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Posted on: Q&A 2: Questions from The Forum
October 13, 2017 at 2:25 AM

Thank you. I usually get Fiona and Constance to QC the video after I'm done, and can check how good it is by when they laugh and how much :)

Posted on: Q&A 1: Questions from the Forum
October 12, 2017 at 2:42 AM

Yeah, he just released the print version on Amazon too :)

Thanks for the kind words Justin. Stay tuned for today's video. 

Posted on: Chinese Pronouns
October 5, 2017 at 4:17 AM

tongue-outlaughing

Posted on: I Just Want to Sleep
October 3, 2017 at 7:30 AM

This is coming in the next few days leurne :)

Posted on: I Just Want to Sleep
September 29, 2017 at 2:30 AM

It's just to highlight the end of the dialogue so you can relax :)  

I can make it quieter if it's really annoying, or turn it off completely if lots of people don't like it. 

Posted on: Did It Rain Yesterday?
September 23, 2017 at 7:14 AM

It's a nice comment so you can leave it if you like :)

 

Our forum is currently down but will be back soon.

Posted on: What's in Your Handbag?
September 23, 2017 at 7:12 AM

If you see a 的 at the end of a sentence and not sure why it's  probably the shi...de structure which emphasises time/place/action.  In this example, they are emphasising that they bought it just this afternoon (i.e = fresh/new)

Posted on: Which Floor?
September 16, 2017 at 5:21 AM

How do you mean? I just listened and all the audio is there which matches the script :) 

Posted on: No Sense of Personal Space
September 15, 2017 at 7:52 AM

That's odd. What mp3 player are you using? They are just regular mp3 files. Does it happen with any other lessons?

I've uploaded the same file from the website here. 

 

Posted on: Describing Beauty
September 12, 2017 at 3:07 AM

Although some textbooks write out the tone change rule to help learners, most places do not since it is merely a spoken rule and not a written one. From a technical standpoint, our system auto generates the pinyin and Fiona and Constance have to go in and manually change lots of translations and mistakes.

You should check out the Say It Right series to learn more about the tone change rule:  https://chinesepod.com/playlist/say-it-right/tone-changes-1

(Don't think of 不 the character changing its tone, but rather you saying it in a different way  to make speech more fluid and easier.)