As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I really like Chinese podcasts as a source of listening material.
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Chinese Grammar learning: 值得 + V
值得 (zhíde) means "to be worth" doing something, and is often placed before a verb or a verb phrase. Note that it is used to describe whether an action is worth it and cannot be used to state that something is worth a certain monetary value. For that 值 must be used on its own.
Chinese grammar：Negation of “you”没有
The verb 有 (yǒu) is negated differently from ordinary verbs.Nearly all verbs can be negated with 不. The verb 有 (yǒu) is an exception, and must be negated with 没 (méi).
Chinese grammar：The difference between 想 & 觉得 in Chinese
Like “I know“, “I think” is one of the very first phrases learned when studying a foreign language. In Chinese, there are two phrases with much overlap that can both be translated as “I think”- 我想 and 我觉得.
Types of Tone Mistakes
1、Mistakes of Control When you first start studying Chinese, you have no idea at all how to properly make the tones. Even if you can hear a difference, you can’t do it yourself. Or maybe you can hear and repeat it immediately after, but then quickly forget how to do it. This is all part of the process of learning tones.
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母
Today ChineseHour will teach you some popular Chinese sayings or proverbs about experiences and failures leading to success. You can
Benefits of Studying Chinese 学中文的好处
Many students do not realize the benefits of studying Chinese and what makes it easy. There are many benefits to
Lesson 070 How Long Have You Been Studying Chinese?
YJ: Welcome to Chinese Studio. Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: Hello, everybody, Da4 jia1 hao3. Wo3 shi4 Cam. YJ, can you do me a favor?
YJ: Sure! What is it?
Cam: Well, you see, all my Chinese friends know I’m studying Chinese, so they often ask me the same question- ‘how long have you been studying Chinese’? But I don’t know how to answer that in Chinese!
YJ: well, you’ll figure it out in today’s Chinese Studio.
Interview with Preston Sundin from Oberlin College
参访学生:孙毅.来自美国欧柏林大学,东亚研究和比较文学双专业.
Our interviewee: Preston Sundin, from Oberlin College, U.S.A., majoring in East-Asian Study and Comparative Literature.
Do Not Be Afraid of Making Mistakes When Learning Chinese
Generally, anyone Mandarin(普通话pǔtōnghuà) learners know that making blunders(错误cuòwù) can be a common thing with regards to studying this language. As a matter of fact, if you are not making errors – be they grammatical, tonal(声调的shēngdiào de), or – every single time you open your mouth to speak, you’re either not attempting very hard or you knew Chinese in a preceding life! As somebody who spent years studying Chinese the ‘incorrect’ way just before lastly figuring out a greater, more efficient method to study the language, I’d argue that making errors isn’t just a good thing, but that it is only by making blunders that a foreign student can ever start to work towards accurate(精确的jīngquè de) conversational fluency.However,do not be afraid of making mistakes when learing Chinese.
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