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Posted on: Speaking and Writing
February 9, 2010 at 2:19 AM

Ni3 men hao3

 wo3 you3 yi4 ge wen4 ti3:   to say a negative number, say -13, zhen3 me shuo?

      Xie4 xie

Posted on: I Want a Thick Blanket
January 12, 2010 at 3:09 AM

The measure word "tiao" makes me think of the  one for the nouns that are long and thin.  Like a snake.  Why is it used for a blanket?    Xie4 le

Posted on: At the Hair Salon
December 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM

That helps.  I never noticed it's the same zi for the different uses.

  Just curious, why do some zi have tonal changes?

               Xie4 xie Connie 

Posted on: Getting a Phone Number
December 11, 2009 at 3:19 PM

xie4 xie ni3!!

 

Posted on: At the Hair Salon
December 2, 2009 at 5:14 PM

ChiPod,

 Fa, hair is a mullti-tone character.  

  fa2 wang3.  hair net

   fa3 xing4   hair stlye

   fa4            hair

   tou2 fa       hair

 

Any background on why all the tones?  

           Xie4 xie!!

Posted on: Getting a Phone Number
December 2, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Hey, is there another way to ask for someone's phone #?   I think we used ni3 de dian4 hua4 hao4 ma3 shi4 shen me?   Dui4 bu2 dui4??

Posted on: I'm bored
November 19, 2009 at 2:31 AM

Thanks to Amber for the clear up on bored and boring statement being the same.  So context, right?

  Too bad for the ugly stuff before here!

Posted on: Good Night
November 19, 2009 at 2:20 AM

谢谢你们 给我很好的advice :)

Posted on: Good Night
November 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM

If this question comes thru :)    I wondered if someone could tell me if kun4 is used as much as lei4 or more or less informal?    I had only heard of lei4 before this lesson.    Xie4 xie!!!