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MayHaNN
Posted on: Time Word Tips P2 : 前 and 后
December 05, 2018, 11:20 PMTo remember this, I will picture myself looking in the mirror wearing a T-shirt that reads in the front "QUIte a past I've had" (qian, past) and in the back, which I cannot see, "HOHO, dont reveal me my future" (hou, past).
Posted on: Saying You're Angry: 生气
December 05, 2018, 01:43 PM生气 makes me think of the word "vent"in English, which is somehow related to being angry and ranting, and has an element of air or wind in it. So, I think of the person who is angry venting their feelings, so that the current of air arising from them ("birthing", as Fiona says) reaches the person causing the anger and disturbs their qi. As for causing a feeling, 让 rang, I think of the expression "it rings a bell": something from outside makes something inside you react, causing either a memory (in the English expression) or a feeling (in Chinese).
Posted on: Using "Can" 会、能、可以
December 02, 2018, 10:29 AMThanks for the link. In my case, I always use the lessons mentioned in the "practice" tab, and they are indeed related.
Posted on: Housekeeping!
November 11, 2018, 12:14 PMThanks a lot.
Posted on: Hold the Elevator
November 11, 2018, 12:10 PMThanks a lot for that, ElijahW. Your suggestions, as always are very useful, and I have indeed started studying the expansion section before doing the exercises, and of course now they seem much easier.
What I do now with the expansion is listen to the sentences three times, hiding first the English and then the pinyin, and trying to translate them or even say them aloud in Chinese if I manage before revealing the English and pinyin again. What I have decided not to do is put those expansion sentences in my mp3 files (which I use for my walks or for commuting), since they are too hard for me right now.
And I agree about those old lessons, they are really great. I haven't tried any new content till now, since my method right now is going through the ATWTI lessons and to the practice ones linked to them, and all seem to correspond to quite old lessons which I'm really enjoying a lot.
Posted on: Tips on How To Prepare for the HSK
November 11, 2018, 12:00 PMHi ElijahW, I have been using Zero to Hero for a week or so now and finding it really useful when tackling the rather dry Standard book. They go almost page by page making the grammar and phonetics content clear, and I wonder if I could have been able myself to do much with the book on my own. I think if you sign up you can have a preview for free of a good number of lessons, at least in the beginners level, plus they upload quite a few for free on youtube. Their price is of course unbeatable, I bought the HSK 1-4 bundle with a discount for roughly the price a month of classes would cost me where I live. I see it as a kind of personal tutor to the exam.
Posted on: 66 Enjoyable Characters with Joy #1
November 11, 2018, 11:25 AMThat would be great indeed, ElijahW
Posted on: Housekeeping!
November 05, 2018, 01:52 PMHow would you write a " Do not disturb" sign?
Posted on: Forming Questions with 吗 ma
November 05, 2018, 01:30 PMThe word "water" is missing in the vocabulary list.
Posted on: How to Add Emphasis
December 06, 2018, 12:16 PMThis is my 2nd Elementary lesson, and really, it is almost impossible for me, because all the unsubtitled Chinese from Constance.