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On January 21 at 6:03 AM by zhenlijiang

Thanks Kimiik, good to get clarification from a native speaker. You mean characters as in hanzi , right? Read more

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On January 21 at 5:53 AM by zhenlijiang

Hi Toianw, I took French in school (only a total of 10 years ...), have never spoken it unfortunately ... My native language is Japanese, and I grew u... Read more

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On January 21 at 5:06 AM by toianw

Hi mo_han, This 了 goes with the 马上就要 to indicate something is about to happen soon. The patter is 马上就要。。。了 where the thing in the middle will ha... Read more

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On January 21 at 4:57 AM by toianw

Hi Zhenliang, I know what you mean and agree it's to do with recognition (knowing because you've seen something/someone or been to some place befo... Read more

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On January 21 at 4:36 AM by mo_han

Can anybody explain to me the function of 了 in the first sentence of the dialogue? (马上就要考试了.)  As far as I know, it's a particle used to indicate... Read more

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On January 21 at 4:15 AM by wotingyu

Sweet marketing ploy.:) Any concerns about VOIP legislation and Skype becoming illegal? I trust you all are actively lobbying against it. Read more

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On January 21 at 4:10 AM by gijdfal

thanks! Read more

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On January 21 at 3:23 AM by svik

自己 的 事情 自己 做 。 Is this a common saying in Chinese?  It has a nice rhythm. Read more

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On January 21 at 3:16 AM by lujiaojie

字典上是”hùnxuèér“，但其实我们一般都读“hùnxuěér"。”hùnxuèér“ sounds weird. 创新能力是人的一种“能力”，我们可以说：他创新能力很强，or 他的创造性很强。可以说：这个想法很有创造性，但不能说：这个想法很有创新能力。 Read more

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On January 21 at 3:12 AM by claudielo

john is there a special ruling in placing the spaces when writing down the pinyin version? For example... first thing coming up to my mind...  加油... Read more