China Romance
All About China => Chinese Culture And Festivals => Topic started by: sunny on April 30, 2011, 10:48:57 pm
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I'm starting this lesson because I know some of our members want to learn Mandarin to talk to their ladies. Pinyin is easier to learn than chinese words.
May 1st.....what will you say to your lady? ;)
亲爱的，五一节快乐！ qin ai de, wu yi jie kuai le!
qin ai de, wu yi jie kuai le!= darling，happy 5.1 holiday!
qin ai de=darling. wu yi=May 1st. jie=holiday. kuai le=happy.
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非常好，我喜欢！
Feichang hao, wo xihuan!
Feichang = very. hao = good. Wo = I. xihuan = like it.
Great idea, Sunny. You can count me in as one of your students. ;D
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Sunny fantastic! Count me in as a student, however can I make a suggestion? Would it be possible to phonetasise(sp) the words as well so we can get proper pronounciation? Like X is actually a sh sound etc. I am looking forward to the next lesson.
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Jason only 12 days to go , regards Sujuan and Robert .
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Great Idea! Sign me up as well! I would like to larn as much Mandarin as possible :)
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Thanks guys！I was thinking to remove the thread if nobody has interest in it. But when I waked up and turned on the laptop this morning, I was very happy to knew it survived.
Another good news is today is my son's 15th birthday! Happy Birthday Jack! I love you so much and always be proud of you!
Sunny fantastic! Count me in as a student, however can I make a suggestion? Would it be possible to phonetasise(sp) the words as well so we can get proper pronounciation? Like X is actually a sh sound etc. I am looking forward to the next lesson.
Thanks Jason B, great suggestion. I had done some research jobs online. I found some forms about the Pinyin VS IPA, such as http://talkbank.org/pinyin/Trad_chart_IPA (http://talkbank.org/pinyin/Trad_chart_IPA).html. But I did find there are still some pinyings couldn't be march the international phonetic system exactly.
So I tried to find some videos about learning Pinyin from the Youtube. I was comparing some videos, and link the best video blow. Hopefully it could be a help to you guys to practice the correct pronunciation.
I do believe that if you could practice Pinyin follow the video everyday, you will have a perfect chinese pronunciation in one month. Just one month....see, it is not that difficult.
1.Practice Pinyin Song - Learn Pin Yin Mandarin with Apple
Practice Pinyin Song - Learn Pin Yin Mandarin with Apple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALoebRMN8lE&feature=related#)
2.Learn to speak chinese online - Introduction to Pin Yin (Q, X, Z)
Learn to speak chinese online - Introduction to Pin Yin (Q, X, Z) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34b12yLOhKI&feature=related#ws)
3.Learn to speak Mandarin chinese online - pin yin vowels
Learn to speak Mandarin chinese online - pin yin vowels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKmhFXTJhcw&feature=BFa&list=ULhujWTiyYXI4&index=3#ws)
4.Learn to speak Mandarin chinese online - intonation
Learn to speak Mandarin chinese online - intonation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdNRcWSnfw0&feature=BFa&list=ULhujWTiyYXI4&index=2#ws)
5.learn mandarin chinese pinyin c s z
learn mandarin chinese pinyin c s z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj22UZ5CLhI&feature=related#ws)
6.learn basic mandarin pinyin ch sh zh
learn basic mandarin pinyin ch sh zh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6DMOg0Mdbk&feature=related#ws)
7.Learn counting numbers in chinese mandarin
Learn counting numbers in chinese mandarin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrctZU89L0E&feature=BFa&list=ULhujWTiyYXI4&index=4#ws)
8.learn mandarin chinese hotel vocab
learn mandarin chinese hotel vocab (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kvXtVsTdU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL#ws)
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Hi Sunny,
In Denmark it is tradition to congratulate the parents and/or the children of those who have birthday. As I do not know how to say "Happy birthday with your son", I will only say
Jake, 生日快乐!
I wish you guys a nice day and happiness for Jake.
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Thanks for this. I will be paying close attention.
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Hi Sunny,
In Denmark it is tradition to congratulate the parents and/or the children of those who have birthday. As I do not know how to say "Happy birthday with your son", I will only say
Jake, 生日快乐!
I wish you guys a nice day and happiness for Jake.
Thanks Hajo! Are you really from Denmark? Wow,that was my dream counrty when I was a kid.
"Why don't we have an immortal soul?” asked the little mermaid mournfully; “I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars. " oh,Den Lille Havfrue! Say hi to little mermaid for me please.
what happened to our other students? OK, So today I will give you a specail lesson.
我在安徒生的故乡等待你，我的美丽的人鱼公主。wo zai an tu sheng de gu xiang deng dai ni, wo de mei li de ren yu gong zhu.
wo zai an tu sheng de gu xiang deng dai ni, wo de mei li de ren yu gong zhu.=I'm at Hans Christian Andersen's hometown waiting for you, my beautiful mermaid princess.
wo(我)=I, zai（在）=am at, an tu sheng（安徒生）=Hans Christian Andersen, de（的）='s, gu xiang（故乡）=hometown, deng dai（等待）=waiting for you, wo de（我的）=my, mei li de（美丽的）=beautiful, ren yu gong zhu（人鱼公主）=mermaid princess.
Hopefully your lady likes that. ;)
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Thanks Hajo! Are you really from Denmark? Wow,that was my dream counrty when I was a kid.
"Why don't we have an immortal soul?” asked the little mermaid mournfully; “I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars. " oh,Den Lille Havfrue! Say hi to little mermaid for me please.
Sunny, I have learned from my wife that H.C. Andersen is very popular in China. Last year the little mermaid was visiting China for the World Expo in Shanghai. I believe the statue was in Shanghai for about 6 month.
We should have known each other earlier, then we could have switched places as I wanted to go to China since i was 14. ;)
I am impressed, you even know the Danish title, "Den Lille Havfrue".
你是非常聪明！Ni shi feichang congming! Ni = you, shi = are, feichang = very, congming = smart
My wife smiles at me when I tell her this 8)
If you ever have the chance to go to Europe and I am still in Denmark (I hope to go to China, when I retire), I would be glad to show you and your family some nice places in Denmark.
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Hi Hajo,
I knew the little mermaid had visited china last year. But I bet she would rather to stay at Langelinie waiting for her prince.
To be honest, i didn't know Danish. But I had a very good friend named uncle google. haha.
Wow, how wonderful sentence you made! I guess you know chinese even more than me....I'm getting ready to run away.
well, I want to make small change to this sentence to make it to be a necklace. Then you can add different jewelries to decorate it before give it to your lovely wife.
你非常聪明=you are very smart. （we always ignore the word "是" here）
Two steps to make a perfect necklace.
1.the necklace is 你非常（ ）.
你非常 ni fei chang ( )=you are very ( ).
2.then you can fill many beautiful words in the bracket above. such as 聪明（cong ming）=smart, 美丽（mei li）=pretty, 可爱（ke ai）=lovely, 温柔（wen rou）= tender , 性感（xing gan）=sexy....
done!
note:if there is no student in our class tomorrow, the teacher will not be show up.
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老师谢谢。
My Chinese is very poor. But I try to memorize a word every day (or second day). I know uncle Google too ;-) But I only use it for translations from Chinese to English. The other way around does not work to good.
Thank you for todays lesson.
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Sunny
One small point......
Ni shi feichang congming......or chongming ??
My wife was confused by congming !!
Thanks..David
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Hi Dave,
It's "Ni feichang congming". But I would not be surprised if it was pronounced "chongming" in some local dialect.
One of my wifes friends is from Shanghai, when she says "shuo" (to say), it sounds like "suo".
This comment was brought to you by another humble student ;-)
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Thanks Hajo
I find that many words are different in the Chengdu (Sichuan) version of Chinese...most confusing ;D ;D
David
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Thanks Hajo
I find that many words are different in the Chengdu (Sichuan) version of Chinese...most confusing ;D ;D
David
Hi David, there is a fact about the chinese languages.
China has over 50 recognized minorities, most with their own language. The major languages besides Chinese include the following: Manchurian, Mongolian, Uyghur, Tibetan, Yi, Zhuang and a great number of minor languages concentrated in the southern provinces of China bordering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. To date, approximately 1500 dialects have been recorded.
So don't be confuse for your wife's Chengdu (Sichuan) version of Chinese.
And I guess you know the most important rule of the marriage.
Rule 1.Your wife is always right.
Rule 2. If you think your wife is wrong refer to rule 1.
Today (May 4th) is Youth Day in China. But it is not a public holiday. Only the youth who is 14 to 28 years old can have a half-day holiday.
But (always but!) I strongly suggest you guys say happy holiday to your ladies! And do the same thing on June 1st （Children's day）. It is chinese style of humor. ;) ;) These actions mean you guys always think your ladies are very young.
Happy holiday!= jie ri kuai le ！（节日快乐！） jie ri 节日=holiday, kuai le 快乐=happy.
OR
Happy Youth Day!=qing nian jie kuai le!(青年节快乐！) qing nian 青年=youth, jie 节=holiday, kuai le 快乐=happy.
Thinking about the time zone....it maybe too later to say that. hmm, don't worry, we still have a good sentence can fix that...
a late blessing ：chi dao de zhu fu （迟到的祝福）. chi dao de 迟到的=late, zhu fu 祝福=blessing.
so you can say that " chi dao de zhu fu: qing nian jie kuai le!" (A late blessing: Happy Youth Day!) ;) ;) ;)
sunny
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Rule 1.Your wife is always right.
Rule 2. If you think your wife is wrong refer to rule 1.
sunny
Thanks Sunny, I just have to concentrate on Chengdu dialect !!!
BTW.....I dont think your saying above applies in Australia.........more likely is :
Rule 1...Husband is always right
Rule 2...If husband is wrong...dont confuse him with facts, he has already made up his mind "
;D ;D ;D ;D...David
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Rule 1.Your wife is always right.
Rule 2. If you think your wife is wrong refer to rule 1.
sunny
Thanks Sunny, I just have to concentrate on Chengdu dialect !!!
BTW.....I dont think your saying above applies in Australia.........more likely is :
Rule 1...Husband is always right
Rule 2...If husband is wrong...dont confuse him with facts, he has already made up his mind "
;D ;D ;D ;D...David
Hi David E,
I was thinking you might be right....because I thought Australia is very special continent that Australia kangaroos dad has a belly pocket which carries their babies instead of the kangaroos mom. so "husband is always right" may be reasonable in Australia... But (always but!), uncle google said kangaroos dad didn't have the belly pocket at all. So wife is always more important in the family!
I've never gone to Australia...I'm not sure uncle google was right or no. Could you confirm that? haha.
Fortunately, I live in Canada, and have a good American neighbor, Mr. mpo4747. We have the same value of marriage. Cheers!
Ok,let's begin the lesson.
May 8th is Mother's Day in China. we will learn a blessing sentence and an amazing love song.
1. Happy Mother's Day!
mu qin jie kuai le!(母亲节快乐！) mu qin(母亲)=mother, jie(节)=holiday, kuai le(快乐)=happy.
I know it is very easy for you guys,I don't need say more.
2. A love song named "yue liang dai biao wo de xin(月亮代表我的心/The Moon Represents My Heart)." It is so famous that I'd never found a Chinese friend didn't know it. I think it is the best present for your lady on the holiday.
I will give you two versions of the song. One was singing by the best chinese female singer named "deng li jun". Another one was singing by a American Singer, DiMuzio. You could find both of pinyin and english lyrics at the second one (Click,the lyrics under the video). It is very helpful learning how to sing the song.
yue liang dai biao wo de xin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snq5ZLaL6y8&feature=fvwrel#)
月亮代表我的心 - Best Cover Since David Tao!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYpGs8WJkyY#)
Even though you are too shy to sing that to your lady, you still can play piano or guitar....or whistle. easy, eh?
Enjoy the song.
Sunny
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Hey Mike...maybe next time we all go for lunch, you can show off your singing skills for our listening pleasure.
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Even though you are too shy to sing that to your lady, you still can play piano or guitar....or whistle. easy, eh?
Enjoy the song.
Sunny
Hehe, was my musical capabilities I would make the people of our whole village run. I played the video on my PC and my wife started singing it at once. I think, I leave the singing to her ;D
Thank you for the lesson. It will be very helpful on Sunday!
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I played the video on my PC and my wife started singing it at once. I think, I leave the singing to her ;D
Wow. How touching moment it is ! I can imagine that... Please say hi to your sweet wife for me. :)
Mike, I do admire your musical taste...Hopefully you will sing the song for us in the Autumn. Of course, you wife will be here.
Today,our lesson is very easy.... please follow me to read the sentence below out loudly, "老师节日快乐！"
lao shi, jie ri kuai le!(老师,节日快乐！)=Happy Holiday! Techer.
lao shi 老师=teacher, jie ri 节日=holiday, kuai le 快乐=happy.
Haha, enjoy the weekend and hoilday!
Sunny
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Xiexie Lao Shi Sunny Happy Cinco De Mayo + 1 day as I am celebrating by sipping a Margarita
My wife just sent me some recent pics on QQ but now she is off to work teaching her Zither so I am her in Margaritaville sipping the time away.
A lemon is not a Mandarin but still a fruit.
Margaritaville (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFLjuj-l_fE#)
So do the Chinese have a special day for their Mothers and is there a greeting used for this day or just a simple Happy Mothers day suffices?
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This should be stickied. I think its one of teh most informative posts I have seen here. Helped me a lot for starting to unlock the mysteries of the Chinese language.
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老师，你在哪里？ Lao Shi, ni zai nali? Teacher, where are you? 8)
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I'm so sorry i was stuck by something and the fan of my laptop was on strike. I will be back soon. :)
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Hi guys...Morning!
Today is very special day in China... May 20th is 520 in chinese...Its pronunciation is similar as 我爱你（I love you）..So it is a perfect time to say 我爱你 to your lady.
(http://image20.it168.com/201105_500x375/606/95d417fcf384a8be.jpg)
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Rule 1.Your wife is always right.
Rule 2. If you think your wife is wrong refer to rule 1.
sunny
Thanks Sunny, I just have to concentrate on Chengdu dialect !!!
BTW.....I dont think your saying above applies in Australia.........more likely is :
Rule 1...Husband is always right
Rule 2...If husband is wrong...dont confuse him with facts, he has already made up his mind "
;D ;D ;D ;D...David
My mother would beat me....... sorry, I have to side with the ladies on this one, because I have a very strong willed Polish/Irish- American mama
Lloyd
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Why have I NOTaw this thread before? :o Very informitive, I have bookmartked each lesson will look at everyday from now on.
Thank you very much Sunny xie xie ni