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Posted on: Who's That Over There?

August 8, 2017 at 2:54 AM

哪个人 nǎ ge rén (which person)

哪（一）个人 nǎ (yī) ge rén (which (one) person)

When using "which" followed by a measure word, if you're talking about just one thing, you don't need to include the number of things since it's just one. Therefore, the one can be omitted. However, when speaking, you can choose to pronounce the one, by contracting the nǎ with the yī (one) which then sounds like něi. So nǎ yī ge rén >> něi ge rén).

Since the sound něi is slightly easier to say and comes out more naturally in fast speech, it often gets used. Both are universally acceptable.

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哪 něi which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

Posted on: Haggle For A Good Deal

August 8, 2017 at 2:40 AM

It's in the supplementary vocabulary :)老板娘 lǎobǎnniáng boss (lady)

Posted on: 雨巷 'Rain Alley' Poem

August 4, 2017 at 2:37 AM

Thank you for the kind words and support.

Posted on: The Benefits of Reading ft Mandarin Companion

August 4, 2017 at 1:30 AM

The books are already in 简体／繁體 :)

Posted on: Attractive Gym Trainer

August 3, 2017 at 1:37 AM

Lol. Pre-intermediate was created to help sort through our large library, and filter any harder elementary lessons or easier intermediates into this level to help users make the jump. We won't be creating a new "pre-intermediate shows" but hope to go through the archive and slowly move lessons into the new level to better reelect that level. In the mean time, the best way to make the jump is to listen to 3/1 elementary/intermediate shows :)