Want to learn Chinese? :)

[Jessica]

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 hao


Pinyin Pronunciation Guide (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showpost.php?p=30684&postcount=210)

[CrOtALiTo]

Jjajajajaja you are crazy, orale you finish your post now.

[Jessica]

okay :)

[Tomisimo]

What is a common greeting in Chinese? Like "good morning" or "hello"?

[poli]

I guess yu means language

[Jessica]

yes it does :)

[Planet hopper]

Most common greeting is ni hao, which means 'you (are) good'
Wo ai hanyu = I love chinese
Ni shi wode baobei ma? = will you be my sweetheart? :) :) :)

[poli]

Most common greeting is ni hao, which means 'you (are) good'
Wo ai hanyu = I love chinese
Ni shi wode baobei ma? = will you be my sweetheart? :) :) :)

Wow, that last one seems to translate to colloquial English(would you be my baby mama?):D

[Rusty]

Wow, that last one seems to translate to colloquial English(would you be my baby mama?):D

Yeah, but if it weren't a question, the ma wouldn't be there.

[Elaina]

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 hao

Thank you Jchen! Now, as far as the accents go what is the difference in stress between the forward and backward accents? (Chinese & Korean above)

Thanks again!

[Planet hopper]

Pronunciation, and a different character.
Two more tones:
flat&high (_) over the letter
Rising-falling, quite long (turn > 90 degrees right, over the letter)

[Elaina]

Pronunciation, and a different character.
Two more tones:
flat&high (_) over the letter
Rising-falling, quite long (turn > 90 degrees right, over the letter)

¡Muy bien!

Y ahora que estoy totalmente confundida, ¿quién podrá ayudarme?

:confused::thinking::?::banghead::duh::hmm:

[Rusty]

Those that speak Chinese will tell you that there are 4 tones. The accents used by jchen and the two other characters described by Planet hopper help identify those tones. I'll let the experts teach you more about the tones.

[Elaina]

those that speak chinese will tell you that there are 4 tones. The accents used by jchen and the two other characters described by planet hopper help identify those tones. I'll let the experts teach you more about the tones.

thanks!

[Planet hopper]

Elaina,
If 4 tones look difficult, try Cantonese (Guangdong hua), it has 7 tones...

[Jessica]

yes that's right ^^ wow planet hopper you know some Chinese!!!! ^^

[Planet hopper]

Xi xie, hao pengyou
:)

[Jessica]

you mean xie xie.... ;)
And these are the four tones....
*_
*/
*V
*\

[Planet hopper]

Don't you guys drop the -e in spoken chinese, when talking fast?
Chinese is so difficult it is very very interesting :)

[Jessica]

no... :P :thinking: