Lesson Comments
Nǐ hǎo John, I was just looking over your Sinosplice website, which I saw on profile, and read the entry you wrote about tones/colors. Really... Read more
kujira and jwhitson, Sorry, your comments somehow got missed. I was referring to the tendency of many of China's regions to mix up (techincally, it... Read more
orangina, That was the hardest sound for me to get a hang of, as well. You can't really get around the word for "Japan," though. I recommend t... Read more
@helenshen Just a little "chinglish" for humor. Orangina did a great job of explaining the meaning behind it. :) Read more
We still haven't discussed the Chinese sound that is the bane of my existance. I cannot say "ri" to save my life. The last person I had try to help me... Read more
@helenshen A "cat fight" is a fight between women. For some reason there are men that love this and wish for cat fights to break out so they can wa... Read more
These train type names have changed quite a bit just in the 9 years that I've been in China. If you're getting the names from an old textbook and u... Read more
Yarrr! Last Saturday was "Talk Like a Pirate Day." I was in Beijing for it (very appropriate), but unfortunately this lesson was a bit late for t... Read more
john Thanks! I did listen to those lessons as they came out, but forgot how well "ri" was explained. I'll have to listen a few more times to get it... Read more