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Wordlist to learn before first conversation I am learning quite steady now but i am missing basic verbs and nouns about me and in 3 days i'm supposed to have a conversation with a native speaker. Need to practise some verbs and nouns other than 是 and 荷兰人 I've taken these translations from an online dictionary but no idea whether they're right.. please correct if anything is wrong.. Verbs: work - gōngzuò - 工作 Study - xuéxí - 学习 Go (to go to, underway) - qù - 去 Travel - lǚyóu - 旅游 Eat - chī - 吃 Drink - yǐn- 饮 Sleep - shuì - 睡 Cook - zhǔ -煮 Create - chuàngzuò 创作 See - zhuǎi - 转 Watch (on television) - shōukàn - 收看 Work out - jiànshēn - 健身 Ride (bicycle) - qí - 骑 Nouns: Computer - jìsuànjī - 计算机 Programmer - chéngxùyuán - 程序员 Job - zhíwù - 职务 Office - chù - 处 Software - ruǎnjiàn - 软件 Cellphone - shǒujī - 手机 Television - diànshì - 电视 bicycle - dānchē - 单车 Train - huǒchē - 火车 Airplane - fēijī - 飞机 Music - yīnyuè - 音乐 Gym - jiànshēnguǎn- 健身馆

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Wordlist to learn before first conversation

I am learning quite steady now but i am missing basic verbs and nouns about me and in 3 days i'm supposed to have a conversation with a native speaker. Need to practise some verbs and nouns other than 是 and 荷兰人 (these are useful!)

I've taken these translations from an online dictionary but no idea whether they're right.. please correct if anything is wrong..

Verbs:
work - gōngzuò - 工作 this can also be a noun 你的工作是什么 - what is your job
Study - xuéxí - 学习 this means to study at university 我在大学学习英文文学 - I study English literature at university. The best translation for "to learn" is just 学
Go (to go to, underway) - qù - 去 this just means "to go". I don't really know what you mean by "underway"
Travel - lǚyóu - 旅游 旅行 also meant to travel, as far as I'm aware they are synonyms
Eat - chī - 吃
Drink - yǐn- 饮 饮料 means "beverage". The verb "to drink" is 喝
Sleep - shuì - 睡 to go to bed is 睡觉 or 就寝. 入睡 is like "to fall asleep" and refers to the moment of going from being awake to no longer being awake. Sleep as a noun is 睡眠, I believe. Is someone has already fallen asleep you say 他/她已经睡着了, so I suppose 睡着 translates as "asleep". 
Cook - zhǔ -煮 Ah, this means "to boil". To cook is 做饭, literally to "do food". In Taiwan they say something else, but I can't remember what. Be careful, you will sometimes see "do" translated as 干, which can mean "to do" (far more informal and colloquial), but it can also be a rather offensive swear word. When in doubt, use 做. 
Create - chuàngzuò 创作 创造 is to "create".
See - zhuǎi - 转 Ah, unfortuntaely not. And actually, the character you've written is zhuan3, not zhuai3. 转 means to turn around, to revolve or to change (转身 is "to turn around"). To see is 看. In Chinese, when you want to say "read a book" you can 看书 "to look at a book". You don't say 读书 (literally to "read" a "book"), that means to study (often at university). 
Watch (on television) - shōukàn - 收看 - Again, unfortuntaely not. 看电视 is "to watch TV". 看 can also mean "watch". 
Work out - jiànshēn - 健身
Ride (bicycle) - qí - 骑

Nouns:
Computer - jìsuànjī - 计算机 Nowadays people say 电脑 (electric brain) for computer, but you can still say 计算机. 
Programmer - chéngxùyuán - 程序员 
Job - zhíwù - 职务 工作 can mean "job". As I said earlier, 你的工作是什么 can mean "what is your job". 职业 can also mean "job" or "occupation".
Office - chù - 处 Nope, office is 办公室
Software - ruǎnjiàn - 软件 yup, although not in Taiwan. The measure word is 件
Cellphone - shǒujī - 手机
Television - diànshì - 电视
bicycle - dānchē - 单车 A bicycle in China is a 自行车, they say something different in Taiwan, but I can't remember what
Train - huǒchē - 火车 Yeah, the offiicial locomotive term for a train is 列车, you can say that too
Airplane - fēijī - 飞机
Music - yīnyuè - 音乐
Gym - jiànshēnguǎn- 健身馆

 

Here are some super useful sentences for you first Skype lesson:

When you answer the phone (or Skype) in Chinese, you don't say 你好, you say 喂. This is wei4, and it's pronounced like that in all other circumstances APART from when you answer the phone. It's always written as wei4, but when you answer the phone you say wei2 (rising tone). 

你看得到我吗? - Can you see me 

听得清楚吗? - Can you hear (me) clearly?

我听不懂 - I don't understand

请你再说一遍 - Please repeat that 


Best of luck!!

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Wordlist to learn before first conversation

I am learning quite steady now but i am missing basic verbs and nouns about me and in 3 days i'm supposed to have a conversation with a native speaker. Need to practise some verbs and nouns other than 是 and 荷兰人

I've taken these translations from an online dictionary but no idea whether they're right.. please correct if anything is wrong..

Verbs:
work - gōngzuò - 工作
Study - xuéxí - 学习
Go (to go to, underway) - qù - 去
Travel - lǚyóu - 旅游
Eat - chī - 吃
Drink - yǐn- 饮 or hē 喝
Sleep - shuì - 睡
Cook - zhǔ -煮
Create - chuàngzuò 创作 or chuàng zào 创造
See - kàn - 看
Watch (on television) - shōukàn - 收看
Work out - jiànshēn - 健身
Ride (bicycle) - qí - 骑

Nouns:
Computer - diàn nǎo - 电脑
Programmer - chéngxùyuán - 程序员
Job - zhí yè - 职业 or gōng zuò 工作
Office - bàn gōng shì - 办公室
Software - ruǎnjiàn - 软件
Cellphone - shǒujī - 手机
Television - diànshì - 电视
bicycle - dānchē - 单车
Train - huǒchē - 火车
Airplane - fēijī - 飞机
Music - yīnyuè - 音乐
Gym - jiànshēnguǎn- 健身馆

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If you haven't had any lessons with teachers on italki yet, I would totally recommend it. I have two teachers and they both cover most of these words in beginners level mandarin. The biggest advantage of a teacher at the beginning is that they will help with pronunciation and tones. When you talk in a few days time, make sure your pronunciation and tones are correct, or the native speaker won't understand a word you say. Good luck! P.S. Sleep can be shui4 but I always remember it as shui4 jiao4

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