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clay
Posted on: #38
February 21, 2008 at 9:55 AMWinner from last week is....keainuren! ...and the movie was Shrek. Jiao Jie has the transcripts posted up on MM#37.
Posted on: Equestrian
February 21, 2008 at 8:46 AMcassie, on top of our lessons, we are going to have a special Olympic section as well. we are working on it as we speak. (or rather as I speak)
Posted on: Lesson
February 21, 2008 at 7:25 AMtramov, we are recording and revamping this lesson. it will be out March 10th. sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted on: #37
February 21, 2008 at 6:21 AMewong, we are having problems with our #39 episode. When we get it up, we will post it
Posted on: Hot Soup
February 21, 2008 at 4:08 AMchris, Amber is off today, but ill straighten you out. In Mandarin, they often use 很 (hěn) just for the sake of it. It just sounds better. So it doesn't have the same extremity as "very" does in English. You would most likely hear a ”非常“ if they wanted to emphasize "really".
Posted on: "Thinking" in Chinese: 觉得 (juéde), 认为 (rènwéi) and 以为 (yǐwéi)
February 21, 2008 at 3:46 AMsballa, In your example, "Is it going to snow today?" it would fall short if you just said ""Wǒ juéde" you would say, 我觉得会 （wǒ juéde huì） I think so or 我觉得不会 (wǒ juéde bù huì) I dont think so
Posted on: Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant
February 21, 2008 at 3:01 AMandrewm, I used to want the same thing as a previous listener, and then i realized that it is advantageous to not have every single word in a podcast transcribed (and now that i work here, it would also be a major task). Especially as I gravitated towards the written aspect of Mandarin. It is a great accomplishment to jump up to the next level, but the transition does require a bit of a struggle. Stay with it, you'll be there soon!
Posted on: Hot Soup
February 19, 2008 at 2:33 AMyase, Yep. We eat soup, they drink it. So, even if Donovan McNabb's mother serves you a bowl of Chunky, you still "drink" it.
Posted on: 还是 háishi OR 或者 huòzhě
February 18, 2008 at 10:39 AMi vote for me too
Posted on: Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ
February 25, 2008 at 9:57 AMartkho, yeah, last week was a fun one. i was lame today. lame and lazy.