Would you consider to date someone if he/she does not have regular incomes?

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thank you for the lesson transcript

favorit phrase is 他有两个女儿，我也有两个女儿

robert

Hello Christopher,

Thank you for asking the question.

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Jae

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I have a general question about this course. It is great to have so much audio material, and Chinese is much easier to learn this way, but I wonder about the characters. Without regular practice writing the characters, is it really possible for people to learn them passively by using flashcards and so on? Do you find that your students learn to read, or is this in effect a spoken Chinese course?

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you very much for your comments!

The Review audio is fixed, thanks for pointing that out :sweat_smile:

Haha that's right, a person's integrity and values are more important. :thumbsup:

Olivia

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I could date a woman without regular income if she was responsible and had integrity. But I probably wouldn't pursue her if she was in that situation because she was lazy or making terrible life choices. :thumbsup:

You may want to take a look at the second half of the audio "Review" section. Canaan says "older apartment" as the answer for every Chinese word.:open_mouth:

Hi Jarad,

Thank you very much for pointing that out!

You are right, 还 in this lesson should be pronounced as hái.

FYI, there are 2 ways to pronounce 还, depending on the definitions:

hái - "also; as well; still; even" (adverb)

huán - "to return; to pay back" (verb)

Olivia

Team ChineseClass101.com

Why do the pdf and the lesson notes say "huan2" where the speakers say "hai2?" Is it a mistake? Is it another way to say "hai2?"

Hi Robin

Thank you for your comment: it is always interesting to compare cultures! :smile:

Please stay with us and wait for our new lessons!

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Ofelia

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In my culture (New Zealand) girls who are looking for partners with lots of money and possessions are referred to as 'gold-diggers'. This is not usually a nice thing to be called and men are usually very wary of such women. Most NZ women see this materialism as 'shallow' which means they are not particularly intelligent or interesting. Although most people in NZ can spot the gold-diggers a mile off and hold them with contempt there is a small part of society (that I have little knowledge of) where gold-digger girls pursue wealthy men just as much as these men pursue hot, sexy women who they can show off (like a show pony) at social events. We do have to be pragmatic though so people often put 'financially independent' on their shopping list when looking for a partner. I think NZ men look for women who are financially independent although many feel threatened if the woman earns more than he does. Women look for men who can fix things around the house and is comfortable with sharing jobs like looking after the children, cooking and cleaning.

Hi Robin,

Haha, good question!

Actually in our upcoming Intermediate lesson (Season 2 lesson 5) that will come out in August, we'll talk about the so-called "ideal partners" in China :grin::

girls are looking for men who are「高富帅」 "tall, rich and handsome"

and men look for girls that are 「白富美」"white (fair skin), rich and beautiful"

Olivia

Team ChineseClass101.com

So if single girls are looking for men with house, car and money, what are young men looking for in prospective partners.

Hi Will,

I guess yes :evil:

Echo

Team ChineseClass101.com

Does the Chinese Communist Party have an official position on the much increased materialism of some Chinese people? :smile:

@richard,

Haha, adding "de4hua4" will make the sentence sound more colloquial. You can leave it out, no problem at all. You will be understood totally. :razz:

--Echo

@Echo, so it's still a conditional clause with or without 'dehua'

why complicate and simply not use it. does the clause sound better with "ruguo/yaoshi .. dehua" to the native ear?

i'm thinking of just (auto) using 'ruguo' at the beginning of a 'if' conditional sentence. i should be understood with most context right?

@richard,

Basically you can use "ru2guo3" and "yao4shi4" interchangeably, and you can use "de4hua4" together with "ru2guo3" or "yao4shi4" in one sentence, but you always want to use "de4hua4" at the end of one clause. For instance, ru2guo3/yao4shi4 ta1 bu4 lai2 (de4hua4), wo3men5 zou3. (If she doesn't come, let's go) You don't have to use "de4hua4" as well.

--Echo

jane, ruguo , dehua and yaoshi for 'if' has me confuse

i have also notice both ruguo and dehua in the same sentence.

e.g. if i want to say : if she doesn't come let's go anyway which of the above is more 'kouyu' . is it context that determines position of 'if' in the sentence?