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Have you ever come across "Difference between ...... and ...... in Mandarin Chinese." "How to say ...... in Mandarin Chinese" "What does ...... mean in Chinese?" Whether it's asking a question or answering the other, this is the place to share your Mandarin Chinese knowledge together.

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 callmekakay youtube.com 
2008-08-25 / 05:17PM

ni hao benny!
wo jiao jenky..
i want to ask on how to say numbers from 100 to thousand..
bcoz i know how to say numbers from 1-99..
hope u can put a video response..

xie xie benny
:)

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 Josie gmail.com 
2008-08-25 / 02:11PM

为什么没有新的课文呢?我看到的video都是去年的哦。

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 matithetwatie youtube.com 
2008-08-25 / 01:11PM

hi benny im teaching myself chinese using your videos

i would like to ask you if you could teach me how to say ‘i would like fish and chips please’

cheers

mati

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 HDhoney08 youtube.com 
2008-08-25 / 01:08PM

Hi Benny,

I am pleased to watch your videos and it is so helpful for me, and would you like to tell me some more words in Mandarin?

1) The chief of police

2) Detective

3) Employee

4)…

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2007-11-28 / 07:35PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Telling Your Food Preference   Learn

Abstract : Are you a vegetarian? Perhaps you don't eat Pork? Or maybe you just can't have too much sugar! Whatever the preference, learning how to express this is as important! As for me, I eat everything or at least try everything once! But that's just me!

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Shadoww98

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 Fernando Davakis hotmail.com 
2008-08-24 / 01:09PM

hey Benny nice site but lookin around 2learn some chinese 2 impress my Sifu hopefully this will help me thanks!

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-08-23 / 11:57PM

Just practicing, is wo3 zheng3 tian1 du2 shu1 = i was studying whole day?

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nico

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-08-24 / 05:30AM

你好 Benny 你好吗 ? hey benny sorry again but i’ve a doubt again how i say the olimpic games theme(one world one dream) too tell how to write it ok thanks again bye

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liele

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 saade hinda hotmail.com 
2008-08-21 / 08:46PM

hi lao shiwo yao yi wen ti zen me wo yong(use)zhe ge yi zi: de得 ,ye yi zhi
一直 and whats the diffrence between dé and you3.xie xie lao shi

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2007-11-28 / 07:34PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Basic Words And Phrase Of Direction - Part 2   Learn

Abstract : In China, directions and streets are usually addressed with an indication of North, South, East or West. Knowing how to say these are obviously important to make sure you are going to the correct part of the street, i.e. Meet me in Nánjīng Xī Lù and not Nánjīng Dōng Lù!

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 Cheng Vang yahoo.com 
2008-08-12 / 01:15AM

how do you say i love you?

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 (Passing By) msn.com 
2008-08-22 / 04:16PM

This is fascinating and I’m going to try and learn mandarin from your site! But I’m confused how to read the words you use to describe how to say the word. For example: Zài Jiàn? Do you have a …

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or965114

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 bashir ahmad bashiri yahoo.com 
2008-08-22 / 01:36AM

benny iam not in shanghai iam in shoa xing (zhiejing) province and plz help me benny

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 mustkillpreps youtube.com 
2008-08-22 / 11:00AM

This is great, iam learning a lot. iam only confused on “ma”. how and when do you use it during a question?

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 ralgirdas youtube.com 
2008-08-22 / 10:38AM

Ni hao, Benny. I love your lessons :) I desided to learn some Chinese:)
Do you now, how to say Lithuania in Chinese?
It’s a country there your national basketball team trainer is from. So and i :…

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 niajhabenson7 youtube.com 
2008-08-22 / 10:40AM

aww poor beeny went to work with a hangover haha. Anyways i was wondering would you also use 看上去 for the meaning seem? for example, i want to say something like " you seem very energetic today" but…

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2007-11-28 / 07:35PM
Chinese Mandarin Learning : Which Department Are You Working In   Learn

Abstract : With Networking being such a vital part of the Shanghai business lifestyle, it's very important to make sure you know your contact's department. Which department are you in?

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 Mikazo654 youtube.com 
2008-08-21 / 10:41AM

Thanks Benny. However, what if you want to emphasize that you want to go to Beijing, and not somewhere else? Would you put it in front of the sentence then? (Germans do this by the way; I wonder …

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 blacksquirrel09 youtube.com 
2008-08-21 / 10:44AM

I don’t really learn them, I just identify the chinese I already know…
Just practicing listening skills.

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 saturnhexagon youtube.com 
2008-08-20 / 01:23PM

I see you did a video on emergency. Xie Xie, but if you could help me on He, Her, Them, Us. His, Hers, Theirs, Ours. Bao Zhong, Benny.

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 Nicolas Vanegas hotmail.com 
2008-08-21 / 10:25AM

hi benny how are u?? hey i need to know when i use “na li” and “na” ok well i wait soon your answer see you bye

nico

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 FAHD HOTMAIL.COM 
2008-08-20 / 04:13PM

benny i want to meet you
and want to be citizen on ur land and also i want to be a citizen on ur country
please tell me the procedure
love you benny
and happy birth day be lated
i saw y…

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sherry

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 sherry hotmail.com 
2008-08-18 / 10:15AM

I want to go to Beijing : )

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 CloudyClouds youtube.com 
2008-08-20 / 11:09AM

hey how do you ask someone to be your friend ? or go on a date? [ ofcourse in very polite way] you know

^^ xie xie ni or xie xie .. whats the diffrence?

thanks

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 saade hinda hotmail.com 
2008-08-19 / 09:36PM

hi lao shi ,iant ask about how say in chinese:beside/below/between/upon /within/over/during..and take the same place in sentense like english or what’s the diffrences.and how we use them.xie xie

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 blacksquirrel09 youtube.com 
2008-08-18 / 11:20AM

你好!我叫罗伯特! I can never remember if have the right characters for my name, ahah. I’m only sure about the 1st one.. and this time the 2nd one, too..
Let’s see if I remember from class last fall..
我是…

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 CloudyClouds youtube.com 
2008-08-20 / 10:51AM

hey benny … i am from the UAE but i cant pronounce the … “qiu chang” or “a la bo lian he qiu chang guo” or “a lian qiu” ??

i just started to learn chinese .. i even dont know which one is ma…

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 mypetridish youtube.com 
2008-08-20 / 10:45AM

so I assume “Jin tien tien qi bu hen hao” mean today’s weather is not very good?

and “Jin tien tien qi bu hao” means todays weather is not good?

can i say “Jin tien tien qi hen bu hao”? or is…

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 bashir ahmad bashiri yahoo.com 
2008-08-19 / 08:37PM

benny i live in china now and i want learn chines benny realy i want to learn chines plz help me benny plz

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or965114

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 bashir ahmad bashiri yahoo.com 
2008-08-19 / 02:01PM

hi benny how are u iam always see ur vedio on you tube and now iam registared in ur web page and all the best

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