Archive for the ‘Listening’ Category
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
There are certain things I always hear when shopping. So, I've gone ahead and tracked them down so we can understand every word.
Literal, word by word translations appear in [brackets].
Optional words appear in (parentheses)
Notes appear with an asterisk (*in parentheses)
Measure words are translated in {curly brackets}.
Alternative translations are separated ...
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
See also: Top 10 measure words to know
As a friend who recently arrived in China said, "Yes but do they really USE all of those measure words?" I don't know about all. But yes, unfortunately, they do use a great deal of them.
These are all the measure words I have ...
Posted in Explanations, Listening, Vocabulary | 20 Comments »
Friday, November 24th, 2006
As I do my little things, I can tell I'm always hearing the same stuff over and over again. But even though I get the message, it's always too fast to distinguish what's really being said. So, I asked for help and nailed down some of those common phrases at ...
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