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Posted on: National Day
October 1, 2009 at 6:54 AM

Juzi， stop acting like a such a Mr. Know-it all cry baby. You're the only one acting obnoxious here.

Posted on: National Day
October 1, 2009 at 2:09 AM

hahah, that was so funny. It's funny because they really are that dumb. This was probably based on a true story

Posted on: Love Tangle 3: One Night Stand
September 29, 2009 at 8:59 PM

haha, I listened to the audio review after reading Tal's comment and I have to say that I completely agree with him. It would be really annoying and maybe even unbearable to listen to that more than once.

 

Posted on: Learn From Failure: Joe Constanty
September 29, 2009 at 4:17 AM

two thumbs up!!!

great topic, great interview!

Posted on: Not Cooked Enough
September 28, 2009 at 1:24 AM

yeah, this lesson was super cool. I liked Ken's questions about the dish and where it's eaten

Posted on: Not Cooked Enough
September 28, 2009 at 1:07 AM

Hello,

When does Chinesepod's week off start? Monday(tomorrow) till the next Monday?

Posted on: Happy Birthday China
September 27, 2009 at 2:49 AM

that sounds awful Tal. Sorry to hear that :(

Am I the only one still having trouble hearing the interview?

Posted on: Happy Birthday China
September 27, 2009 at 1:17 AM

The interview you guys had with the travel company person wasn't attached to the file properly. I couldn't hear anything :(

This pinyin converter is really cool! Is there any way it can be used to show tone marks above Chinese characters as well?

zhù zhōngguó shēngrì kuài lè !

Posted on: Away on Business
September 25, 2009 at 4:23 PM

Hey Matt,

One thing about Cantonese is that even though it has between 6-9 tones, the tones are all pitched in a way that don't sound extremly from one another. Mandarin has 5 tones, which is at least one less the Canto, but it's way more important to proununce the tones in Mandarin properly because non of them sound anything alike.  

Both of the Canto text books I have say that Canto has 6 tones

Posted on: Away on Business
September 25, 2009 at 6:29 AM

so the Shanghai dialect is going extinct, is it? Do most Shanghai people know that? Is the local government doing anything to preserve the Shanghai dialect?

The Shanghai dialect sounds really Japanese. Speaking of Cantonese...I really want to learn it!! I meet way more Cantonese speakers in the US than Mandarin speakers. Plus it sounds cooler