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bostonphil
Posted on: Using a Character Dictionary
November 20, 2009, 03:26 PMlujioajie,
Thank you for the url.
Based on the discussions about writing characters, here are some other sites folks might find interesting:
http://www.zhongwen.com/shufa/index.html
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson06/Lesson06.htm
http://www.zapchinese.com/Chinese-lessons/Lesson07/Lesson07.htm
Posted on: Which Time Zone?
November 05, 2009, 02:10 PM082257,
Regarding how to re-set clocks for DST, have you heard the saying "Spring forward, Fall back"?
Everyone looks forward to the "Fall back" part because it means you can sleep-in for an extra hour on that day.
Posted on: Anybody home?
October 26, 2009, 07:15 PMI'd second richnirish's description of Halloween for the most part. There is also a certain perverse fun in trying to scare the heck out of people ( a reason I never liked the practice as a kid despite scoring a bag full of candy from the neighbors.)
Once nice innovation of late has been for college students to use the idea of trick or treating to collect canned goods for food banks that serve homeless and folks who can't stretch their incomes to feed their families.
Posted on: A Mouse Upstairs
September 05, 2009, 04:42 AMThis lesson reminds me of the following:
小老鼠
上灯台
偷油吃
下不来
叫妈妈
妈不来
浠里哗啦
滚下来
Xiao3 lao3 shu3
Shang4 deng1 tai2
Tou1 you5 chi1
Xia4 bu4 lai2
Jiao4 Ma1 ma
Ma1 bu4 lai2
Xi1 li1 hua1 la
Gun3 xia4 lai2
Posted on: Grammar Lesson
September 03, 2009, 01:24 PMMikenotinjubei,
I have a similar background. I could still diagram a sentence if I had to, but it is a skill that doesn't seem to be called for very often.
I'm going to really date myself. Does anyone recall Grammar Rock? Check these out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGLzFuwxI&feature=related
Posted on: Language Exchange
July 14, 2009, 02:19 PMaisinil,
Here are a few more places that might provide what you are looking for.
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
Posted on: Heading Home
May 12, 2009, 12:40 PMPipercub,
I think "Wo mingtian huiguo" is the correct form.
Posted on: Renting a Bike
April 29, 2009, 11:05 AMzhenlijiang,
Thanks for the explanation. It makes perfect sense.
Posted on: Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢，丢掉
April 05, 2009, 02:53 PMJeffers,
Try this. Consider it a "two fer" (two lessons in one). You can learn how to count from one to ten in Madaring and how to represent those numbers using "finger counting".
Posted on: One-Way Street Scuffle
December 02, 2010, 02:08 PMBodawei,
Not quite a septuagenarian, but I remember in my youth it used to be "After you my dear Alphonse. No. no after you my dear Gaston!"