User Comments - tage
tage
Posted on: When 比较 (bǐjiào) becomes 更 (gèng)
November 26, 2008 at 12:11 PMHi Changye
I think your argument holds thrue, and also covers the "confusing" example. The comparison lies i A 比 B 相比 and 比较 expresses degree and I think it could be substituted by f.ex. 最 . There might be border cases, but understanding 比较 as you explained has been a great help.
Posted on: Get in line!
November 25, 2008 at 9:48 AMI prefer the chadui hassle to the recent past, when you as a foreigner always would be rushed in front of all the people waiting - very embarrassing.
Actually most people paidui - otherwise there would be no line to jump.
In the subway at rush hours just join in the fun.
Posted on: Autumn Outing
November 22, 2008 at 9:14 PMI really enjoy the storytelling videos. Might be a good idea to label them with levels.
Still remember walking through the fields and villages of Pudong in the mid seventies - some change
Posted on: Sound Check
November 20, 2008 at 9:23 AMIn the beginning the mike is feeding - does anyone know how to say that in Chinese?
How would one say: "The acoustics of this room/venue is very bad"?
Posted on: The Artistic Little Brother
November 19, 2008 at 2:33 PMHi Pete
Have listened to the expansion sentence 10 times - and I can only hear "cong hai mei daguo wo". hai and lai are close, but not that close. I also think I've heard or seen the expression "cong hai mei" before, where "conglai" becomes shortned to "cong"
Posted on: Language Power Struggle
August 27, 2008 at 9:30 AMI've also been corrected for using "nali nali" after being praised. It is old fashioned, but I also got the feeling, that you can only use it if your skill actually is very good (mine wasn't :-)
Any truth in this?
Posted on: Billiards
May 27, 2008 at 11:20 AMGot two upper-intermidiates in one go - great. Just arrived through the RSS-feed
Posted on: SBTG: Confucius
May 27, 2008 at 10:57 AMThe new layout works fine with me. I find it very easy to navigate.
Posted on: Autumn Outing
November 26, 2008 at 12:20 PMHi Pete
I was just walking along the Waitan, saw a ferry and went on board. To my surprise nobody told me to get off, so I crossed to the other side and took my walk with no idea of what the area would look just 30 years later. Kind of hard to imagine then.