Chinese Mandarin - First Session (beginners)
During my first session of Chinese Mandarin, I had the chance to revise some basic phrases and vocabulary I've learned so far:
- Introducing myself (my name, my job, my nationality, where I live...)
- Time periods (morning, middle day, afternoon, evening, night), hour/day/minute, before/after work, half an hour/a quarter of an hour
- When I was born: say the date
- Describe what I did last weekend
- Name of some countries (Australia, Ireland, China, Holland, Italy)
- Verbs (to go, to do, to do some shopping)
New Vocabulary:
walian = baby face
shíxí = internship
maidongxi = to do shopping
xuexi = to study
zuo = to do
shihou = time
shiyou = roommate
Aodaliya = Australia
Helan = Holland
Aierlan = Ireland
Yidali = Italy
hen kuai jian mian = see you soon
Search from various English teachers...
Corrections · 3
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sorry, we say maomi, we don`t say maomao
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Hi Sling, thank you so much for the explanation, it's very interesting! So if I want to say that my cat is lovely I need to double the word "cat", right?
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Hi! Glad you are doing so well so far!
I am a native speaker of Chinese and a part-time Chinese teacher, so I think I can tell you something about the first phrase "walian".
According to "baby face", I suppose the Chinese phrase should be wawa lian. In Chinese, when describing something cute and lovely, the word is normally double used, such as gougou for a doggy, baobao for a baby. I this case, wawa(double-used the word "wa",which means "baby" itself) is for the "baby", and lian is for the "face".
Good luck with your learning!
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