stiras1

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From :   Stine

Date : 2009-07-04 / 09:39AM

Hi Benny! Thank you for this awsome way of learning, but I am a bit confused. Does shí mean both yes and am?

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-07-04 / 11:47AM

Hi Stine, yes. it is.

it should be “shì” (the fourth tone).

Benny



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RobertVicencio

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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2009-07-06 / 02:55AM

Where you from Stine? ;o)

Let’s be BUDDIES!

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huaweiwang1981

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 wei hotmail.com 
2009-07-06 / 08:54AM

yup ,as our teacher benny say ,shì is fourth tone . for example : wo shi xue sheng ,i am a student .
ni shi xue sheng ma ? are you a student ? shi de .wo shi xue sheng . yes , i am a student .

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stiras1

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 Stine live.no 
2009-07-07 / 08:30PM

Xiexie =D I think I understand now. I guess a lot of words are a like, I just have to study hard to recognize them.

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