Comments on: A Short Introduction to Bill

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:47:13 +0000

Thanks for your encouragement, I am forever being astounded by just how much good will there is out there. People are always offering to help me progress my Mandarin.

As I understood it, 大家好 is a greeting that you would use if you wanted to greet several people at once. What would you say if you wanted to emphasis the time aspect, so good evening as opposed to good morning? I just took the phrase 早上好 and replaced it with 晚上好. Maybe I was guessing just a little too much.

By: Yugan

Yugan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:07:50 +0000

My congratulations to Ernie. I was thoroughly stumped by 我家有。你家有甚麼？？Excellent decipherment there!

You’re doing good work, Bill. One suggestion: I have never heard anyone say 晚上好. You could say 晚安, but a more common greeting in such a situation would be 大家好.

家有，家有….加油!!

By: Li Yi

Li Yi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:57:46 +0000

[name removed] is a great company,and I guess you are doing technology services in it(not management consulting). Is that right?
And I’m curious about that if anyone tried ‘00′-’99′ to replace the two ‘?’ in your mobile number in order to find you?

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:05:41 +0000

Yan, you can find my reasons for studying Chinese on a post I wrote entitled Top 10 Reasons for Studying Chinese. If you read through the comments, several other people have taken the time to share their reasons as well.

By: Yan

Yan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:39:19 +0000

I want to know why are you want to learn it,since it’s really difficult and complex(even for natives)~?To be honest,I was excited when I find this website~~ Hope you make a fantastic progress in your Chinese^^

By: Yan

Yan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:38:11 +0000

A great amount of English people want to learn Chinese now,maybe because China has a large market…I want to know why are you want to learn it,since it’s really difficult and complex(even for natives)~?To be honest,I was excited when I find this website~~ Hope you make a fantastic progress in your Chinese^^

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:08:38 +0000

I’m surprised you can’t access them as they are hosted on the same server as my website. I will have to look at why they might be blocked.

By: robin

robin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:19:19 +0000

You got up really early hey.I agree with what you said about the “There’s no race…”
Your sister and brother get into art?So cool! Shame I couldn’t access to their websites in the office.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:22:18 +0000

It is taking a long time, and progress is slow, but it is one interesting journey. The internet really has changed the way we study and despite studying “alone” there is so much support and encouragement out there. There is no race as I have a lifetime to master my 2nd language.

P.S. I like what you have done with your blog. Art is a great way to express yourself, just a pity I’m hopeless at drawing.

By: robin

robin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:11:43 +0000

Well done.You’re going further than Alastair in Chinese study.;)