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Posted on: Dog Personalities
On July 08 at 2:18 AM by connie

Hi suxiaoya, Good question! Here, “也yě” doesn't mean "also, still", it's used to soft the tone. If you leave out the "也"， the tone i... Read more

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On July 08 at 2:14 AM by helenshen_counselor

@weifeng, there is no difference between the two characters "哎" and "唉", both are modal particles and also the same pronunciation "ai", but tones are... Read more

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On July 08 at 2:05 AM by matt_c

臧天朔 Zāng Tiānshuò 朋友 Péngyǒu This track is one of my favourite karaoke songs to belt out 2/3 of the way through the nigh... Read more

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On July 08 at 1:48 AM by xiaophil

I have a suggestion.  Every time cpod does a lesson on or related to music, it is always from a Chinese perspective.  Of course it is good f... Read more

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Posted on: What's Your Name?
On July 08 at 1:45 AM by helenshen_counselor

@willbjorn14, I tried the exercise, and they work! Maybe you can try again! Read more

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On July 08 at 1:43 AM by mark

Didn't we already have an intermediate lesson on karaoke?  If there is more ground to cover, maybe you could make a series of it. Read more

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On July 08 at 1:28 AM by sydcarten

Yes, I hadn't thought of that angle. Read more

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On July 08 at 1:11 AM by changye

Hi guys Let me show you another "a bit surprising" info about the usage of 的 I've found in 现代汉语词典, a kind of bible of modern Mandarin. The dictionar... Read more

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On July 08 at 12:09 AM by calkins

I've noticed that my Taiwanese friends, when texting or emailing, use 的 in place of 得。I had assumed they were simple typos, but it looks like it's oka... Read more

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On July 07 at 11:58 PM by bababardwan

sydcarten Good point.And from the Chinese viewpoint,perhaps something like zhongfa. Read more