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Flagday53

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 Flagday verizon.net 
2007-07-25 / 07:50PM

I love that old song, when I use the tread mill. But it’s really distracting as background music.

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Daniel

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 Daniel hotmail.com 
2007-07-31 / 11:08AM

Hey Benny, like the music and now I can direct a taxi, thanks mate.

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editorbenny

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 Benny bennysland.com 
2007-08-01 / 10:06AM

Cool, Daniel! I’m very happy.

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HAZARDkid

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 Mark hotmail.com 
2007-09-15 / 10:27AM

Hao de = okay ?

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editorbenny

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 Benny bennysland.com 
2007-09-17 / 09:58AM

You’re right, Mark! Hao de means Okay.

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Iris

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 Linda Y. gmail.com 
2007-10-01 / 11:46AM

hi benny! i just wanted to make sure about the pronunciation of “Qu”. Though spelled with a “Q”, it sounds like you are saying “choo” when you are talking with the taxi driver. Should i say it with a Q’ sound, or a “ch” sound for the verb “to go”? Fei chang shie shie Benny!!*

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editorbenny

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 Benny bennysland.com 
2007-10-02 / 09:59AM

Linda. you are right. In Pinyin, Q is not the same pronunciation as it in English. It sounds like “ch”, just like you said.

Hen hao! Linda.

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Pooshybooshy

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 Pooshybooshy hotmail.com 
2007-10-09 / 04:10AM

A thoughtful video. How embarrassing it would be if I got in a taxi and didn’t know what to say! What does “Hi Shi Fu” mean?

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editorbenny

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 Benny bennysland.com 
2007-10-09 / 10:04AM

Now you know what to say, :)

“Hi shi fu” means “Hey, driver”.

“shi fu” means “driver”. You can also say “si ji”, but it’s kind of formal.

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MonkeyLi

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 MonkeyLi web.de 
2009-10-12 / 02:06AM
To : Benny

LOL and I thought you said sifu=master to the driver ^. Was already wondering about that.
by the way, why is Xintiandi so popular? I mean what is it anyway? A monastry or something? Or a shoping city or what? ^

Xiexie for the great lesson!
Yours Monkey

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-10-12 / 05:05PM
To : MonkeyLi

It should be “Shifu”.

The reason why “xintiandi” is that famous is because lots of people go there to have fun.

Benny



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