User Comments - kaisa
kaisa
Posted on: Pre-Marital Health Testing
July 19, 2009, 08:25 PMThe chengyu "青梅竹马" comes from a poem (《长干行》）by Li Bai （李白）. I thought Pete would have known it :)
Posted on: Ordering Songs at Karaoke
July 19, 2009, 02:54 PMshenyajin,
do you mean this one? It's MJ's "In the closet". with Naomi Campbell
Posted on: Chinese Green Eggs and Ham
March 02, 2008, 05:36 AMcalkins, 这些 (zhèxiē) really does mean "these". Saying 这本 (zhè běn) means "this one book", because 本(běn) means "one book (or booklike thing)". If you want to use 本(běn) to express that there are many books, you have to either say how many there are eg. 这四本书 (zhè sì běn shū) "these four books" or 这几本书 (zhè jī běn shū) "these books (of not specific quantity)" I hope that was not too confusing... But the point is, that 这本 (zhè běn) alone cannot imply a plural. It would be nice if someone who really knows the language could say if this is correct. :)
Posted on: Bazza and Dating Chinese Girls
November 10, 2007, 10:06 AMDear Amber, I got a Chinese boyfriend the first week I came to China. So it's not only foreign guys. ;)
Posted on: #22
November 10, 2007, 10:06 AMDear Amber, I got a Chinese boyfriend the first week I came to China. So it's not only foreign guys. ;)
Posted on: Driver's Licenses and Business
October 24, 2007, 05:07 AMAbout saying I love you... My (Chinese) boyfriend told me he loved me quite soon after we got together. Now we are engaged and we say that to each other almost every day. But he also shows and expresses it in other ways. But it is same in Finland, we don't say that so often. My mother says it to me sometimes, but I hardly ever say that to them. -Kaixin
Posted on: Drinking Ability
September 19, 2007, 01:29 AMWow, I'm first! So John, could it be Ken you are not mentioning ;) -Kaixin
Posted on: #11
August 10, 2007, 07:42 AMI only wish I had been faster :) Congratulations, Lunetta!
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 15: Uncomfortable Encounter in a Bar
May 28, 2007, 10:24 AMI liked the lesson a lot. I only have some trouble keeping up with who is who, because the male voices sound so similar to me. But that is not necessarily a bad thing, it makes me more focused :) Thanks for the great lesson!
Posted on: Chinese Universities
August 05, 2009, 11:38 AM北大是我的母校！Well, I only studied there for one year, but that was the best year of my life (so far). Brings a tear to my eye to see pics from there :) Hopefully I get to go back one day...