Lesson Comments

Another excellent one! I use all the great feasures you discussed. It took me a little while to figure them out, so it's nice to have these "How to" l... Read more

I don't know if today's Chinese youth know who he is; in the late 80s he was the first big Chinese rock star. 一无所有 was his first big hit, at the time... Read more

do u know about the fish toilet in Vietnam! that means not flush the watter to clean. the fishes will do it. interesting hah! of course, just at count... Read more

What is the easiest word to say? What word will you say in your last dying breath when you no longer have the strength to move your mouth, your lips o... Read more

Thanks Bababardwan. That's an enlightening article. I thought that the problem arising from having a bunch of unsupervised adolescents running around... Read more

I was thinking the same thing but then I considered maybe that the 是 could be used for emphasis but I'm not sure though Read more

I always thought of these words differently...they had a mental progression to me    Rang= a polite request    jiao= to ask... Read more

I think it is 了(1) cause 了(2) always falls at the end of a sentence, and this appears after the verb. However, I am curious why it is being used as we... Read more

  What is the 了 doing in: 你 让 我 想 杀 了 自己 。 Is this 了(1) or 了(2)？ Is   你 让 我 想 杀 自己 。ungrammatical? Read more

I think there might be different standards if you're a foreigner (see my post above). Read more