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nonigirl2006

Posted on: Do you like China?
May 10, 2007, 03:21 PM

Wow I'm impressed by everyone. You all certainly don't seem like Newbies. I really am. I just started to learn Chinese for the first time. In reference to the difference usage of 二 (èr) and 两 (liǎng), my teacher explains it simply by stating that in Mandarin, the first is used in Beijing and in most communications but the 2nd liang is used in the Shanghai area. Also er is the more formal usage and liang is a more common, daily speech usage. I know this doesn't seem like a very grammatical explanation but it works for me. But I love all the other comments and I'm writing them down for future reference. Thanks

Posted on: Good Morning!
May 05, 2007, 12:45 AM

Excellent lesson, loved it! I have just started learning and It was a fabulous review. It helped me a lot with the Characters which I hadn't spent much time on. Wow!