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Posted on: Going Dutch
On September 04 at 5:03 PM by chris3

it took me three lestons to figure out what going dutch was, i never heard the expresion before and english is my first language. Read more

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Posted on: Grammar Lesson
On September 04 at 2:52 PM by joeborn

Thanks, tal_, that sounds right (although in truth I have too little experience with the language to make that judgment).  But I wonder how much... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol
On September 04 at 2:27 PM by lydia1981

when I studied at a Chinese university, we adressed the administrators and people like that as师傅 (shifu)。 So what's the difference between calling s... Read more

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On September 04 at 2:09 PM by emberswift

Thanks so much for the quick answer (and to your girlfriend!) - Ember Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol
On September 04 at 2:02 PM by zhenlijiang

Regarding addressing people who are not teachers as 老师 , it seems exactly what we do with the Japanese word for teacher (c... Read more

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Posted on: I'm not hungry
On September 04 at 1:55 PM by mnixon

Can anyone comment on the role of why we use "le" with the affirmative, but not the negative in the following context. Thanks. AY. I'm hungry: 我... Read more

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Posted on: New Year
On September 04 at 1:42 PM by mnixon

This is the same 过 "guò" that expresses "completed action", right? And yet in this example, it refers to how one "will pass / will spend" the N... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol
On September 04 at 1:19 PM by henrysmommy

About these children's songs... how commonly known are they? I am a lao wai in the process of adopting a child from Taiwan. He will be about three yea... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol
On September 04 at 1:15 PM by henrysmommy

About these children's songs... how commonly known are they? I am a lao wai in the process of adopting a child from Taiwan. He will be about three yea... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol
On September 04 at 12:35 PM by zhenlijiang

老实说,我好久以来就梦想着报名参加一个这样的节目。并不是想成为偶像(哈哈!我也是个不漂亮的, 极 普通的中年女人),只想有机会选一首绝佳的歌(Bohemian Rhapsody 怎么样?)在电视上放声歌唱。赢不赢,都会满意! 目标的这个节目跟比赛有一点不同(最近在日本这些寻找卓越人才的节目叫做... Read more