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The Ball Float Up皮球浮上来了

3/22/2013

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Smart Stories for Kids in Chinese

  jǐ  gě  hái zi   zài  dà shù xià pāi pí qiú。 
几个孩子在大树下拍皮球。
A few kids are playing ball under the big tree.

  pí qiú  yī tiào,  tiào dào shù dòng lǐ。
皮球一跳,跳到 树洞 里。
The ball bounced, and fall into a tree hole.

shù dòng hěn shēn,  pí qiú  ná bù  chū lái le
树 洞  很深, 皮球拿不出来了。
The tree hole is deep, and they could not get the ball out. 

yǒu gè hái zi yòng pén dǎ lái shuǐ,bǎ shuǐ guàn dào shù dòng lǐ
有个孩子用盆打来水,把水 灌到 树洞 里。
One kid got a basin full of water, and poured the water into the tree hole. 
shuǐ guàn mǎn le, pí qiú fú shàng lái le。
水灌满了, 皮球浮上来了。
The water fulfilled the hole and the ball float up. 
New words:
Shù 
树            tree
pāi 

拍            clap
Tiào 

跳            bounce / jump
Dòng

洞           hole
Lǐ 

里           inside
shēn

深           deep
pí qiú

皮球       leather ball with air
ná

拿           take
Pén

盆           basin
guàn

灌           pour
mǎn

满            full
Fú 

浮           float
Picture
Questions to think about:

      xiǎo péng yǒu men zài zuò shén mē?
1.小朋友们在做什么?
       what are the kids doing?
         wèi shén me zhè gè qiú ná bù chū lái
2. 为什么  这个球拿不出来?
    Why couldn't the ball get out?
           zuì hòu, qiú shì zěn me ná chū lái de?
3. 最后,球是怎么拿出来的?
       Finally, how did they get the ball out? 

Chinese radical (san dian sui)

氵is a radical. It means water. It is called 三点水(sān diǎn shuǐ )Chinese characters can be formed with a radical on the left and another element word on the right. Radicals gives meaning to the character, and the element part helps you to pronounce it.



Look at the text and write down all characters that has the 氵radical and find out their pinyin and meaning.


洞    氵+ 同

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How to say this in Chinese

3/13/2013

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Lesson: 这个用汉语怎么说?

There are several ways to ask someone, "how to say this in Chinese?" Let's learn some basic ones and some other useful sentences


Examples:
Looking for translation
      "water“    yòng  hàn yǔ  zěn me shuō?
1. "Water“ 用    汉 语  怎么  说?    How to say "Water" in Chinese?


     “Water”, hàn yǔ shì  shén mē?
2. "Water”, 汉语是  什么?    What is “water" in Chinese?

      nǐ men  zěn me shuō “I love you?"
3. 你 们    怎 么 说   "I love you?"   How do you say "I love you?"


Asking for meanings
       "fàn guǎn”shì  shén me yì si
 1.  "饭馆” 是   什么    意思? What does "fan guan" mean?

     “ fàn guǎn” gēn “ fàn diàn” yī yàng ma?
2.  “饭馆”     跟   “饭店” 一样  吗? Does "fan guan" and "fan dian" mean the same?

Other useful sentences
       nǐ  shuō huà tài  kuài  le
1. 你  说话     太 快 了。 You speak too fast. 

     qǐng  zài shuō yī biàn
2. 请   再  说  一遍。 Please say it again. 

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 4 say this in Chinese flashcards from goldenkey on FlashcardDB.

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Lesson 3 Time & Time Difference

3/1/2013

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Express time in Mandarin Chinese
~diǎn ~~fēn is used to express time.


8:00   八点 (bā diǎn)
8:05   八点零五(分) (bā diān líng wǔ fēn)
8:15   八点十五 (分)(bā diǎn shí wǔ fēn)    / 八点一刻(bā diǎn yí kè) (eight and a quarter)
8:30   八点三十 (分)   (bā diǎn sān shí fēn) / 八点半 (bā diǎn bàn) (eight and half)
8:55   八点五十五 (分)(bā diǎn wǔ shí wǔ fēn) / 差五分九点(chà wǔ fēn jǐu diǎn) (five to nine o'clock)


(Check lessons on numbers below) 

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 3 Time Differences flashcards from goldenkey on FlashcardDB.

Numbers

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 3 Numbers flashcards from goldenkey on FlashcardDB.

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