Archive for the ‘Word Hog’ Category
Monday, May 9th, 2011
In one of my English classes last week, the students wanted to talk about mǔqīn jié 母亲节, so I let them.
After a while, the discussion turned (I turned it) to whether the students had ever said "I love you" to their parents or heard their parents say "I love you" ...
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
I'm not really sure why most of us laowai don't know about this little phrase. It's certainly not because it's too complicated. Maybe it's just so short we don't realize we've heard it. I've never seen any books or dictionaries that explain it, so I'll try:
Bù le 不了 = No ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Happy National Day!
guóqìng kuàilè!
国庆快乐!
In an attempt to stay topical and current in my English classes leading up to China's liùshí zhōunián guóqìng 六十周年国庆 (and I'm talking zhōusuì 周岁, by the way), I've let the students discuss various related subjects in our class such as what will happen this year to ...
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
"You can't learn the language without learning the culture!" Sound familiar? In formal language education there is a movement for calling culture the "fifth skill" (along with: reading, writing, speaking, listening).
But what ever does it mean to us learning Chinese? I'm not going to pretend I know the ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
DISCLAIMER: In case I have a Chinese reader, I should tell you "funnest" isn't a real word.
This post started out innocently enough as a fun way to test the new audio plugin (thanks to Beijing Sounds for the tip) and celebrate the joy of speaking a foreign language. But ...
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