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Posted on: Which one is Which
July 5, 2014 at 5:53 AMStarted to listen to the lesson and I have an immediate question please. I heard 单词 meaning a word. But I was told recently apparently very authoritively by a very well educated mainland Chinese person that 单词 is NOT used to mean a word in Mandarin only a word in a foreign language eg English. I was told you should use 词语 or 组词 for Mandarin. Help please.
Posted on: Mix it up!
July 4, 2014 at 3:34 PM他们早上一起起床的时候乱穿了鞋子
Posted on: Red Wine
July 3, 2014 at 10:59 AMWhile in China some years ago, I found some of the 长城 very acceptable complement to a meal - and reasonably priced too.
Posted on: Red Wine
July 3, 2014 at 10:58 AMMark, why should Jewish people have special tastes in wine? Seems very odd to me being half Jewish, with a French ex wife (therefore very accustomed to drinking wine)!
Posted on: Physical Examination
July 3, 2014 at 7:03 AM"I thought that the comments section was created for comments related to the subject. "
touché
:-)
Posted on: Weixin Marketing
July 2, 2014 at 10:01 AMIt seems these days that many people are obsessed by recording each moment of their lives on camera and then sending/displaying the pictures to all and sundry.
It seems to me to be to be totally self centred: "Look at me, look at me" they seem to be saying.
Happy Birthday
Posted on: Physical Examination
July 2, 2014 at 4:31 AMIn England it is very definitely pronunciation.
Are you saying you also spell the word pronunciation as pronounciation?
Posted on: Chatting at a Family Gathering
July 1, 2014 at 3:32 PMI checked with a Chinese teacher from Taiwan. She says it should be 亁女兒
Posted on: A Formal Apology
June 29, 2014 at 8:40 PMAgain, I don't understand your post. I can almost not hear the background music as it is so faint. What system are you using to listen to this lesson?
Actually, I do agree that Chinesepod is obsessed with background music, and I have complained in the past. But here they surely have made it virtually inconspicuous.
By the way the lesson information says that this lesson is with Shannell and David not Shannell and Vera.
Posted on: Which one is Which
July 5, 2014 at 8:56 AMThanks David. I have been under the misconception that 单词 referred to a Chinese word for the last 10 years. I now understand the puzzled looks that I have got when I tried to use it.