Archive for the ‘Learn Chinese’ Category
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
I just found this Chinese Listening Test over at Chinesepod.com.
You are being presented a few sentences. You may listen each sentence twice. Then You have to decide if You understood or not.
My level is elementary(low). I didn't really expect this, but this test made me realize my problems. While my ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
When You are starting out with Chinese, tones are quite a difficult task. You can listen to a native and feel like, that person doesn't use tones at all. But this is only half of the truth. Natives actually do use tones. They just don't overdo it like Your teacher ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
A modal verb expresses the modality of another verb. An example would be: You must go now! In this case "must" indicates the modality. Without modal verbs You cannot express Yourself. Here is a list to get You started.
会 huì - can, fundamentally be able to do something
能 néng - ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
This Monday's Chinese class was full of insights and one thing I have to share with You is how to use the cóng ... dào ... construction. First we will have a look at the 2 main words.
从 cóng - from
到 dào - (1) to arrive, to reach (2) ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
My Chinese class this Monday was pretty good, because we were only 2 students out of 5 there. Therefore we could learn a lot of things. Lots of dialogs and repeating. We didn't stick to the book and had time to discuss some grammar. I'm still looking for a decent ...
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Here is a list of 10 helpful, yet very basic Chinese expressions.
你好。Nǐ hǎo. - Hi, Hello (lit.: You good)
你好吗? Nǐ hǎo ma? - How are You? (lit. You good, or not?)
我很好。Wǒ hěn hǎo. - I'm fine.
谢谢。Xiè Xiè. - Thanks
多少钱? Duō shao qián? - How much is it (Asking for the ...
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Hello fellow Chinese learners. There is a nice Firefox plugin named ChinesePera-Kun that enhances Your learning speed by helping You translate characters. While browsing just move Your mouse over a character and You will see a nice translation. Very convenient. It seems to me, that they use the same dictionary ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
When I started learning Chinese my teacher gave me a list of the most 40 common Chinese radicals. Might be helpful for anyone.
人 rén - man, person
刀 dāo - knife
力 lì - power
又 yòu - right hand side
口kǒu - mouth
囗 wéi - enclosure Used as a radical only, not as ...
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