Lesson Comments
Thanks, Dino! I asked because it seems there are just so many words for 'worried' in Chinese, difficult to know when to use which word! I like this ph... Read more
The tone is wrong in the vocabulary for "success rate." It should be "chénggōnglǜ," not "chēnggōnglǜ." Right? Read more
I would point out that "我的女朋友有淘汰我" isn't standard Mandarin for another reason. Using "有" as the equivalent of "to have" (as in the auxiliary verb, "t... Read more
Ha ha - yeah, that's very quaint. There are probably a few variations on the theme. An old English guy I knew used to say the 'Claude and Eustace' r... Read more
Bodawei, Not quite a septuagenarian, but I remember in my youth it used to be "After you my dear Alphonse. No. no after you my dear Gaston!" Read more
Hey Sarah, to me it's more like a neutral tone there. We often say it to people who are close to us. It's like saying 'what are you worrying about, yo... Read more
Future vocabulary suggestion: there isn't really a good place to put this unless I create a new discussion thread for it, or dig up an existing thread... Read more
yeah, I remember Moonlighting also..... too bad it ended the way it did. Read more
Hi, I have a question(not related to this lesson) How to say normal for an object? Like "a normal book/bike/movie" etc? for example ... Read more
I live in the south...where everyone kinda butchers putonghua in their own special way, just like they butcher English (zhi becomes zi, shi becomes si... Read more