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In this episode, James, Guangxiang, and Li Jing talk about their dreams and aspirations.

In this episode, James and Li Jing discuss Li Jing’s plans and different strategies to start up her own company.

In this episode, James finds out about Li Jing’s previous work experience as a fashion designer, and why she stopped working.

In this episode, Li Jing and Guangxiang discuss with James their plans for sending their son to be educated overseas.

In this episode, James and Guangxiang talk about Adam’s marital status. James also shares more about his divorce and some other information about Adam.

In this episode, Guangxiang tells James about his company’s strategy of expanding overseas business, and the consequent need of hiring foreigners for this task.

In this episode, Guangxiang and Li Jing learn about the education and working experience of James’ son, Adam, and also about his plans to work in China.

In this episode, James tells Guangxiang and Li Jing that his son will be visiting Shanghai soon, and they start talking about fun things to do in and around Shanghai.

In this podcast, James tells Guangxiang and Li Jing about his business trip to Beijing, and his subsequent visit to the Great Wall.

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In this podcast, learn to use the particle 了(le) to talk about circumstances or situations that have changed.

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Learn to say Chinese New Year well wishes.

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In this podcast, listen to a three-minute dialogue and review all the key grammar points in module 2.

In this podcast, learn to talk about prices and dollar amounts.

In this podcast, learn to use 的(de) to form useful and common noun phrases from verbs and adjectives.

In this podcast, talk about your intentions, such as things you want in a restaurant. Talk about permitted activities in a location as well.

In this podcast, learn to talk about things you “can” or cannot do.

In this podcast, learn to give directions.

In this podcast, learn to form “there is” and “there are” existential sentences, together with various directional nouns. Learn to use these kinds of sentences to talk about the weather as well.

In this podcast, learn to tell time, talk about routines and when you are free or busy, and learn to talk about intentions and plans as well.

In this podcast, learn to use adjectives and form simple subject-adjective sentences. Link to survey: http://svy.mk/1rq4J86. October 50% discount code: pod_oct14.

In this podcast, we learn the days of the week and other temporal words, form the progressive (continuous) tense, and also talk about recurring activities. Link to survey: http://svy.mk/1rq4J86. October 50% discount code: pod_oct14

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In this lesson, we listen to a new dialogue where you can test all that you’ve learned in the first nine lessons. We will also go through new uses for modal particles, and learn a couple of new adverbs.

In this episode, we continue to talk about our likes and dislikes with regards to activities. We also learn how to invite someone to an activity, and ask for their phone number in the process.

In this episode, we learn to talk about our likes and dislikes using a variety of new adverbs.

In this episode, we learn how to talk about our work.

In this episode, we learn the small numbers, the concept of measure words, and the use of the verb “to have”.

In this episode, we learn the words for family members, as well as how to introduce them. We also learn how to form possessive adjectives (my, your etc.), and the demonstrative pronouns “this” and “that”.

In this episode, we learn how to ask simple “yes-no” 是 (shì) questions, negate simple 是 (shì) sentences, as well as tell people where you currently live.

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In this episode, we learn how to tell people what country you’re from, as well as find out where they’re from. We will also learn the names of a few countries.

In this episode, we learn more greetings, different ways of saying goodbye, as well as a couple of ways to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome”.

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In this episode, we learn how to say hello, how to introduce yourself, as well as ask for someone else’s name.

This introduction to the Dimsum Mandarin series answers some of the frequently asked questions about the Chinese language and learning Mandarin.