User Comments - calkins

Posted on: The Surname Code

Brilliant sound editing David!

Posted on: Let's Go to Beijing

Here are the vocabulary files for this video lesson, if you want to import them into HanziHelper, ZDT or PlecoDict (just right-click the links below and "Save Link As").

HanziHelper (Traditional only)

ZDT

Pleco (Traditional)
Pleco (Simplified)

Posted on: Autumn Outing

I tend to agree with Bill...I think the WTS videos are great, but I got more out of the Vocab Tour videos.  Are those finished, or are they just currently in production?

Posted on: Autumn Outing

Here are the vocabulary files for this video lesson, if you want to import them into HanziHelper, ZDT or PlecoDict (just right-click the links below and "Save Link As").

HanziHelper (Traditional only)

ZDT

Pleco (Traditional)
Pleco (Simplified)

Posted on: To bag or not to bag?

Kevina, I also had no clue, during my first supermarket experience in Taipei, why the clerk was asking if I wanted a bag.  I had purchased many items and it was obvious I couldn't carry them all.

That's when I learned that a bag cost NT$2 (about 6 cents US). 

Great timing for this...now I can go back to the supermarket with confidence!   

Posted on: 练书法

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HanziHelper (Traditional only)

ZDT

Pleco (Traditional)
Pleco (Simplified)

Posted on: The Magic Word 让 (Ràng)

Thanks drzen!  I used 请坐吧 on the bus the other day and I got a 谢谢 and a smile from the older gentleman.  I wasn't sure if I needed the 吧, but it just felt a bit more polite to me.

Posted on: The Artistic Little Brother

Getting caught up on these...

Here are the vocabulary files for this video lesson, if you want to import them into HanziHelper, ZDT or PlecoDict (just right-click the links below and "Save Link As").

HanziHelper (Traditional only)

ZDT

Pleco (Traditional)
Pleco (Simplified)

Posted on: The Magic Word 让 (Ràng)

Would any of these be okay to say when giving up your seat?  Which would be the most polite?

给您让坐。
gěi nín ràng zuò.

请坐吧。
qǐng zuò ba.

您坐。
nín zuò.

Thanks.

Posted on: Train to Beijing

A good term to know, one I learned the hard way last night, taking a train from Taipei to Zhongli:

T : 月臺
S : 月台
yuètái

railway platform

Don't be on the wrong one!