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Posted on: Flying a Kite
On February 24 at 4:31 PM by zhenlijiang

Hi Toianw, 我同意 I'd like to be set straight as well. And sorry Chris, I may have been thinking in Japanese here or something, re 同意. I use the Glo... Read more

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Posted on: Flying a Kite
On February 24 at 4:17 PM by toianw

Hi Zhenlijiang, I agree with your explanation of 答应 but I think there may be some overlap between 同意 and 答应. I reckon it would be OK to say 她同意嫁给我了. H... Read more

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Posted on: Flying a Kite
On February 24 at 3:26 PM by zhenlijiang

Hi Chris, 同意 is agreeing--you have the same view-- with someone on something. 答应 is necessarily a reply. In the sense of "agree", it would be agree... Read more

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Posted on: Flying a Kite
On February 24 at 2:27 PM by chris

One of the expansion sentences uses 答应/dāying to mean "to agree" as in "she agreed to marry me".  I have only ever come across 同意/tóngy&ig... Read more

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On February 24 at 2:24 PM by zhenlijiang

Hi yikes, 早点 = "light morning meal", "quick breakfast (food)". It comes up at 10:15 in this interview: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/inside-the-b... Read more

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Posted on: Substitute Teacher
On February 24 at 1:58 PM by toianw

Ha ha, It's not that impressive - It's a Children's version; not a translation of the original work. And if I don't understand I can just look the pic... Read more

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Posted on: Useful Phrases #1
On February 24 at 1:29 PM by bababardwan

yaosiyi, If you scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://chinesepod.com/community/team ..you will see the 10 members who have left over... Read more

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On February 24 at 1:27 PM by hua_sen

I couldn't help noticing the comment that light487  made when I came back to listen to this lesson again. Have to say that, particularl... Read more

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On February 24 at 1:26 PM by yikes121212

“我在车上 把 早点吃了” 为什么有 把 ? Read more

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Posted on: Useful Phrases #1
On February 24 at 1:16 PM by yaosiyi

Is it just me or does it seem that everyone has left? Where are the new newbie with Ken and Jenny...WHERE ARE YOU?No sign of you on the boards? Read more