Please help me to find some web sites from which I can download free Chinese Pod cast suitable foe Newbies.

Some chinese questions for the chinese experts :)? Thanks! 1. What is the difference between can(1st tone) and cai (4th tone) 2. Do both of these mean "He has finished eating the diced chicken" -- Ta ba jiding chiwan le AND ta chiwan le jiding Why would anybody ever use the "ba" construction, seems like a massive hassle 3. "I didn't see the movie because there were a lot of people" -- dui ma --> Wo meiou kandao yinwei you hen duo ren le 4. "Too western for him" -- my main question is how to add "for her" or "for him" in this type of phrasing. Is this right --> Ta de tai xifang le

1. I hear, I forgot I see , and remember I do, and I understand 2. Continuous adaption to suit whims of others undermines excellence 3. Knowledge is to know what one knows and what one does not know 4. A book holds a house of gold

Can anybody recommend me some good grammar books, or dictionaries?

Does any body know what "ni hen ai ni de mama ,dui ba" means?? My chinese teacher commented on one of my pictures and in order to reply to her in pinyin , i need to know what shes saying lol. Thank you oh so very much!

Hiiiiiii everyone! I've wanted to learn Chinese fluently for a long time now, and this year my school offered Rosetta Stone as a class. So, I started the Mandarin Chinese course. If any of you know what Rosetta Stone is like you know it's not a very effective way to learn Chinese, unless you live with someone who can help you. So I have a few grammar questions. For example: zhe ge nan ren zai chi fan. I think this means: A man eating rice, or maybe The man eats rice? I'm not sure! please verify. Another example: yi ge ping guo. Could this mean: An Apple? I have many problems with this kind of thing in Chinese! /: hmmmm. Well sorry for the length of this question, and the lack of tone marks over the pinyin. Help would be appreciated. (; Additional Details Thank you! ((:

I was once acquainted with people from Tianjin and Beijing. I noticed that when they speak Mandarin, the "w" sounds like an English "v". For example, "wen" sounds like "ven", "wang" sounds like "vang". Is this sound variation part of the Beijing or Tianjin dialects of Northern Chinese (北方話)? Where else does this sound change occur?

I've got my heart set on learning Chinese, Japanese or Korean, and I'm going to start learning one over the summer. From experience, which language is easiest to speak?

Hi guys, I am going for a Chinese examination tomorrow and I am looking for a way to memorize Chinese characters very fast. Please guide me. Thank you.

I m currently learning Chinese, and I m trying to comment on a song in Chinese. I m still having a hard time remembering hanzi. I was wondering if anyone could please explain to me -- "his voice sounds so pretty/beautiful" in Chinese?

I know for daily Chinese word "cool" there are many meanings and it's merely based on your culture. So what does it mean in the Chinese culture?

I was fooling around in Trade chat on world of warcraft today and I said "Ni hao" in trade and some gold farmer whispered me this .-. What does it mean?

:) We have 2 new students from China, but they don't know English yet. I want them to feel comfortable :)

I need it for tattoo idea only with symbols. Please help me out. Ty.

I'm beginning to learn Chinese. I was born into a Chinese family so I can speak about 2,000 or so words, but I can only read about 300. I speak English to my family so my Chinese is a bit spotty too. I already have textbooks/learning materials, but are there any books/sources for simple reading that would help me that you would recommend? I'm looking for supplementary reading to help me retain what I teach myself. Traditional Chinese is preferred. Thanks!

Do You teach how to read and write Chinese characters? Is conversation included for beginners, intermediate and advanced? How much do you charge for the course?