User Comments - clay
clay
Posted on: Touring a Factory
November 20, 2007 at 3:17 AMnicklyth, ah, you finally have gotten to the tricky 可 (kě). This one is especially so since it precedes the often seen 是 (shì)。 Yet in this example, it does not mean "but". 可 (kě) can be also used to add emphasis to a sentence, much like we would say "indeed" or "actually". So here: 现在我们可是国内规模最大的工具生产商之一。 (xiànzài wǒmen kě shì guónèi guīmó zuìdà de gōngjù shēngchǎnshāng zhīyī) would translate as: Right now were are indeed one of the largest scale tool manufacturers in the country.
Posted on: Baby Talk: Praise
November 20, 2007 at 2:47 AMalexej these two are very close in meaning, or rather the same. Yet when you place an adjective in there, it is more natural to use 一个 （yīgè） ex 你是美国人 （nǐ shì měiguó rén） you are an american 你是一个很高的美国人 （nǐ shì yīgè hěn gāo de měiguó rén）you are a tall american this is a newbie lesson, and if that is your level, i wouldn't worry too much about it, as you can be understood either way.
Posted on: City Stats
November 20, 2007 at 2:23 AMmarcusht, The mp3 are working as of 10am shanghai time on the 20th. You are right, some of the lessons are down right now. We are doing a schedules maintenance, and some of the earlier lessons have been affected. (generally 0001- 0109) We are on it, and hope we haven't inconvenienced you too much.
Posted on: Lesson
November 20, 2007 at 2:19 AMpinger, We are doing a scheduled maintenance and the earlier lessons may be unavailable for a couple of days. sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted on: Wang Wei's Diary: The Importance of Brains
November 20, 2007 at 2:17 AMecooper, on windows, you can go to "View" in the toolbar and scroll down to "character encoding", then you search for chinese. Depending on your set up, you will can see "simplified" and/or "traditional" chinese. Also you may see GB or Unicode chinese. you may have to play around to find the appropiate one for you. also, sometimes you will need the install disk of windows if they are not already installed. If you happen to not have that, then go to NJStar and download the freeware asian font package.
Posted on: You Look Exhausted!
November 20, 2007 at 2:13 AMuser30288 We are doing a scheduled maintenance and the earlier lessons may be unavailable for a couple of days. sorry for the inconvenience.
Posted on: Chinese Identity
November 20, 2007 at 2:10 AMcognitive, i just successfully downloaded all aspects of this lesson. try again, and if you have any more problems, holler back.
Posted on: Sydney, Australia
November 20, 2007 at 2:01 AMTaipan, Sorry about that. my apologies.
Posted on: Sydney, Australia
November 20, 2007 at 1:49 AMOK folks, everything looks to be up working pretty good, except the pinyin in the PDF's are coming out lowercase, and the fix is not available. Its all Ambers fault.
Posted on: I miss you!
November 20, 2007 at 3:20 AMalexej, you you clarify what it is you want to know. You have stumped both amber and I.