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Posted on: Text Messages
On May 02 at 5:05 PM by justinaini

太逗了from my experience with my friends when I was in China was much more casual, like if I told a joke or something along those lines, people would oft... Read more

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On May 02 at 4:23 PM by atakacs

Maybe they just wanted to ask you something. 帅哥 is a fairly common way of addressing people in some contexts (like instead of 服务员):) Read more

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On May 02 at 2:54 PM by svik

hi chris, According to lujiaojie, in an earlier thread, the measure word is important. I think this was mentioned in comments above, but I didn't... Read more

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On May 02 at 12:15 PM by watyamacallit

Yes, I'm more interested in the Chinese question - sorry for the trivial distraction. Second the BUMP BUMP for CPod. Read more

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On May 02 at 11:56 AM by aylish

John, 这首歌里面的钢琴是不是你弹的? Read more

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On May 02 at 11:30 AM by xiaophil

Bump, bump - question here for CPod (buried) - No problemo, Zhen. I understood your meaning. And Watymacallit, I can fully understand how sometim... Read more

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On May 02 at 11:08 AM by zhenlijiang

Ah I didn't mean of course that the way you speak is off-putting or rude Xiaophil. I was offering a suggestion as to why watyamacallit may have found... Read more

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On May 02 at 10:48 AM by veronique21

Very interesting lesson ! I love songs and it's very related to Chinese culture. I've got a little question. At 10'10 on the lesson,John says to Dilu:... Read more

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On May 02 at 10:31 AM by calkins

Xiaophil, absolutely! I was referring to the future with: 我先买(了)点东西,再回家去。 Meaning "I'll first (at some future point, determined by context) buy... Read more

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On May 02 at 9:50 AM by ouyangjun116

I think xiaophil is correct on the "I'm reading a book" statement. As a native English speaker this sounds fine to me and is something I would use, f... Read more