Lesson Comments
I have a question about the use of 爸爸 (bàba) and 妈妈 (māma) in this dialogue and others . As an English speaker, I use the more informal words... Read more
shenyajin, I see, I remember now the famous "您所拨打的电话已关机"! One might call it the 已关机 type of 所. Read more
My biggest issue is that in South China, the "zh", "ch" and "sh" sounds don't really get spoken by natives in normal speech. Whilst we live in S... Read more
I think the lesson was misplaced at the Newbie channel. The spanish R is so easy, much more than the pinyin R, that sounds like the buzzi... Read more
@jenny I first attempted to learn these sounds say five years ago and it wasn't a scientific approach - it was lots of listening and repeating and... Read more
There was a girl in my middle school class whose mother was an English teacher, I was so jealous of her. I thought her English must be the best in our... Read more
I have found the pinyin programmes useful. I feel that if I can pronounce the words correctly then I have a better chance of being understood even if... Read more
You thought a spouse would be 'an ideal language exchange partner'? I'd be interested to see the research you based your initial judgement on. My C... Read more
I think the Chinese R is somewhat like the Czeck R as in the composer Dvorak - do we have any natives who can say? It is nothing like the Frenc... Read more