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clay
Posted on: Is it far?
June 10, 2008 at 5:38 AMmnrobertson,
yeah, we are woking on correcting the "er" and the neutral tone difficulty exercise 3 input.
here is how you write it:
na3r
Posted on: Working Hours
June 10, 2008 at 5:13 AMbobbyhorracks,
If you are a Subscriber to ChinesePod, and if you cycle through the options on your Ipod, you will come to the transcript, and todays lesson looks like this:
你几点上班？
ni3 ji3 dian3 shang4ban1?
What time do you go to work?
早上九点。
zao3shang5 jiu3 dian3.
Nine in the morning.
你几点下班？
ni3 ji3 dian3 xia4ban1?
What time do you finish work?
六点。
liu4 dian3.
Six o'clock.
if use the free or public lessons, it will appear like this:
你几点上班？
早上九点。
你几点下班？
六点。
For a full translation, plus grammar explanation and learning tools, visit ChinesePod.com.
Posted on: Consoling the Bereaved
June 10, 2008 at 3:59 AMdpinkskey,
the most common phrase used in that situation is 节哀顺变(jié'āishùnbiàn)
节 control/restrain
哀 grief
顺 go with/submit to
变 change
Posted on: Formal Introduction
June 10, 2008 at 3:52 AMmasanchelilian,
we have a lesson right up your alley
Posted on: Lesson
June 10, 2008 at 3:48 AMelroch,
you have interesting timing. This lesson has been rerecorded and it comes out tomorrow, abliet with some changes.
广场 does transform into a tone sandhi
Posted on: Hiking
June 10, 2008 at 2:02 AMPerle,
According to Kalgren, for the character 步 (bù):
"Picture of one right-foot and one left foot"
The top is 止 (zhǐ) and the bottom was originally 止 backwards.
The bottom has only three strokes, unlike 少 shǎo which has four.
Posted on: SBTG: Confucius
June 5, 2008 at 6:58 AMits has been corrected. thanks for the catch.
Posted on: Gifts Chinese People Like and 'Chinatomy' Premiere!
June 5, 2008 at 3:44 AM
eastcoast,
Breathe In by Frou Frou
Posted on: 理想女人
June 5, 2008 at 3:39 AMsirup,
you are correct. it mean one's loved one or beloved, and is used in the possesive.
Posted on: When will he return?
June 10, 2008 at 6:05 AMbadge,
this is one of those words that its PinYin is officially written as a fourth tone, but is nearly always used in the second tone.