Lesson Comments

Yes, I have been wondering when to use mian4 vs. lian3 for face. (Sorry, I have yet to figure out how to do tones on my computer.) Read more

这里的“的”表示肯定语气。用不用“的”意思相同。但用“的”后加强肯定的语气。 Read more

That's interesting. I just checked nciku and it says that the 似 is only ever pronounced as shì when it is combined in 似的 shìde. Otherwise it's sì.... Read more

menglelan, 谢谢，我找得到有些帖子提到了聋人，可是找不到任何提到唇读。麻烦你，可不可以给我一个链接？ Read more

I haven't struck this before, but mdbg has 似的 as shi4de just like in the vocab tab, but when you break it down it changes it to si4 and de: http://w... Read more

I'm also wondering how much success 聋哑人 have lipreading 普通话。。particularly if they have any success in distinguishing tones. Anyone know? Searc... Read more

thx alot! and my name is inbal, b.t.w, alex's friend. and as for talyap comment: as someone who celebrate this holiday i wanted to share this pe... Read more

I like how to say cream in cantonese. the word "go" with a high tone. and toothe paste is "ah go" a low falling tone and high tone. "go" seems s... Read more

大家好！Thanks for this very interesting lesson! Now comes my rather general question (not only) for John about pronouncing exercise. My tongue is st... Read more

Woah, steady talyap. Let's all be nice. To be fair to alkrasnov, she did say it was a 'great' lesson, thanked the team (presumably for the lesson) and... Read more