User Comments - clay
clay
Posted on: Not on purpose
April 25, 2008 at 7:55 AMThey tried to get me to do the male crying part, as none one wanted to do the first male sobbing role.
Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
April 17, 2008 at 5:51 AMMy two cents... I like the Singapore approach: Learn Simplified, know Traditional.
Posted on: Ordering Noodles
April 15, 2008 at 2:14 AMcalkins, you can also say 汉堡包 （hànbǎobāo） for a burger. Thats how I recalled learning it in S'pore, but like many chinese words, they can tend to get shortened, yet both are commonly used.
Posted on: Ending your sentence with 嘛 （ma)
April 15, 2008 at 2:08 AMIn regards to 嘛 （ma) as a pause or delay, it should be noted that 那个 （nàge） would be closer to the equivalent of "umm..." when you are searching for a word while talking. You will hear “那个，那个， 那个。。。” all the time when you come to china。
Posted on: #44
April 14, 2008 at 1:56 AMill try this again.... Keith Robinson was our winner from the last MM with his guess of Castaway. congrads keith!
Posted on: 澳洲总理秀中文
April 11, 2008 at 2:19 AMHere is a small clip from his speech at Beida yesteday. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_co00XMjM3MDI0MDA=.html
Posted on: Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba)
April 11, 2008 at 1:45 AMi snuck in a spot on too? ha, that is definitely the influence of my years working in Irish pubs. callkins, hahaha
Posted on: Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba)
April 10, 2008 at 2:04 AMkerou85, I assuming the 呢 (ne) is a typo. Otherwise it is spot one. 我要听的请问快到了吧？
Posted on: 阶级意识
April 9, 2008 at 2:18 AMtweeter, most every foreigner gets irritated with these type questions, but you come to realize that is just a difference in culture. Eventually, you learn to deal with it without even the slightest irritation. If you haven't already, you must check out this lesson which caters to these intrusive type questions. http://chinesepod.com/lessons/evading-nosy-questions/discussion
Posted on: Signing up for Art Class
April 28, 2008 at 2:05 AMThis was done by request of a Cpod user. I cannot recall the name, so I cant give proper credit to anyone, but a large percentage of our lesson topics come from our community, so keep them coming!