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On January 10 at 4:42 AM by garysaville

我给你们我的电话号。 就是 911-111-1111. 我的名字是“大火”。 这个课程很有意思，因为我常常听到那个message在台湾。 Read more

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Posted on: Where's the soap?
On January 10 at 4:20 AM by JasonSch

Hi marcojane, The 'ba' in this dialog is 吧 is neutral tone and makes a sentence a suggestion. As for a third tone 'ba', you're likely thinking o... Read more

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On January 10 at 4:09 AM by jen_not_jenny

"some ((clearly non-Hawaiian)) brainwashing American..." Read more

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Posted on: Where's the soap?
On January 10 at 4:09 AM by marcojane

I keep running into the word "ba."  In this dialogue, it is at the end of the sentence where he is asking where the soap is located.  Can so... Read more

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Posted on: 多音字
On January 10 at 3:49 AM by connie

Fixed now. Thanks! Read more

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Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey
On January 10 at 3:41 AM by xiaophil

Thanks for asking. An interesting analogy, but I must say it only helps her explain her view--it doesn't really make a case. Countries are only moth... Read more

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Posted on: Where's the soap?
On January 10 at 3:40 AM by JasonSch

Hi Jbowes, Similar to English, you can use 最 in Chinese to be figurative and simply mean 'extremely'. However, you have to pay attention to context... Read more

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On January 10 at 3:33 AM by JasonSch

Thanks for pointing that out. For the record, China Telecom = 中国电信 Read more

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On January 10 at 3:32 AM by bodawei

Good stuff as usual, language wise.  But.... :) For authenticity reasons I should point out that if you call from a 中国电信 (China Telecom) landli... Read more

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Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey
On January 10 at 3:24 AM by lujiaojie

These are just the different way to practice expansion sentences. Read more