User Comments - richnirish
richnirish
Posted on: Reporting a Loss
March 11, 2009 at 6:32 PMHappy pick up todays addition of the Financial Times and read an nice article on ChinesePod. Also surprised that there are 250,000 users
Posted on: Watch Out!
March 9, 2009 at 1:42 AMis it just me or is part B of the audio dialogue missing from the CD download ?
Posted on: Sorry and Thank You
March 8, 2009 at 10:29 PMWhen one struggles with langage and culture as I do, they appreciate a nice simple lesson like this. Every little bit helps.
Posted on: To bag or not to bag?
December 5, 2008 at 2:28 AMsince I never buy more than a small bag of anything, I have my recycle bag that I take to every store. It does make me feel good that I am doing the right thing.
Posted on: Asking for Leave
November 14, 2008 at 7:00 PMI am reading " Factory Girl From Villages to City in a Changing China" by Leslie Chang and she writes that most people in the factory taking vacation without permission or leaving the factory usually loses the first two months pay.
Their life would make for a very interesting Dear Amber.... if she could find one willing and able to tell of their life.
Posted on: 户籍制度
November 3, 2008 at 8:15 PMsotrapa,
This makes sense and I can duplicate the sounds that I hear on cpod.
Thank you very much
Posted on: 户籍制度
November 3, 2008 at 6:40 PMMaggan876,
Wish I knew French. What is it the same as in English? Seem to be a Y or perhaps the r in rung.
is that like the french J?
Thanks you
Posted on: 户籍制度
November 3, 2008 at 4:57 PMHenning,
Yes I have and I downloaded the sounds. THat is why I say that it seems to be more a "Y" sound. Maybe my hearing is going.....
Rich
Posted on: 户籍制度
November 3, 2008 at 4:18 PMHelp!!!!
I am really struggling with the "R" sound. When I listen on cpod tones, it semms to be almost a "Y"sound.
When I read in a chinese lesson books they say is is reflexive and to curl your tongue to the top of your mouth.
A pinyin book shows it as an english R as used in radio, another shows it as "IR".
Finally one that says it is the "R" in rung...
What is the real sound???
Posted on: Introduction to Pinyin
June 29, 2009 at 4:46 AMJust returned from seven weeks studying in Chengdu. I had your sound chart on my ipod and my teacher listened to it and said that it was very accurate.
My biggest problem was in pronouncing "YU" as in yuan. The secret to it was to use the same sound as our "really". the stressing the "rea" makes this difficult sound easier. Also studying the position of the tongue for different sounds is quite important. This was something that I had disconted when studying on my own and trying to duplicate sounds
I am amazed at the ability of the people to pick up the tones in words when conversing.
Thoughts on PINYIN.... it should be updated so you do not have to convert pinyin sounds to English sounds. For example "i" in pinyin to "e" in English.