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Sorry for going off on a tangent guys. I just take it very seriously when people lie through their teethe and i think it is nothing to be taken lig... Read more
Hey Baba, Taiwan still uses the traditional Chinese age, called 虛歲. When a baby is born, he or she is considered 1 year old, basically counting the 9... Read more
if you are a serious learner that would prefer to learn more mandarin with less time, I would personally recommend you stay away from Rosetta Stone Ma... Read more
it is the same mis-translation on the PDF as well Read more
what link? Are you referring to "yeah, she's five now" in blue above? If so, that's not a link but a copy and paste job from the translation in the di... Read more
Right - a typo, should be five and a half. I think that the old 'Chinese count age differently' is disappearing, gone. Although the 了 I believe m... Read more
Very well said tgif. If I was to make a rant in this thread (don't worry I won't) it would be about the remarkable absence of the 'rip off the foreig... Read more
五岁半了 ( Yeah, she's five now. ) 。。。I presume that's a typo and should be "she's five and a half now" , right? [ at least I think the Chinese is say... Read more
小不点儿。。small but not so small as a speck Read more
calkins. Thanks mate. Useful and interesting. I knew it was basically adding a year and was related to counting the time in utero, though I was rusty... Read more