Ready to help :) Nice site.

[Tomisimo]

I never gave you a proper welcome, so: Welcome Planet Hopper! Is that Planet hopper as in hopping around this planet or hopping from planet to planet?

The teachers on strike in Mexico is only in Chiapas, if I recall correctly.

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, we have problems with the teacher in Mexico, they don't want work any more, because the salaries in my country for a teacher is very below than other countries for example in U.S.A a teacher win more money or dine instead in my country the government does not up the salaries for the teacher, then it's motive for that the employs of sundry kinds to schools does not work, meanwhile the pupils continue with class in Chiapas, for that motive a lot people is immigrant in your country for the kind of government that we have here in Mexico, and it's exactly a pity.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by Planet hopper

Thank you
Xie xie nie 4th tone on the first "xie" and no tone on the second. Also, 3rd tone on "ni". But there's no accents for most Chinese tones (only the /)
Gracias

Will come around often, hanging around this kind of web cheers me up quite a bit.

Estar sin empleo es un autentico headache, sobre todo si te gusta enseñar.

Salu2

PH

Did your Chinese students teach you to say "thank you" in Chinese?
I'm Chinese. If you want to know how to say something in Chinese, you can ask me, but believe me, I'm not an expert. I'm pretty good, but my parents are much better. ^^
I corrected the Chinese.

[Planet hopper]

Grasia sosia

(=gracias, socia =thank you mate)

Salu2

PH

[Planet hopper]

To Mr. T,

Thanks for the warm welcome, yes, hopping around, have lived, worked and driven in 3 continents. Really glad to have met you guys, you sound very far from controversial issues

About teachers in mx, I am just listening for any job offer from anywhere in the world, including Mx. My experience with america happened in Canada, so I don't know anything south of the great lakes.

To jchen:

The -e is added to the first xi and to the ni as a sign of respect to the person receiving the greeting. Foreigners in china tend not to use tones when writing pinyin. I lived in china for six years, I can order food, take a taxi, greet people, in mandarin. Nothing difficult though, just a pre-intermediate level. My mandarin is putonghua, maybe yours is different, dunno. I think Chinese is a beautiful language.

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by Planet hopper

Grasia sosia

(=gracias, socia =thank you mate)

Salu2

PH

Welcome Planet hopper.....

Your thanks should go to jchen who corrected your Chinese.

[Planet hopper]

Yep, I was just kidding with my andalusian accent.

Always ready to learn some more chinese, I am focusing in writing now...crafty

Thanks to anyone I may not have mentioned

[Jane]

Coming in a bit late...
Welcome to the forums! I can see you´re having a swell time.
Well, we all rock here, but I´m sure you already found out.

[Planet hopper]

Having a great time, and intending to go on like that.
You guys rock, you do. Feels cozy in here.

Cheers!

[Tomisimo]

Glad you think so. Te invito un café