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Guess what? 我老公和我也刚刚买了一间房子 (oops! am I using one of those Cantonesey measure words that sound weird in Mandarin again?). Anyway, this is a bigger hous... Read more

Hi vallance That's right. "这个" is a shortened form of "这一个" (this one). "这个" ( zhe 4ge) is often pronounced as " zhei 4ge" in conversation because... Read more

http://media.expedia.com/media/content/expus/graphics/promos/vacations/Expedia_International_Vacation_Deprivation_Survey_2009.pdf   This li... Read more

Paid Vacation Around the World The following table lists nine countries and the average number of paid vacation days per year employees receive... Read more

If you have improved the expansion exercises, perhaps you should allow basic subscribers a trial as well. If the supplementary material is markedly be... Read more

Hi changye, thanks for the insight and your time, I really appreciate it. Greetings from Chongqing ! Carlos   Read more

I attempted the matching exercise for this lesson. I am not yet at the intermediate level, and recognised only a few of the characters used, and only... Read more

Hello quasifrog I could be wrong, but I think that we are only asked to use pinyin in the newbie and elementary levels.  At this level, I think... Read more

Hi changye Thanks for taking time to explain that to me. I think I understand what you mean. So its a shorter way to say "this one"? Read more

Hi Changye, Thank you for the clarifaction about 串. I looked on Google and saw that 只 (small animal) could be a measure word for hotdog (一只热狗). Th... Read more