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 AlexmotoDalton youtube.com 
2008-05-12 / 10:09AM

你好benny 你怎么样?我是加拿大人。 你知道你很好老师! 给我打电话号码? 开玩笑啊 呵呵。

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Bellzell123

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 Xuan yahoo.com 
2008-05-12 / 02:05AM

how do u say" She have brown eyes." ?

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-11 / 08:03PM

hello, whats the difference between ‘mai bu qi’ and ‘mai de qi’ ?

How do i say “deep” in chinese? for example: the swimming pool is very deep?

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-05-11 / 02:24PM

how to say “please don’t mention it again?”

is it: Bie2 zai4 ti2 le ba ?

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micah

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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-05-11 / 12:02AM

Hi what is zheng3 ge4? and how do i use it? thanks

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parkerjean417

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 Jean Paolo Alminar yahoo.com 
2008-05-10 / 10:10PM

Ni hao Benny! Wo jiao Paolo! Wo shi Philipine-ren! I would like to commend your passion in teaching Mandarin to us foreigners!!! Keep it up! Leave a legacy!
I would like to suggest that please org…

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learningforever007

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 chatanooga gmail.com 
2008-05-10 / 01:44PM

what is the best way to learn the chinese characters?

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danix

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 Danica yahoo.com 
2008-05-09 / 08:56PM

ni hao, benny! Can you do me a favor? Can you make my name into a chinese name?

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 Alex hotmail.com 
2008-05-08 / 04:51PM

你好 Benny, How long does it take to learn, understand, right (traditional and simple), and read chinese?

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-05-08 / 04:22PM

whats the word that means ‘to force oneself’ ? Like for example: Please don’t force yourself.. I remember there is a word for it but couldnt figure it out

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micah

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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-05-08 / 04:03PM

hi, i know there are several words tht end with ‘zi’ like for instant, jing4 zi, xie2 zi , cha1 zi, and so on.. I would like to know if it is ok to omit those ‘zi’ instead when speaking? because i …

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nara2nad

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 nadeen sofia yahoo.com 
2008-05-07 / 01:49PM

da jia hao..ke bu ke yi bang mang wo ma?

wat is sentence n sentences in mandarin?
oh…n theres more…
is dis correct?

wei shema,wo que de zuo tian zhen me re?
tang ren la,shi yin wei zuo…

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Henry

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 Henry yahoo.com 
2008-05-06 / 10:24PM

for the word ‘can’, if i for example wanna say something like “can you recommend me”, do i use ke3 yi3 or neng2 for the ‘can’ ?

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micah

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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-05-06 / 08:50PM

how to say the following words in chinese?

1) Save
eg: i want to save money
eg: i saved your life

2) repair/build something

3) hit lottery

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 belizemanmex youtube.com 
2008-05-06 / 09:57AM

Hi Benny,In English the difference between american and british is the spelling in a few words and the pronunciation but everyone understands it. Is it the same with Mandarin, Cantonese and Pekinese?

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 61176ppd youtube.com 
2008-05-06 / 09:53AM

i really want to learn how to speak Chinese first question i have is whats mandarin.

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 beolz12 youtube.com 
2008-05-06 / 09:40AM

hey, im jacob. i am upsesed with the chinese culture an im going to Beijing and hong kong. and maybe shanghai with my friend. I was wondering if i learned mandarin. would i be able to understand wh…

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steadyeddy24

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 Edward Harding hotmail.com 
2008-05-05 / 10:58PM

请问, is it correct to say. san yue, beijing de tian qi hao ji le’.
谢谢你

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steadyeddy24

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 Edward Harding hotmail.com 
2008-05-05 / 09:33PM

请问. dose it matter if I use 饭店 instead of 酒店?

谢谢

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steadyeddy24

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 Edward Harding hotmail.com 
2008-05-04 / 05:04AM

This wasn’t working a second ago

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steadyeddy24

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 Edward Harding hotmail.com 
2008-05-04 / 05:56AM

请问, who can i say ’ wo quanshen dou bu shufu’ in the past tense?

谢谢
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 JoshHull1994 youtube.com 
2008-05-03 / 01:22AM

Well ya…I dont really know chinese but my friend tolled me that Japan kinda copied the chinese language.

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micah

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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-05-05 / 02:27PM

is mian4 and lian3 interchangeable? if i wanna say “your face is cute” , do i say “ni3 de lian3 hen3 ke3 ai4?”

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nickjs

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 nicholas student.monash.edu 
2008-05-05 / 02:30PM

I am abit confused between zai4 and zhe.. Can i say the
following? :
1) wo3 zai3 deng3 ni3
2) wo3 deng3 zhe ni3

both sentences mean “I am waiting for you”(assuming i said them right) .

Als…

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nara2nad

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 nadeen sofia yahoo.com 
2008-05-05 / 01:19PM

ni men hao…:)
instead of “ni zhen me hui zhe yang dui wo”…can dis b use—→ ni zhen me hui dui wo zhe yang"…???

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nara2nad

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 nadeen sofia yahoo.com 
2008-05-04 / 11:57PM

“ni zhen me hui dui wo zhe yang” ..??
and…
wo hao xiang ni,means..i really miss u,rite?
ta hao sinian wo men…she/he misses us…is dis correct? —→is the sinian word correct?">

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nara2nad

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 nadeen sofia yahoo.com 
2007-07-30 / 10:21PM

em…whats the meaning of “kuang huan shi yi qun ren de gu dan”

and “ai qing yuan lai de kai shi shi pei ban”

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olgalacs

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 Olga Caballero gmail.com 
2008-05-04 / 02:32PM

Hi I would like to ask what is mian and bian. How do I use the mian and the bian for the words below
above/up
below/down
inside/in
outside/out

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micah

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 micahw hotmail.com 
2008-05-04 / 12:08AM

how to say “may as well” in chinese?

example: i may as well take use this way

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steadyeddy24

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 Edward Harding hotmail.com 
2008-05-04 / 05:06AM

请问. How do you use the before statment. ’ yi qian) i think it is.
I would like to say: ’ before I went to my hotel, I ate beijing duck ’
I’m trying everything in the past tense. 谢谢

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