Lesson Comments

Posted on: Sending a Text Message

On July 01 at 4:30 PM by HongKongNik

What's the difference between 等 and 等等? Do I get it right that the latter implies a demand / order / request? Read more

Posted on: Picking Up a Friend at the Airport

On July 01 at 4:17 PM by pretzelllogic62

Thank you, architpol, for uncovering some of the ambiguity here!  At first "Today I put you guys hard-at-work" came to mind, then it became... Read more

Posted on: Buying a Bike

On July 01 at 3:04 PM by pretzelllogic62

Is it also all right to just say 'sān bǎi wǔ kuài' rather than just "sān bǎi wǔ shi2 kuài" as said in the dialogue? Read more

Posted on: The Pen and Paper Mystery

On July 01 at 2:23 PM by pretzelllogic62

A question concerning the third tones expressed and not expressed in the next-to-last expansion sentence: Is the pattern in the 1st four tones ex... Read more

Posted on: Didn't you get my email?

On July 01 at 2:09 PM by alison11

xièxie nǐ Read more

Posted on: Rock, Scissors, Cloth

On July 01 at 2:06 PM by pretzelllogic62

Sorry, but confusion has returned as I see in the last expansion of lesson #1243 that 'xiě de' has been put in the present tense as "You write really... Read more