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Sinxay

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-28
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 Sinxay Boualouang yahoo.com 
2007-08-29 / 11:42AM

Nin hao, could you give me chinese font? My computer don’t have one. Duo xie.

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SpanishStud99

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-20
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 Carlos Del Santos yahoo.com 
2007-07-23 / 02:03AM

Do Chinese women like to dance Salsa?

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suverman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-06
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 Suvodip Mitra gmail.com 
2007-08-29 / 08:06PM

ni hao! benny ni ma hao ma. i was wondering what u call India in mandarin. thnx!!

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billellement

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-06
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 bill ellement hotmail.com 
2007-08-21 / 02:39PM

One of my Chinese friends told me that Yu Garden market is a good place to go, right?

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angus

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-30
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 Angus Hartley yahoo.co.uk 
2007-08-30 / 12:54AM

Ni Hoa, I have just signed up and logged in and now can’t wait to get started. However in trying to get my island started I can’ go any further as it is not yet available. Could you tell me when th…

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 raymasaki youtube.com 
2007-08-29 / 01:22PM

Ni hao ma Benny
i like your videos, i will check out your site but in advance do you have any Chinese idioms?
exp; 好 事 多 磨 hao shi duo mo
中国 的 文化 真 是 源 远 流 长
zhongguo de wén huà zhēn shì yuán y…

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redderick

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Colin Young hotmail.com 
2007-08-29 / 11:17PM

I am curious how I would say “I have lived in china for 6 months?” wo, 6 yue, but the live in imnot sure. Many thanks!

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 robbyshouse youtube.com 
2007-08-29 / 01:07PM

hey benny i have two questions 1 – sometimes when chinese is written in the latin alphabet there’s no sign above the letter is this because the sign is just not given or because an ’’a’’ without a …

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 kevinnwhat youtube.com 
2007-08-29 / 01:24PM

hello! i just stumbled upon your mandarin lessons videos and i think there great! its great what your doing and the lessons are good. Im currently learning japanese, not mandarin, but still i thoug…

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 hospe25 youtube.com 
2007-08-29 / 01:26PM

hey hi benny , how are you? thanks for your classes they are very interesting. I am learning chinese.

i have a question. do people in shanghai speak mandarin chinese? because i have heard they s…

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 BaiMeiHu youtube.com 
2007-08-29 / 01:27PM

Ni hao benny, hao jiu bu jian. Wo xiang wen ni liang ge wenti. First question: I am having trouble with my Chinese comprehension, I can remember Chinese words and say them, but when some one speaks…

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GJR1969

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-26
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 Greg Rayner sbcglobal.net 
2007-08-26 / 07:08AM

Hi Benny
Can you do an experience on counting words? I find I am always tempted to say, “zhe ge” instead of the right word. I know some basic ones like “zhe ben shu” or “zhe zhi gou” but how about…

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-25
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2007-08-29 / 05:20AM

how do you say “how do you say ____?” in Mandarin?

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 Gabriel gmail.com 
2007-08-27 / 03:13PM

How do you say “Success” in Chinese?

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RTLE

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-22
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 ND live.nl 
2007-08-25 / 07:29PM

hi miss word ni hão ma ? – i wanted to know how to say we,you(pl.)and they and how to say dolphin
well hope to hear from you soon

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RTLE

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 ND live.nl 
2007-08-25 / 11:55PM

hey you explained the five tones but benny also made a video about the five tones but he gives only 4 vowels so what you called tone 2 in your explenation he calls tone 1 so if in an experience wic…

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chinachinaman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2007-08-26 / 03:14PM

Benny, please explain why “hong cha” means black tea.

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pointofthesun

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-24
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 Steven Wood aol.com 
2007-08-26 / 02:56AM

In the new video on verbs Benny explains that we can say Wo yao mai cha.

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RTLE

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-22
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Posts : 8
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 ND live.nl 
2007-08-26 / 12:15AM

miss tones you said that two third tones the first changes but is this when the two tones are in one word or if one word ends witch a third tone and the next begins with one ?

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pointofthesun

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-24
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 Steven Wood aol.com 
2007-08-26 / 02:57AM

in the last video on verbs benny says that we can say wo yao mai cha. I was wondering if it is also ok to say Wo yao mai yi ge bei cha. thanks.

steven.

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Meike

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-08
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 Meike Veenstra gmail.com 
2007-08-08 / 12:20AM

Hey Benny – I really like China’s culture and it’s people… I’d love to know more about it… what’s it like living in Shanghai? Compared to Beijing? Can’t wait to hear from you! Tot ziens!

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faguti123

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-05
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 Francisco Gutierrez yahoo.com 
2007-08-05 / 09:00PM

Hola Benny realmente tus microclases son muy buenas,Felicitaciones!. Espero seguir viendolas.
你好

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Soupgod

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-09
Language : None
Posts : 2
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 FredFox YAHOO.COM 
2007-07-09 / 03:50PM

I heard Chinese is very hard to learn, and I thought there are over 1000 characters! What is Pin Yin? Why does it have some lines on top of the ABCs’?

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billellement

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-06
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Posts : 6
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 bill ellement hotmail.com 
2007-08-13 / 03:08PM

Hello, Miss .Tones, I would like to know some rules of changing the tones. Thanks.

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JUANPA

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-26
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Posts : 2
Responses : 1
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 juan pablo benavente hotmail.com 
2007-08-04 / 08:36AM

miss…. how can i give the test for the next belt.??? xie xie

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RTLE

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-22
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Posts : 8
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 ND live.nl 
2007-08-25 / 02:24AM

ni hao – ni hao ma – wo hen hao
hey it’s really working but i just wanted to know what’s the difference between the pronunciation of the ’’x’’ , ’’q’’ and ’’sh’’ – i sometimes hear the ’’q’’pronu…

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suverman

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-06
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 Suvodip Mitra gmail.com 
2007-08-24 / 02:58AM

Ni Hao! I was wondering whether there is any chance that you would also do a parallel series on HANZIs. Lets say two or three Hanzi per video, more if you think is absorbable (You are the teacher!)…

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eric

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-07-07
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Posts : 2
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 Eric Roberson hotmail.com 
2007-08-22 / 10:47AM

I have a question for you, Miss. Tones. How do I know when a word should be toneless, and sometimes it’s not? I’m confused.

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RTLE

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-22
Language : None
Posts : 8
Responses : 10
Comments : 7
 ND live.nl 
2007-08-23 / 01:25AM

hey i’m studying and it’s really coming along , but i noticed that in a clip ( buying drinks/basic verbs ) the word for ‘’ i ’’ wõ had the sign wó so i wanted to ask is this just a mistake or can …

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KGX1

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
Registered on : 2007-08-22
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 King Gran Xiongmao hotmail.com 
2007-08-22 / 11:54AM

Nin hao!! Benny, I have a question; in Chinese do you put the adjectives before the noun (like in English) or do you put them after (like in Spanish)?

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