Chinese is NOT HARD at all

fancynick · 26-11-2013 1:33pm

When you want to thank somebody for doing something for you.

For example, “Thank you for passing the salt.”

Just say “谢谢” or “谢谢你”.

谢谢means “thank”, and 你 means “you”.

Thank you. 谢谢你.
谢谢你(xiè xie nǐ).

Do you still remember the reply to 谢谢?
It’s不用谢. bú yòng xiè! Or 不谢 (bú xiè).

fancynick · 26-11-2013 1:33pm

Also we learnt a few popular expressions of saying goodbye.

***************Sentences in the Week
再见, goodbye.

一会儿见, see you later.

明天见, see you tomorrow.

保重, take care.

我走了／打扰了，我走了。

哪里，您慢走。Time for me to leave.／以后再来啊。
***************

fancynick · 26-11-2013 1:34pm

We also learned how to say goodbye.

It’s 再见.
再means again, 见means to see.

Literally, 再见 means to see you again.

再见 zài jiàn.

再见 is suitable for any occasion, right?
Yes, totally.

But if you know you will see the person again soon, you can just say一会儿见.

一会儿 means a while, so 一会儿见 means see you later.
一会儿见. yí huìr jiàn.

fancynick · 26-11-2013 1:34pm

Also learned a few more popular expressions of saying goodbye.

我走了。／打扰了，我走了。

打扰了，我走了。(dǎ ráo le, wǒ zǒu le. )
The reply should be 哪里，您慢走。

哪里 has the meaning of where.

Here it means that’s nothing.

And this is the reply to your thanks.

Usually the Chinese people would repeat by saying “哪里哪里”.

fancynick · 26-11-2013 1:34pm

We’ve learned the two basic sentence structures.

It’s a good start.

Well, every one, the question of the day.

This time please make a sentence with 是. (shì)

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:05pm

Lesson 009 Numbers from 0 to 5 in Chinese

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:21pm

Good morning. This week we’ll mainly focus on numbers, which you can use almost everyday in China.
Right, numbers are very important in our lives.

We are going to start from the very beginning.

Let’s check Key Words of the Day!

Today we’ll learn how to say the numbers from 0 to 5 in Chinese.

************** Key words of the day
0 1 2 3 4 5.

零一二三四五

líng yī èr sān sì wǔ
**************

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:22pm

I have a question for you. How many family members do you have?
There are 5.
So, that’s 五口人 in Chinese. wǔ kǒu rén

五wǔ is 5, the third tone. wǔ.

口kǒu is a measure word for people.

You know in Chinese there are lots of measure words for different nouns.

And 人rén means people.

So your family has 五口人, five people. wǔ kǒu rén

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:24pm

Another example.
My family has 四口人. sì kǒu rén

四sì is 4, forth tone.

四口人, 4 people, sì kǒu rén.

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:25pm

Could you please tell me how long have you been here, in Beijng?
3 years. 三年。

三sān is 3, and 年nián means year.

三年，three years.

How many years have you been in Dublin?

One year.
OK, in Chinese one year is 一年。

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:26pm

一yī means one, the first tone.

But if it’s followed by a second tone syllable it should be changed to the forth tone.

一年(yì nián), one year. So it’s yì nian, instead of yī nian.

Remember we learned 一会儿 last week?

It’s the same.

一年(yì nián)

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:27pm

Ok, we already have learned 1 3 4 5.

Then how about the two remaining numbers, 0 and 2?
0 is líng, second tone. líng

2 is èr, forth tone. èr.

Now we’ve learned all of the numbers from 0 to 5.

Let’s put them together.
They are: 0; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5.
0 1 2 3 4 5 (líng, yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ).

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:27pm

**********Key words reminder:
Today we’ve learned how to say the six basic numbers from 0 to 5 in Chinese.

They are

0, zero, 零 líng

1, one, 一 yī

2, two, 二 èr

3, three, 三 sān

4, four, 四 sì

5, five ; 五 wǔ

And also 五口人, five persons, wǔ kǒu rén；

四口人, four persons, sì kǒu rén；

3年, three years, sān nián；

1年, one year, yì nián.

**********

fancynick · 29-11-2013 12:27pm

Well. That’s it for today. One more thing, the question of the day:

How do you say three in Chinese? Your answer can be written in pinyin or the Chinese alphabet. Of course it would be perfect if you could write Chinese characters.
Well, class is over. 再见!

Scrappy600 · 29-11-2013 12:58pm

I'm huuuugely confused ted

howamidifferent · 29-11-2013 1:06pm

Smaaalll, far awayyyy dougal.

Scrappy600 · 29-11-2013 1:21pm

The Chinese, a great bunch of lads

Mr E · 29-11-2013 9:30pm

There may be an honest explanation, but can I ask why you're taking your content from an 8 year old Chinese lesson on english.cri.cn?

http://english.cri.cn/2432/2006-1-5/68@229617.htm

fancynick · 16-12-2013 2:44pm

Mr E wrote: »

There may be an honest explanation, but can I ask why you're taking your content from an 8 year old Chinese lesson on english.cri.cn?

http://english.cri.cn/2432/2006-1-5/68@229617.htm

Hey guys,

I plan to stop this thread here.
Anybody wants to learn or improve your Chinese, please PM me.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
聖誕快樂！新年快樂！
圣诞快乐！新年快乐！
(shèng dàn kuài lè ！xīn nián kuài lè ！)

NBguy · 31-01-2014 10:58pm

喜大奔普，不明觉厉！

Chinese is NOT HARD at all

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