User Comments - tucsonmichael
tucsonmichael
Posted on: I'm Not Here
July 21, 2009 at 4:17 PMA couple of questions:
Is 我给你买 more common than 我买给你? Is 我在公司 more common than 我在办公室？ ban4gong1shi4 (office)
Posted on: Language Exchange
July 14, 2009 at 2:52 PMmystic, haven't listened to the dialogue yet, but perhaps 我是软件工程是 - wo3 shi4 ruan3jian4 gong1cheng2shi1.
Posted on: Counting Coins
May 3, 2009 at 5:00 PMcarlos, perhaps suan4le 算了 or
计数
Posted on: Renting a Bike
April 27, 2009 at 3:32 PMAlthough rental prices in Hangzhou are quite low, I remember the deposit fee for me being around 300 kuai4 块. Was that just because I was a foreigner? How do you say "rental deposit"? ya1zu1? 押租?
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Halal
April 11, 2009 at 7:24 PM不好意思。。。我先听错了。。。听像"清蒸"， 例如"清蒸鱼". I'm so embarrassed, hearing incorrectly. It sounded like qing1zheng1, as in steamed fish, particularly when combined with fan4dian4, so I thought you were referring to a steamed food restaurant!
Posted on: 日本动漫
March 5, 2009 at 6:38 PMMy son introduced me to these couple of more family oriented anime' series last year, and I enjoy both the story lines, and the soundtracks:
Haibane Renmei
Someday's Dreamers
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 2: Pregnancy House Ar-rest
January 23, 2009 at 3:34 PM- 婴儿车 [yīng'érchē]
- pram; baby carriage; stroller; pushchair; buggy
- http://www.nciku.com/search/all/baby%20stroller
ListenPosted on: The Final Show
January 17, 2009 at 4:42 PMi echo the gratitude of many others for your remarkable contributions to the chinesepod community, for making chinese study fun, and for making Shanghai a more familiar and interesting place. i've only been to manhattan twice, but thoroughly enjoyed its rich multinational culture, cuisine, entertainment and sights to see. it is also a nice city (for america) in that you won't need a car to get around. you are certain to enjoy and benefit from this new chapter in your life. wishing you happiness, health and success.
Posted on: What's your (animal) sign?
December 12, 2008 at 3:04 PMIn response to Jenny's comment near the end of the lesson, I became interested in my "sign" three years ago when I started studying Chinese, an initially thought I was a monkey. It wasn't until a Chinese colleague pointed out that my birthday was after the western new year, but before the Chinese Lunar New Year ( 农历春节 nongli chunjie ) that I am actually a goat. I have characteristics of both, perhaps because my birth is so close to the "crescent" of the two years. Similarly, babies born in 2009, but before January 26, are rats; those born from January 26 until next Lunar New Year's eve are cows / bulls.
Posted on: Jet Lag
November 13, 2009 at 3:58 PMhttp://www.nciku.com/search/all/culture%20shock