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Wen Bar: The difference between "èr" and "liǎng" (Newbie)

我是捷克人。;) (But Vojife isn't my real name, it's just a nickname. My real first name is Vojta 硪易沓)

Comment by Vojife posted 8 hours ago

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Beginner Chinese Series 4 Lesson 9: I like both Longjing tea and Tie Guanyin tea.

Hi Ellie Thank you for reply. They don't cook together means Asid and Alcali? How do you cook and eat sweetpotatoes? Takako

Comment by takak posted 13 hours ago

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Beginner Chinese Series 1 Lesson 1: What's your surname (honorific)?

You are welcome. I am so happy that we can help you. :) If you have any question or any topic you want to learn, just feel free to let me know. :)

Comment by Becky_Chinese Teacher posted 19 hours ago

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Day Day Up: Thank you! (Newbie)

Hi joseph6704, We do read all comments and do our best to reply as soon as possible. It’s always nice to keep in touch with all of you and see where you’re at in your studies. :) Hope you continue to come often and keep practicing with us.

Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 21, 2012

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Survival Chinese Lesson 4: I want to reserve a room

Hi Tamaren, Not exactly. “Want” means “要, 想要.” “Would like” means “想要, 愿意” The difference between them is that "want" is direct and simple, while "would like" is suitable for requests and wishes. “Would like” is more polite. So the difference between these two phrases differs from that of “想” and “想...

Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 20, 2012

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Lesson 5...

Hi Damien, No problem. Let me know if you still encounter the problem. I’ll be glad to help out.

Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 20, 2012

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Crazy Grammar: Where are you? (Newbie, S + zài + nǎr?, Part I)

Hi pinyinLVR, Here are the Chinese characters and Pinyin for these words: God 上帝 (Shàngdì); Spirit 灵魂 (líng hún); Christian 基督徒 (jīdū tú); Jewish 犹太 (yóutài); Buddhist 佛教徒 (fó jiào tú); Hindu 印度人 (yìndù rén); Scientology 山达基教 (Shāndájī jiào); Jesus 耶稣 ( Yēsū) Hope it helps. If you have more questio...

Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 17, 2012

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General

Hi hikehawk, Sure. Here are two links that you can choose from: Sougou Pinyin: http://pinyin.sogou.com/ Click the green button to download the program. Google Pinyin Input Method: http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ime/pinyin/ You can click the blue button to download the program.

Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 16, 2012

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Big Bang Vocab: I love coffee! (Elementary, Part I)

Hi, we have a lesson about frequency adverbs. Here is the Link. http://www.echineseonline.com/chinese-video-courses/big-bang-vocab/lesson-20

Comment by Becky_Chinese Teacher posted on February 16, 2012

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Beginner Chinese Series 1 Lesson 9: Heading out on Saturday morning.

You are welcome. ：）

Comment by Becky_Chinese Teacher posted on February 16, 2012

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Beginner Chinese Series 2 Lesson 1: Daily Routine (I)

Hi pinyinLVR, Thank you for your good question. In Chinese, we can call a young man surnamed "Wáng" as "xiǎo Wáng." And "xiānsheng" is more formal, which means sir or Mr..

Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 16, 2012

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Day Day Up: Where's the restroom? (Newbie)

No matter where you are, when you have to go a restroom, you REALLY have to go. You know what that means. Learning to ask for directions to a public restroom is a critical skill surviving in China.

Comment by lisa.zhang posted on February 16, 2012

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Day Day Up: Asking for Opinions: What do you think? (Newbie)

Madonna’s performance in the Super Bowl was awesome. What do YOU think?

Comment by lisa.zhang posted on February 16, 2012

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Crazy Grammar: Where are you? (Newbie, Subject + zài + place word)

Location. Location. Location.

Comment by lisa.zhang posted on February 16, 2012

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Day Day Up: What’s your phone number? (Newbie)

Hello beautiful lady! What’s your number?

Comment by lisa.zhang posted on February 16, 2012

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Crazy Grammar: Do you have time tonight? (Newbie, S+有+n.)

You always wanted to ask her out. You just need to summon the courage to say: “Do you have time tonight?”

Comment by lisa.zhang posted on February 16, 2012

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Beginner Chinese Series 1 Lesson 3: This is my friend.

When the subject is a personal pronoun, and the person after "de" is quite close relationship with you, you need to omit the "de." Like "Wǒ" is a personal pronoun, so I can say "Wǒ nánpéngyou shì lǎoshī.(My boyfriend is a teacher.)" If you say"Becky's," you can not omit "de," because "Becky" is not ...

Comment by Becky_Chinese Teacher posted on February 15, 2012

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Day Day Up: You can do it! (Newbie)

Your friend is going to run the Beijing marathon tomorrow. This is exciting! But how do you encourage him or her?