Lesson 039 Count
M: Nimen hao! 我是赵老师. Teacher Zhao. Wo shi Zhao laoshi.
S: I am teacher Bai. 我是白老师, wo shi Bai laoshi. ML, we’re being a bit formal today?
M: Yes, but it’s one way of teaching the word for ‘teacher’.
S: Which is, everybody? Did you catch it?
M: Wo shi Zhao laoshi.
S: Get it?.
M: Dui le, ‘Teacher’ is laoshi. Laoshi LAO SHI laoshi.
S: Laoshi is often used as a term of respect for someone who’s probably older than you, maybe smart, and an ok person.
M: Teacher says, 老师说，laoshi shuo, 好好学习, haohao xuexi.
S: 学 xue, 2nd tone, we know means ‘to learn’.
M: 学习 XUE XI xuexi, also means ‘to learn’. 好好学习, study well or hard. Haohao xuexi.
S: Now its time to xuexi some big numbers.
M: 我们已经学了，we’ve learnt, women yijing xue le, from 1 to 99. What is 90 in Chinese? Dui le, 九十, jiu shi.
S: And 99? Dui le, 九十九, jiu shi jiu. Hen hao. Zhao laoshi, will now count in tens from 50 to 100, and then in hundreds to 1,000. Repeat everything, loudly, try to get the tones right. Then tell us the word for ‘hundred’ and ‘thousand’.
M: Let’s go. 50, wu shi, liu shi, qi shi, ba shi, jiu shi, 一百，yi bai, er bai, or liang bai, san bai, si bai, wu bai, liu bai, qi bai, ba bai, jou bai, 一千, yi qian.
S: Got it. Say ‘one hundred’. Dui le, yi bai, yi bai.
M: Now say ‘one thousand’. Dui le, yi qian, yi qian.
S: How to say ‘one hundred thirty’. Try. … Dui le, yi bai san shi, yi bai san shi.
M: How about three hundred and forty eight? Try. …. Hen hao, 三百四十八，san bai si shi ba.
S: 再来一个, one more, zai lai yi ge. Say, one thousand. … dui le, yi qian, yi qian.
M: Now say, three thousand three hundred. …. Dui le, san qian san bai, san qian san bai.
S: Feichang hao. Break time!
M: What will we learn now? Xian zai women xue shenme? Xianzai women xue shenme?
S: Little numbers. Like decimals. It’s feichang rong yi, real easy.
M: 好主意, good idea, hao zhuyi.
Get a Haircut
Get a Haircut 外国人住宿的宾馆、饭店大都有理发店，客人可以预约或直接去那里理发。此外 , 客人也可以到街上的理发店理发，这些理发店挡次不同，因此收费标准也不同。 Barbershops have been opened in most guesthouses and big hotels. Guests may make an
Poem: Yellow Crane Tower 唐诗《黄鹤楼》
Huánghè Lóu 黄鹤楼 Cuī Hào （Táng） 崔颢（唐） Xī rén yǐ chéng huánghè qù, 昔人已乘黄鹤去， cǐ dì kōngyú Huánghè Lóu. 此地空余黄鹤楼。
声声中国语:你是你，我是我。You are not me./We are strangers.
你是你，我是我。（Nǐ shì nǐ, wǒ shì wǒ.）You are not me./We are strangers. Explanation 这句话常用来强调自己和对方立场完全不同，常在跟别人有分歧时使用，意思是我们是完全不同的人，所以我的想法也跟你完全不同。一般有三种用法：第一种用法，对方对你说了你不同意的意见或者建议，自己觉得恼火或无奈，用这句话来反驳对方的意见，表示你说的只是代表你的观点，适用于你但不适用于我。第二种用法，可以在与人断绝关系（朋友，恋人等）时使用，表示从今以后是完全不相关的两个人，一刀两断。第三种用法，可以加入第三人称，如“他是他，你是你”，或“他是他，我是我” ，表示双方的立场和意见的不一致。 This sentence is to say the
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 跳水 Dive
跳水
Pinyin: tiào shuǐ
Meaning：Dive
Sentence: 她对于跳水的态度很明智,从不操之过急。She has a sane attitude towards diving and never goes too fast.
Let's learn Mandarin Fractions 我们一起学习中文的分数
Mandarin fractions has a lot of ways to say. So today we can learn some Mandarin Fractions.Parts of a Whole
Divisional fractions and percentages are stated as “XX parts of YY,” with YY being the whole.
Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 Stump Watching
守株待兔yìtiān，sònɡɡuó yǒu ɡe nónɡfū zài ɡēnɡdì。
一天，宋国有个农夫在耕地。
Lesson 040 Revision of Counting
S: Pengyoumen hao, huanying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu, Learn Chinese Now. Wo shi Bai laoshi.
M: Dajia hao, wo she Zhao Laoshi.
S: We’re being formal again!
M: Yes, but we’ll use laoshi, teacher, so you guys at home get familiar with it. Bai laoshi, ni tongyi ma?
S: Zhao Laoshi, wo tong yi.
M: Hao. Jin tian shi 复习时间, revision time, fuxi shijian.
S: Di yi, first,你们的功课, your homework, nimen de gongke.
M: Numbers.
S: The first was 121, which is?..…
M: yi bai er shi yi, say it out loud, yi bai er shi yi. zai lai yi ci, once again, Yi bai er shi yi.
S: 532.
M: wu bai san shi er, zai lai yi ci, wu bai san shi er.
S: Now a big one! 1,400
M: Yi qian si bai, yi qian si bai
S: And 1,588.
M: Yi qian wu bai ba shi ba, Yi qian wu bai ba shi ba.
S: Great. This all sounds like a game of bingo! There’s a prize for 100% correct answers. If you got them all right, write yourself a cheque for 九千九百九十九块.
M: jiu qian jiu bai jiu shi jiu kuai. How much is that? …….
S: Dui le, 9,999 kuai. Now you can have a party.
M: Now for the small numbers.
S: How do we say ‘zero’? Dui le, ling LING ling.
M: How do we say ‘point’, as in 1.2? Dui le. Dian DIAN dian.
S: What is 2.3?
M: Dui le, er dian san, er dian san.
S: and 4.2?
M: Right! Si dian er, si dian er.
S: And 12.59.
M: Yes! Shi er dian wu jiu, shi er dian wu jiu.
S: All correct? Wow! Write yourself another cheque.
S: Finally, remember zero? Ling, ling, so what is 0.5?
M: Yes! Ling dian wu, ling dian wu.
S: 0.3?
M: ling dian san, ling dian san.
S: And 0.76.
M: Ling dian qi liu, ling dian qi liu.
S: Feichang hao.
M: Now let’s quickly practice the other stuff we learnt this week. Try to answer the questions yourselves, out loud.
S: How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱? Altogether, how much? Yi gong, duoshao qian?
M: 一杯咖啡是五块钱, yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian.
S: 两杯咖啡是多少钱?
M: Dui le. Liang bei kafei, yi gong shi shi kuai qian. Yi gong shi shi kuai qian.
S: Now, how many mao in one kuai?
M: Dui le. Ten. 十毛是一块钱, shi mao shi yi kuai qian.
S: Let’s see who gets this one right. 一杯啤酒是八块五毛，bakuai wu mao.
M: San bei pijiu shi duoshao qian?
S: Dui le, san pijiu shi er shi wu kuai wu mao qian, san bei shi er shi wu kuai wu mao.
M: Hen hao. You’re all very clever. Ni men dou hen congming.
S: Wonderful. We’re all so clever! 我们都这么聪明, women dou zheme congming.
M: You guys at home, don’t be modest, say, ‘I’m so clever!’
S: Dui le. Wo zheme congming! Wo zheme congming!
M: So we can call it a lesson. Ming tian jian.
Tones in Chinese
Chinese is a tonal language. All Chinese languages (or “dialects”) have tones. Although tonal languages may sound exotic, there is
声声中国语:鬼知道。(Guǐ zhīdào.)God knows.
鬼知道。（Guǐ zhīdào.）God knows. Explanation 这句话的意思是:没有人知道或者没有人能说得清楚事情会怎么样或者事情的原因是什么。常在别人问自己问题而自己也不知道答案的时候使用，意思是“我也不知道”“我怎么会知道”。人们在用这句话的时候常带有一点儿恼怒或无可奈何的语气。也可以说“鬼才知道”，语气更强烈。有时候人们也说“天知道”，是一样的意思。 This sentence means that nobody knows the reason or can tell how the thing will
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