Want to learn Chinese? :)

[Planet hopper]

Wuhan, in Huayang college of Arts.
Bathrooms are not OK almost anywhere in China, but I love the country, the culture is interesting.
What province is Binhai in? Should be on the coast, no? (hai=sea)

Suzhou is famous. Old saying goes: In heaven there is paradise, on earth there is suzhou, somewhere else and somewhere else (can't remember the other two places)

Also women just south of the yangtse are famous for being very pretty. I lived in Huzhou for a while, and I've been to Yimu, around Zhejiang province. I used to teach near nanjing, and would party at weekends in Shanghai, so my Friday and sunday trips would go through suzhou. I was there for a med test and in zhouzhuan, the chinese venice nearby, for my honeymoon.

[Jessica]

Suzhou's one of the place where the bathrooms aren't disgusting ^_^ My aunt lives in an apartment and the time I went there the bathroom was like the US.

我: wo - me/I
愛: ai - love
你: ni - you
我愛你 - wo ai ni
I LOVE YOU :)

[Amanpour]

Well, my dear son turned down my very generous sugestion to join the forum, he thinks it´s a place for old folks...:sad: :sad:

[Jessica]

old folks?! you can tell him there's people his age here also, not only "old" people (:P)! how old is he? im 14. you should tell him about me and maybe when he joins we can talk and he can practice his Chinese!
:eek:
:) persuade him again :)

[CrOtALiTo]

Jajajaja, he told us old people, mmmmm, he is the old man.

[Jessica]

tell us if he agreed to join Tomisimo - if not then that's fine. How will he practice Chinese with me?
If yes, that will be awesome. Tell us his username and I will immediately um greet him in Chinese!
:) :)
I really hope he joins!

[Jessica]

Wo - me/I
我
xué - learn/study
学
Xībānyáyu. Spanish
西班牙语。
Ni - you
你
huì - can
会
shuō - speak
说
Xībānyáyu - Spanish
西班牙语
ma ?
吗？
你汉语说得怎么样？
Ni han yu shuo de ze me yang?
Translation: How good are you at speaking Chinese?

[Planet hopper]

OK, jessica, pls give us some sentences, things to say every day, such as I'm full, it's raining, is it cold? Do you like it?, etc...

Kindly change a present sentence into past or future, any sentence you may think of...

Xie xie:p

[Jessica]

Wo bao le. I'm full
Xia yu le. It's raining.
Ni xi huan ma?
Wo men yao qu tu shu guan. We're going to go to the library.
Yi qian mei you che. Long ago there wasn't any cars.

[Elaina]

How will I know I have the right pronunciation?

For example.....xué.....if you were to write it in american letters, what letters would you use to obtain the closest pronunciation?

Esto es muy divertido! Gracias!

:applause:

[Jessica]

what? I don't understand you Elaina, sorry.

[Tomisimo]

what? I don't understand you Elaina, sorry.
She's asking for a pronunciation guide. For example, how do you pronounce xué?

[Jessica]

umm it's a bit hard to explain. .....
sorry. :sad: I think English has taken over my Chinese brain.

[DeterminadoAprender]

Share some slang phrases in Chinese!

[Jessica]

what?? what are slang phrases

[DeterminadoAprender]

Something like "!Que Padre!" meaning "awesome" and "Baloney" meaning "that's nonsense".

[Jessica]

uhhhh Don't know any sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[María José]

I am going to teach everyone Chinese.... first, the countries and languages in Chinese!

Spanish especially! :D

xi ban yá yu - Spanish
ying yu - English (more specifically, mei yu is American English)
hàn yu - Chinese
hán yu - Korean

:) 
Good morning: zao shàng hao
Hello/hi: ni haoYou are so lucky to be able to speak Chinese... But I don't think I would have the time or the patience to go into it now, even if I find it most attractive...:):love:

[Jessica]

Here's some more Chinese:
The numbers
一 yi 1
二 er 2
三 san 3
四 si 4
五 wu 5
六 liu 6
七 qi 7
八 ba 8
九 jiu 9
十 shí 10
十一 shí yi 11
十二 shí er 12
十三 shí san 13
十四 shí si 14
二十 er shí 20
三十 san shí 30
四十 si shí 40
一百 yi bai 100

after each number and before each noun, there is a character called a measure word.
For flat things, like paper, it is zhang.
For pets and some animals, like dogs, it is zhi.
For people and some things (like backpacks - shu bao) it is ge -个
There are MANY measure words!

[Tomisimo]

The measure word thing sounds kind of complicated. :)