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wordbroken1573
Posted on: Dubai
August 18, 2011 at 5:46 PMBtw, Jenny, phonetically, Dúbèi yǒu sì shēngyīn: èr consonants hé èr vowels.
Díbài yòu èr 'consonants' yī yàng, èr vowels bù yī yàng. Dubai yǒu ér consonants yī yàng, yī vowel yīyàng. Dubai shì 75% duì, Díbài 50% duì.
Yíngjiā shì Dubai.
Posted on: Boston
August 18, 2011 at 12:49 PMReply to Connie, thanks for all the info, you're doing great!
Posted on: Boston
August 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM'Kèchǎng' literally means guest stadium/field for when playing away as opposed to when playing at home for host/home-stadium/field for 'zhǔchǎng'. The 'zhǔ' here is from 'zhǔren' = host(s), duì ma? Also, is it 'fense' -(tones?) for fans? And what exactly is being said at "měitiān bǎitiān de...?...xiǎng...?..."? Tài xièxie nǐ le.
Posted on: City Comparison
August 17, 2011 at 6:34 PMCould someone please tell me exactly what is the word Jenny uses near the end of the podcast when she says "wǒmen xiànzài jīngcháng...?...quánqiúhuà4"? I think it's something like jiang?dào but I'm not sure. Xièxie.
Posted on: Standing in Line
August 17, 2011 at 2:30 PMThis reply is awfully late, but kindness is not a matter of education. It's a matter of the heart, something that you're either born with or not. There are plenty of unkind people who have loads of education, and can even lecture you on etiquette they've learned without ever having grasped the spirit behind the manners they're expounding. In such an over-crowded and economically deprived country as China has been for so long, it is no surprise that people can become overly aggressive in their habits because quite often it has been a matter of acquiring something that is in short supply. America has had a better history of avoiding famine and poverty because of abundant resources and an efficient, modern industrial system catering to a relatively smaller population. Of course, these historical differences could change in the future if America doesn't learn to better discipline its people and make them more competitive in the world. China's people's long history of having to adapt to harsh, crowded, competitive circumstances & small relief in proportionate wealth production
has made them into such a race of hard-working entrepreneurs in spirit that people sometimes say "entrepreneurial spirit is built into their DNA". The rest of the world had better look out because the Chinese will continue to 'chāduì'.
Posted on: Introducing Hotels
August 17, 2011 at 1:13 PMThe 12th expanson's translation is rather cumbersome, though not incorrect. Much better would be "What's your location now?", which is briefer and less redundant. Another typical mistake is when people say, "Where are you at?" when "Where are you?" is quite adequate. For some 'social' reason uses of 'at' have become very pesky. Another example of such linguistic pathology in English speech is people who can bombard one with "you know"s. Please excuse these digressions if someone finds them too irrelevant.
Posted on: How's business?
August 16, 2011 at 3:47 PMXièxie for the tones. I see I had them crossed.
Posted on: Los Angeles
August 12, 2011 at 6:42 PMWhat is the pǔtōnghuà Jenny uses for stereotype? Xièxie.
Posted on: How's business?
August 12, 2011 at 1:41 PMEarly in the podcast Ken says Aggie is 'shūxí' and then a bit later Aggie says Ken is 'shōuxí' about something, both remarks I take it meaning that each has a good familiarity, a good knowledge, about the matter under discusssion. 'Shūxí' and 'shōuxí' are both different forms of the same expression, right? But please let me know if I have the tones wrong as I'm not sure of them. Xièxie.
Posted on: Dubai
August 18, 2011 at 5:50 PMWhat exactly is the term for a married couple at the start of the podcast? Yī dui? fūji? Xièxie.