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Thanks Connie! Now that I have listened to the lesson a few more times I realize the answer was there all along but it didn't notice until now. Read more

true, John's Mandarin is clear and slow. however, when it comes to real life conversation, I prefer to have the option hear native speakers speaking i... Read more

The 口 in 喝口水 is actually a measure word, and the sentence is short for 喝一口水, or 'Drink some water'. At least I hope so! ;) Read more

口水=saliva, spit? But in the dialogue, the girl wanted to drink 口水? Read more

你們猜對了，我現在在台灣。 在台灣，人會說： 星期xīngqí 信息xìnxí Google Dictionary for Traditional Characters also has the second tone. 信息 [xin xi] Pinyin [... Read more

my wife - native chinese - considers John's Mandarin better than most natives here on chinesepod (as most of them have kind of a Shanghainese accent).... Read more

I'm afraid I am on the nerd side, as well, but I am just now getting to the lesson. The topic certainly has possibilities. Also, I usually try no... Read more

咱们 /zánmen is used more in Northern China. We try to balance and show both the Northern and Southern speech habits. Another example is 儿话音(the "er" so... Read more

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