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What I love is John's uncanny knack of anticipating and answering some very good questions in the podcasts,and injecting some humour at the same time,... Read more
"le" is also used in "Zěnme le" and its purpose here does not appear to be to indicate past tense so an explanation in its different uses would be gre... Read more
Where are the 北京胡同? Read more
MTGG 感谢你gan3xie4 ni3 Read more
The characters and their respective pin yin in the lesson's graphic show the word tong4 not as a neutral tone, but Jenny does refer to it as the neutr... Read more
我还有一个问题。。。 我们 兜 了 一 大 圈 又 回到 了 原地 。 Is there are difference between 兜圈 and 绕圈 ? 谢谢! Read more
I know you asked for John but I think I can answer this one. 抱歉 baoqian is a word you say to someone in apology, like hen baoqian: I'm very sorry... Read more
dearJohn what is the difference between 道歉 dao4qian4 and 抱歉 bao4 qian4? thanks Read more
In general ( daily conversation), both of them are right and has the same meaning. Strictly speaking, 你怎么不打电话给我?will give a relatively negative feel.... Read more