Lesson Comments

Only had a quick listen to the dialogue but how did the shop assistant know so well what laoba went for? I guess he could be a regular customer or I c... Read more

thanks bodawei...really interesting. The Chinese seem to love their homophones...it seems to me the majority of such beliefs revolve around homophones... Read more

The classic Chinese Christmas gift is the 苹果 (apple). 平安 pīngān (peace) sounds like苹果的苹 pīng (apple)。 在圣诞节前夕我们可能和睦相处。。zài shēngdānjié qiánxī wǒmen... Read more

Hi QiuXiang There's nothing deeper going on. :) The verb follows 地 and precedes 得. And in spoken Chinese they sound exactly the same anyway,... Read more

嘎嘎，因为老师喜欢布置作业！ Read more

当然可以！ Read more

haha, shuo de hen gao xiao/ Read more

Oooh.. I can actually understand some of what is being said. I thought to myself, "There's no way I can understand these lessons yet but I'll have a l... Read more

I have a feeling the answer to this question is going to go over my head, but I'll try anyway. 得 versus 地 So in the dialogue it's 突然地放大 but 调得太快.... Read more

Hi Jack, I always enjoy learning different idioms. Is this one Flemish or Dutch? I tried Googling it, and found an article discussing a book calle... Read more