[Chinese] Want to learn Chinese? :)

[Jessica]

I looked over it and saw no errors

Here's mine:

difference between 是 and 在
是 and 在 are both be words, or "being" verbs - am, is, are, was, were, etc.
Wo 是 zhong guo ren. I am a Chinese person. 我是中国人。
For nouns 是 goes before it, not 在. 在 is for places or location.
Wo 在 zhe li. I am here. 我在这里。

for adjs, there isn't any.
She is very beautiful.
Ta hen mei. 她很美.

Tell me if you don't understand.

[lee ying]

在 how can i write or say this character. yes, oiw many characteres there is to write is ,
ok, tell me my last name is Yang: it has a meaning? do you know ? tell me please. that`s it

[Jessica]

在 is zai, last tone on the "a". it takes 6 strokes to write it.
Yang has many meanings. one meaning is "goat", with the 2nd tone on the "a" I'm not sure what your last name really means, but maybe it might be "goat" although that doesn't sound right to me

[Jessica]

about the past, present and future things, it's very different from English and Spanish. it's really easy too, just see if you can tell the difference here:

今天我有汉语课。jin tian wo you han yu ke. Today I have Chinese class.
昨天我有汉语课。zuo tian wo you han yu ke. Yesterday I had Chinese class.
明天我有汉语课。min tian wo you han yu ke. Tomorrow I will have Chinese class.

There are no special way to say the past and future. you have to look in the context to find the clue if it is past, present, or future.

Tell me if you don't understand

[lee ying]

so, only if I say the days I´m talking about the time, that´s right? examples:
jin tian wo you han yu ke. Today I have Chinese class
zuo tian wo you han yu ke. Yesterday I had Chinese class
min tian wo you han yu ke. Tomorrow I will have Chinese class. right? or is there another difference.

[Jessica]

right. you can tell if you know the time of day/time

[Jessica]

if there's anything else any of you want to translate or know tell me I will have the answer!

[Planet hopper]

May I comment pls?

The qiu in sports means ball and sounds more like yio (using spanish transcription). It sounds similar to the word drink, as in pi jou (beer), bai jou (white wine), but not the same.

When shopping in China, a basic skill to avoid rip-offs is the following:

Tuo (sounds more like what people say) shao qian? How much money?

Shi wu kuai (15 RMB) (Do you need the first shi?)

Tai gui la. Bu yao la (Too expensive, I don't want it)

Then you walk away, the seller will chase you saying

Dang yi huar (wait a minute) and will offer a lower price, probably half.

So, you got your bargain

[Jessica]

Pian yi means cheap. Gui is expensive.

Originally Posted by Planet hopper

May I comment pls? sure!

Originally Posted by Planet hopper

The qiu in sports means ball and sounds more like yio (using spanish transcription). It sounds similar to the word drink, as in pi jou (beer), bai jou (white wine), but not the same.

When shopping in China, a basic skill to avoid rip-offs is the following:

Tuo shao qian? How much money? Should be: Duo shao qian?

She wu kuai (15 RMB) Shi shi wu (15) kuai.

Tae pian yi. Bu yao la (Too expensive, I don't want it) Tai gui le. Bu yao.

How do you write expensive (pian yi)?

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/63190_chinese-rent-expensive.htm

Then you walk away, the seller will chase you saying

Dang yi huar (wait a minute) and will offer a lower price, probably half.

So, you got your bargain

comments in color.

[lee ying]

yes, I want to know all the days and moths can you doi it?
jessica it was the question for me?
I need to know the daya. thanks to you and`I`m learning all that I need to know . but I know chinese is pretty hard. but I thank you so much. I like chinese words.

[Planet hopper]

You are right, Jess, it's tai gui la, not tai pian yi la. Sorry, I will edit the post.

[lee ying]

jess, would you mind teach me , how to write the days, years, month. please.
^ _ ^ * _ *

[Jessica]

Sunday - xing qi ri 星期日
Monday - xing qi yi 星期一
Tuesday - xing qi er 星期二
Wednesday - xing qi san 星期三
Thursday - xing qi si 星期四
Friday - xing qi wu 星期五
Saturday - xing qi liu 星期六

January - yi yue 一月
Februrary - er yue 二月
March - san yue 三月
April - si yue 四月
May - wu yue 五月
June - liu yue 六月
July - qi yue七月
August - ba yue 八月
September - jiu yue 九月
October - shi yue 十月
November - shi yi yue 十一月
December - shi er yue 十二月

Month - 月
Day - 日
year - 年

Today is January 10th, 2009.
2009 年 1 月 10 日

[lee ying]

xiè xie jessica. nî de zhong wen hen hao a. your mandarin is very good!!!
i`ll

[Jessica]

bu ke qi ^_^ xie xie

[Jessica]

Ready for some more Chinese?

Culture:
School
In China, students must stand up to answer questions. If they get a question wrong, they are punished by being told to stand up the whole class.

Some words:
跟 gen. it means with
一起 yi qi. it means together
吃 chi. it means eat or have
听 ting. it means listen (to)
音乐 ying yue. it means music. notice that 乐 can be yue or le. le is used in kuai le (快乐), happy. 快 means fast or quick.
很 hen. it means very
高兴 gao xing. it means happy, glad, or cheerful. kuai le also means happy, joyous, but usually it's used after sheng ri (birthday) or jie ri (holiday). gao xing describes how you are feeling. jin tian wo hen gao xing. 今天我很高兴。 Today I am very happy.


Family
yeye (your dad's dad)爷爷
nainai (your dad's mom)奶奶
laolao (your mom's mom)老老
laoye (your mom's dad)老爷

more Chinese to come!

[CrOtALiTo]

I have tried to learn the Chinese with these lesson but, I can't do it, I don't know, maybe, I haven't vocation with the language.

[Jessica]

you mean you need to learn how to pronounce it? yeah. it's hard to explain it by writing it.
if there are anything you want to know about Chinese or China, tell me

[lee ying]

yes, I´m ready for this and more and more , lol 2009 年 1 月 13 日I'm glad that you follow teaching me chinesse class.今天我很高兴。 Today I am very happy . actually I can write these words, months , days, numbers, I´m chineses, I love you. hello. bye. xie xie . so on. lol all thsi is thanks to you..... * _ * *_*. , thank you, take care , now I´m at university, .

[Jessica]

Here's a slang.

You are awesome!
Ni hen niu!

你很牛！


你很牛！
this is a bad word!! Don't say this.