Lesson Comments

Posted on: Help Calling a Cab

On October 25 at 3:41 AM by jennyzhu

The taxi in today's lesson picture is operated by the 大众/Da4zhong4 taxi company, one of the most reliable in Shanghai. Look out for these light blue t... Read more

Posted on: Help Calling a Cab

On October 25 at 3:25 AM by bodawei

Trivia question for poddies - where exactly was the taxi in the photo registered? How can you tell? Name of taxi company? Model of Volkswagon?... Read more

Posted on: Going to the Gym

On October 25 at 2:56 AM by lujiaojie

我不在大学，就是在工作 (If I'm not at university, I'm at work) Should be: 我不是在大学，就是在工作。我主要星期天去健身房 (I mainly go to the gym on Sundays) OK. 或者：我一般星期天去健身... Read more

Posted on: An Introduction to Chengyu

On October 25 at 2:37 AM by lujiaojie

对，很多native speakers也分不清哪个是成语哪个不是。 Read more

Posted on: 出租白人

On October 25 at 2:26 AM by connie

0：09 很令人诧异的现象 1：18 然后提供吃喝啊，但是呢 1：42 他们需要充场面（充场面chōng chǎngmiàn：让场面变得更大，更好看） 3：24 纯粹就是一场演出 4：23 没有障碍地通行 4：30 可以行驶得很快 5：02当你接触到外界事物后产... Read more

Posted on: Keeping and Leaving

On October 25 at 2:08 AM by jen_not_jenny

re: all adjectives, including ancient: I never, ever, ever exaggerate. ;) re: leftovers....just trying to promote safe food handling! Read more

Posted on: Help Calling a Cab

On October 25 at 1:39 AM by pretzellogic

Interesting. This is a longer than average elementary. Read more

Posted on: Who is that?

On October 25 at 12:19 AM by calkins

You should be able to type nvhaier to get 女孩兒 (make sure you type 'v' not 'u'). But I think 女孩兒 just means "girl". Girlfriend would be 女朋友 nvpengyou... Read more

Posted on: Who is that?

On October 25 at 12:04 AM by ideotek

Anybody know how to get a mac  to produce the  characters for nuhair (girlfriend) in pinyin? It doesn't seem to give me the correct ones. I... Read more

Posted on: Who is that?

On October 24 at 11:50 PM by ideotek

Yea, I realized that's going to take a little getting used to. It was just starting to get suspicious. Thanks for saying it! Read more