Lesson Comments
@joeborn, What the guy in the dialogue said was “我们就偷偷地喝”。就 here means 'therefore'. The previous sentence was “学校不让我们... Read more
Great to see the response to this Qing Wen. I'd say there are about 10 commonly used measure words which will be covered over these few episodes of Qi... Read more
There's no difference, the 儿 just adds a little R sound to the end of the word, (this is more common in the north of China.) Read more
Hey everyone, I just had a quick question. What is the difference between 一下 and 一下儿? On ChinesePod it seems like whenever "a little bit" is used i... Read more
I'm currently working on a transcript of this lesson's podcast which is viewable here . As I write it is not complete, it's a work in progress.... Read more
ok,I'll try and finish off now. 张[flat,thin,broad objects] 纸..paper 一张纸..a piece of paper 一张报纸..a newspaper 一张照片...a photo 一张床..a bed fu... Read more
Actually Pete,apologies 'cos I've got temporarily interrupted by life and didn't get to the last measure word 张 which I was going to try and finish of... Read more
Hi bababardwan , Thank you for the quick post. The dynamic poddie community is something special. Hi rjberki I was surprised to learn that... Read more
Hi jwhitson Adding the sound “儿”, which is calle "儿化", makes words more conversational. As raygo explained, 儿化 doesn't change the meani... Read more