User Comments - chinaman4him

Posted on: How have you been?

Is it true that when you have two fourth tones in a row in two words, the first goes to a second?  That's what it sounds like in the vocab pronunciation with 不在.  Any comments?

Posted on: Do you have a menu?

No question: Chinese Pod is the best online tool to learn Chinese.

when the audio plays for this phrase, it seems like the final "ng" of the word shaodeng gets clipped off.  Is that just my old ears or is that the way to say it?

B:   有的。请稍等。
       Yes. Please wait a moment. 1 (Yes. Please wait a moment.)

Posted on: Do you like China?

As a followup to my first post ( the last one), I found (in the Expansion section) that the last part of the word for soccer (zuqui) seems to change if the -ma is added to the end in a quesiton. With the -ma, the qui sound then agrees with the Pinyin Pronunciaiton chart that I have come to love. Does the sound actually shift with the -ma ending or am I not hearing this right?

她不喜欢足球。
She doesn’t like soccer. 1 (She doesn’t like soccer.)

你喜欢足球吗？--here is where the sounds agrees with the chart.
Do you like soccer? 1 (Do you like soccer?)

Posted on: Do you like China?

Ok--here's my first Newbie post.  Get the hook ready!

The way the end of word for soccer ( zu2qui2) is pronounced in the dialogue is different than the pinyin chart pronunciation you also graciously provide ( I love that chart!). 

Am I tone deaf, too?