and how it doesn't perfectly map with "introduce" in English. John is great at mentioning these... Read more
Thanks, Jenny, but I'm not convinced there aren't hidden rules. Let's take a typical jawbreaker sentence: 本书是根据国家对外汉语教学领导小组办公室所颁布的《中国汉语水平考试大纲》（出、中等... Read more
The Ouyang Yu book I have made some references to before has a chapter that largely discusses the way Chinese ups the ante on English in this respect... Read more