User Comments - chanelle77
chanelle77
Posted on: A Very Special Day
October 2, 2008 at 1:13 AMConratulations with this special day and the thousands of lessons to come! This is nr. 1000 right?
Posted on: I'm pregnant!
September 30, 2008 at 2:36 AMI guess I won't be asking her to buy me some 话梅 anytime soon :-)
Posted on: I'm pregnant!
September 30, 2008 at 1:20 AMbababardwan, good question! Well one of the thoughts that crossed my mind (for this specific lesson) was she might think I am (thinking about getting) pregnant. Also because my husband and I married like half a year ago, i was drawing the pregnancy character (because I found it a very interesting one) and some other context i will not get into on Cpod :-) Then in no time my driver knows and my husband's colleagues etc. hahaha. Cultural aspect: it amazes me how fast "news" travels in a Chinese community.
Also, I have been asked about children a lot by Chinese and know it is very very important and they assume it is similarly important to me.
Actually I think I can ask her about anything because she is really open minded. Next time I just ask, but will she really answer the question? I thought it just was funny and did not want to embarrass her by asking and off course this could all be just in "my head", but then again I have been often right about cultural subtleties.
Posted on: I'm pregnant!
September 30, 2008 at 12:29 AMWhen I listened to this lesson my ayi was cooking dinner: every now and then I wonder what she thinks of my Chinese lessons (sometimes she stops singing or making noises in the middle of a dialogue and it gets really quiet in the kitchen) (-; .
Posted on: Using 'Almost'
September 28, 2008 at 1:46 AMConny thank you! Looking forward to listen to the podcast!
Posted on: Using 'Almost'
September 28, 2008 at 1:12 AMMy downloads are almost finished... sigh... I wish internet was faster in China! :-)
Posted on: Transliteration into Chinese and the Long Pinky Fingernail
September 27, 2008 at 6:30 AMI heard that the long fingernail was like a status symbol: people with long nails are not able to do "hard" work.
My Chinese name is 马秋琳 but I want to change the first character. I do not want to be called a mrs Horse :-). I was thinking about 玛 as in 玛丽? Any suggestions?
Posted on: Trip to the Vegetable Market
September 27, 2008 at 4:29 AMAh I see! Thx Pete!
Posted on: Trip to the Vegetable Market
September 27, 2008 at 12:09 AMHello, can anyone tell me the difference between 番茄 (fānqié, tomato) and 西红柿 (xīhóngshì, tomato)? Is there a difference at all?
Posted on: Getting a Driver's License
October 6, 2008 at 12:52 AMAs far as I know you do not need an English driving rules study book, but money and someone to take the test to sit next to you behind the computer :-).