Comments on: pimsleur never recommended this

By: kato

kato — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:46:22 +0000

this parallels almost exactly many of my cab rides in Cairo. make the most of cabbies, though, they often provide good humor, conversational practice, and make a boring ride less boring. how often do you take cabs?

By: Michael Zhao

Michael Zhao — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:44:00 +0000

I second Julia’s comment — the Chinese would: a) give you some extra practice, b) make it a bit easier on us!

By: 【Vivien】

【Vivien】 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:59:31 +0000

Your parents are huaqiao, Matthew and you are huayi, I think. Cos “华裔”的“裔” means descendant, 华裔 means descendant of Chinese. 华侨和华裔 both point to those whose nationality isn’t Chinese.
PinYin is much easier than English for me to read~~ *^^*

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:44:24 +0000

你因该在电脑上打汉字，别用拼音，阿~~~~。

By: t..h.p

t..h.p — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:20:10 +0000

Huayi, to me, means ethnic Chinese without any reference to nationality. Huaqiao, on the other hand, usually means ethnic Chinese with nationality of the country in which one resides. You are an American huaqiao, I believe, in their eyes.
I am impressed by your courage and effort. This makes your parent regretful of not teaching you the native tongue. Sorry. Either way, you seem to be having a good time and I am sure you will get good and fluent very quickly.