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lavkian
Posted on: I Forgot to Turn Off the Gas!
June 23, 2015 at 2:00 PMI had no idea what a hob was either! I thought it was a British term, haha,
Posted on: I Forgot to Turn Off the Gas!
June 22, 2015 at 12:14 PMMy second night in China, I stepped outside my apartment to have a smoke, taking only my phone, lighter and a single cigarette. I closed the door behind me, and only after I finished the cigarette did I realize I was effectively locked out...
It was 11pm so my boss (who has spare keys) was asleep, but I'd just gotten back from dinner with a friend, so I called him and slept at his place... how embarrassing!
I've managed not to repeat that mistake, but unfortunately I started another bad habit - I have a thumb drive attached to my keys, and sometimes when I print something right before class, I leave the thumb drive at the computer and completely fail to think about it before going home... argh.
Posted on: Room Escape
May 20, 2015 at 2:27 PM决定 shows "decision" instead of the pinyin when you hover over it.
Great idea for a lesson... I live in Luoyang, in Henan Province, and I did an escape the room last year with some Chinese friends, it was so much fun!
Posted on: The Cycling Holiday
March 25, 2015 at 5:04 AMIt does, thank you very much!
Posted on: I Can't Drink
March 19, 2015 at 2:46 AMHi guys, fantastic lesson, lots of useful phrases and grammar here.
Question: I was practicing the dialogue with a Chinese friend, and she said 起酒疹 should be qǐ jiú zhěn because of two third tones running together, like with ní hǎo.
I don't remember Fiona or Gwilym touching on that - is it right? Should it be reflected in the transcript? Thanks!
Posted on: Who's That Over There?
March 17, 2015 at 2:14 AMCan we specify someone who isn't wearing something by just using 没戴 or 不穿?
i.e. 那个人是谁？
戴帽子的是-
不，没戴帽子的人是谁？
Or, in a sillier scene, 不穿裤子的人是谁？
Posted on: The Cycling Holiday
March 11, 2015 at 1:25 PMHi, can I use the time sentence structure for distance?
i.e. 我骑了六十公里的自行车，所以我好酸。I rode 60 kilometers, so I'm quite sore.
Posted on: I Forgot to Turn Off the Gas!
June 24, 2015 at 1:57 PMI live in Henan provice, and I read the dialogue for a friend of mine who speaks Mandarin as her native language. She didn't bring it up, so I assume there's no major problem here...