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Posted on: American Breakfast
On January 29 at 6:19 AM by du5ty

the last one should/might be: 我没说汉堡怎么做。? Read more

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Posted on: American Breakfast
On January 29 at 6:06 AM by du5ty

This is the example from the exercises: 他 不知道 炒蛋 怎么 做 。 Can you also change the order to: 他不知道怎么做炒蛋。 Also, what other things could you ap... Read more

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On January 29 at 6:04 AM by simonpettersson

Bodawei: The Dungan people don't use hanzi. They use a cyrillic alphabet. Thus, Dungan does not serve the same purpose as Pinyin does for Standard Man... Read more

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On January 29 at 5:00 AM by changye

Hi bodawei As far as pronunciation is concerned, Hanyu Pinyin does a good job as phonetic symbols, provided that you master the rules of pronunciat... Read more

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On January 29 at 4:44 AM by bodawei

Hmm - I don't think I get it. How does the Dungan example above 'completely refute those that say that Mandarin cannot be Romanized'? Of course Chi... Read more

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On January 29 at 4:35 AM by mark

很酷!我很喜欢这种课程,因为让我了解在中国日常生活的气氛。加油! Read more

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On January 29 at 4:18 AM by changye

Hi simon I happened to come across an explanation about Dungan dialect in a book I read last night. Here is an example sentence written in the Lati... Read more

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On January 29 at 4:02 AM by changye

我小时候女生一般不喜欢戴眼镜,可是在我看来当代年轻人对戴眼镜女生的看法和过去不一样。眼镜并不挡住你的美丽,恰恰相反,戴一款适合你的眼镜会让你显得既时尚又聪明。 一个最典型的例子就是美国女副总统候选人“沙拉佩林”(Sarah Palin)。佩林女士戴的一个日本制造的眼镜架把本来不太聪明的女人变成... Read more

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On January 29 at 3:39 AM by pretzellogic

good point. I know there was a lesson about taking off your shoes, but an American not used to living in Asia or having Asian American friends might h... Read more

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On January 29 at 2:58 AM by btc10

yeah, carpet is hard to clean and Americans don't like to take off their shoes when they go home so their carpet gets filthy Read more