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Posted on: Where are you from?
April 17, 2008 at 2:05 AMhi light487, 你好不好？ Nǐ hǎo bù hǎo? 你好吗？ Nǐ hǎo ma? Both can mean 'how are you', however 你好吗？(Nǐ hǎo ma?) is less often used than just 你好 (Nǐ hǎo).
Posted on: Where are you from?
April 17, 2008 at 2:02 AMHi clinta, Sorry for the delay in response. At the moment, the only way to get the DVD with all the lessons is when you sign up for a one-year premium subscription. It's a special offer.
Posted on: Saved by the Gong: History
April 17, 2008 at 1:40 AMhi wildyaks, The correct pronunciation for 功绩 is: gōngjì
Posted on: Business Style
April 14, 2008 at 10:06 AMhi gesang, Sorry for missing your question. In this sentence: 我会确保在做生意之前建立起良好的关系。 Wǒ huì quèbǎo zài zuò shēngyi zhīqián jiànlì qǐ liánghǎo de guānxi. The 起 (qǐ) is a complement, a particle that is attached to the verb to indicate 'to begin, to start to'. So in this case, to start to establish good relations... For your second question, the 在 (zài) ... 之前 (zhīqián) is a pattern, and the 在 (zài) is sometimes omitted, as in: 来中国之前我没学过汉语。 Lái Zhōngguó zhīqián wǒ méi xué guo Hànyǔ. 我星期五之前要完成这个工作 Wǒ Xīngqīwǔ zhīqián yào wánchéng zhège gōngzuò.
Posted on: Hot Soup
April 14, 2008 at 9:49 AMHi triphazard, 太烫了 (tài tàng le) The le here is part of a sentence pattern that is used to say "too ____". In this case, "too hot!" The pattern is: 太 + (adj) + 了 (tài + (adj) + le)
Posted on: Please speak slowly
April 14, 2008 at 9:28 AMHi triphazard, As a general rule, yes.
Posted on: At the Zoo
April 14, 2008 at 9:27 AMhi light487, Yes, 你有猴子? (Nǐ yǒu hóuzi?) means "You have a monkey?"
Posted on: All About 所有 (suǒyǒu) and 都 (dōu)
April 14, 2008 at 8:45 AMhi garfaldo, 每 (Měi) means each, every. 所有 (Suǒyǒu) means 'all': 每一個東西都很貴。 Měi yī ge dōngxi dōu hěn guì. Each item is very expensive. 所有的東西都很貴。 Suǒyǒu de dōngxi dōu hěn guì. All the things are very expensive.
Posted on: Superstitions and Business Trip Tales
April 12, 2008 at 2:47 AMThe first time i smelled baijiu I thought it smelled like plastic band-aids. RJ, hahaha make one foot last all night. That's the funniest thing i've ever heard... hahaha
Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
April 17, 2008 at 5:55 AMhi rarefruit, Great question, will have a DA on that soon! Thanks!