Lesson Comments
Practicing characters with the Skitter is great! Is there a way to view the dialogue to this lesson as chinese characters or Pin Yin? Read more
Thanks Neddanison. You've shed some useful light on the issue. Read more
Was a pun intended in this Qing Wen title? If so, it worked for me, I genuinely misread it first as "comparing butts". All the same, it turned out to... Read more
I have a question about another "but": When 可是 is used to mean "but," is it any different than 但是? Read more
Well, Mandarin has received a lot of influence from Manchurian (Cantonese enthusiasts often call Mandarin a Chinese-Manchurian blend, contrasted with... Read more
Interesting that we've evolved to use essentially the same learning techniques and have been members of CPod about the same amount of time (4 years).... Read more
QW still never fails to surprise. Great tool. I have also noticed that many words are appearing again in different contexts which is very helpful in a... Read more
actually just looked it up and it looks like it could possibly have come from Ethiopias Kingdom of Kaffa where the plant originated. Read more
byronmeinerth, I'm trying to understand you comment, particularly: one could argue that the process went the other way around I'm guessing... Read more
Yes: 今天我给大家讲一个笑话。有一个小朋友生病了，她妈妈带她去看医生。医生为了不让她紧张就指着她的鼻子问：“小朋友，这是你的耳朵吗?”小朋友看着妈妈，哭着说：“妈妈，请你给我换一个医生吧，他连哪个是耳朵，哪个是鼻子都不知道，怎么给我看病啊！" Jīntiān wǒ gěi dàjiā... Read more