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Weather 天气不错

9/18/2013

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Describe Weather in Chinese 

Hi~ Sorry that I haven't posted for quite long time.  Here is a lesson on weather. Enjoy!
 First, let's learn these new words. 

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 7 weather flashcards from goldenkey

Conversation 1: How is the weather like in Beijing?

      Běi jīng dōng tiān lěng bǔ lěng?
A: 北京 冬 天 冷 不冷?
Is winter in Beijing cold?


         Lěng jí le.         Yǒu shí hou xià xuě.

B: 冷极了。有 时 候 下 雪。
Super cold. It snows sometimes.


        Xià tiān rè ma? Jīng cháng xià yǔ ma?

A: 夏 天热吗?经 常 下雨吗?
Is summer hot? Does it always rain?


       Hěn rè,        qī         bā yuè cháng cháng xià dà yǔ.

B: 很热,7、8月 常 常 下大雨
Very hot, it rains frequently in July and August.



     Chūn tiān hé qiū tiān zěn me yàng?
A: 春 天 和秋天怎么样?
How’s spring and fall?


     Chūn tiān cháng guā dà fēng, ér qiě kōng qì gān zào.

B: 春 天 常 刮大风,而且空气干燥。
Spring is often windy and (the air) also very dry.


Qiū tiān liáng kuài, bù lěng yě bú rè.

秋天凉快,不冷也不热。 

The fall is nice and cool, neither cold nor hot.
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冬天冷
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夏天热
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Conversation 2:

      Xià yǔ le, Míng tiān tiān qì zěn me yàng?
A: 下雨了, 明 天 天 气 怎 么 样?
It’s raining, how’s the weather tomorrow?

   Tiān qì yù bào shuō:míng tiān shì qíng tiān.
B: 天 气预 报说: 明天 是 晴天。
The weather forecast say tomorrow is sunny

    Míng tiān yǒu fēng ma? Lěng bù lěng?
A: 明 天 有 风 吗?冷不冷?
Will there be wind tomorrow? Is it cold?

    Yǒu fēng.  Zǎo shang yǒu diǎnr liáng
B: 有风。 早上 有 点儿凉。
there will be wind, a little bit cool in the morning.
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Change in tones for "一" and "不"

7/20/2013

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Most Chinese characters has one unique pinyin for itself. However, some characters has more than one pinyin. The character 一 and 不 change their tones depends on what follows behind them. 

The basic tone of numeral "一” is 1st tone (yī).When read alone, or in counting or in numbers, its basic tone is used. 

The tone of "一“ may vary with the tone of the syllable that comes after it: if followed by the 1st, 2nd or 3rd tone, "一” is pronounced as the 4th tone; if it is followed by a "4th" tone, it is pronounced as the 2nd tone. 


Example: 
yī ,   èr,  sān
一, 二, 三 (one, two, three) 
yì   tiān  
 一  天     (one day)
yì   nián
一    年    (one year)
yì   běn
一   本     ( one [measure word for books])
yí   gè
一  个     ( one [measure word ge])


Similar rule applies to the character "不"
bù zhī dào
不  知   道     (don't know) 
bù míng bai
不  明     白      (don't understand)
bù hǎo
不  好   (not good)
bú shì
不  是   (no)
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Expressing Dates and Birthdays in Mandarin Chinese

6/20/2013

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Conversation One

       nǐ de  shēng rì shì  shén me shí hòu? 
A: 你的生日是 什么 时候?
        When is your birthday? 

       
wǒ de  shēng rì shì wu yuè ershi rì。 
B: 我的生日 是 5月20日。
         My birthday is May 20th.

       
xià gè yuè  jiù shì  nǐ de  shēng rì le。
A: 下个月就是你的生日了。 
            Next month will be your birthday

         duì ya, xià gè yuè wǒ jiù ershiwu suì le。
B: 对呀,下个月我就25岁了。 
           Yes, next month, I will be 25 years old. 

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          Year      Month  Day
Conversation Two         

          Míngtiān shì zhōu liù,     nǐ hé Tom    yǒu shíjiān ma?      Zánmen yīqǐ    qù dǎ    gāo'ěrfū ba
A: 明天是周六,你和Tom有时间吗?咱们一起去打高尔夫吧。
        Tomorrow is Saturday, do you and Tom have time? Let's go play golf. 
  
         Duìbùqǐ,         míngtiān wǒmen dōu yǒu gōngzuò.       Xià xīngqí xíng ma?
B: 对不起,明天  我们 都 有 工作。下星期行吗?
     Sorry, tomorrow we both have work. How about next week?

            Méi wèn tí
A: 没问题!
        No problem!

Days of the week

                             xīng qí yī  (zhōu yī)
 Monday               星期一 (周一)

                                                xīng qí'èr (zhōu'èr)
Tuesday              星期二 (周二)

                                                xīng qí sān (zhōu sān)
Wednesday         星期三 (周三)

                                                xīng qí sì (zhōu sì) 
Thursday             星期四 (周四)

                                  xīng qí wǔ (zhōu wǔ)
Friday                  星期五 (周五)


                                 xīng qí liù (zhōu liù)
Saturday             星期六 (周六)


                                  xīng qí rì (xīng qí tiān/ zhōu rì)
Sunday               星期日 (星期天 /  周日) 

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 6 Days of the week flashcards from goldenkey on FlashcardDB.

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Inviting People to Dinner in Mandarin

4/13/2013

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Learn the vocabulary for this lesson from the flashcard below, and then view the lesson notes. 
 
wǒ  xiǎng qǐng nǐ  chī wǎn fàn
我 想  请你 吃晚饭


Ways of Asking for Availability 

      nǐ  yǒu shí jiān ma 
1.  你有 时间吗?
       Do you have time? 


       nǐ  yǒu kòng er ma
2.   你有 空儿 吗?
         Are you free?


       nǐ  yǒu shì ma
3.   你有事吗?
        Do you have things to do? 

Conversation 1

              chén  xiǎo jiě, jīn tiān wǎn shàng nǐ  yǒu kòng er ma?wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ  chī wǎn fàn。
Nancy : 陈小姐,   今天    晚 上   你有  空儿 吗?我  想   请 你 吃 晚饭。
                    Miss Chen, are you free tonight? I want to invite you to eat dinner. 

                             jīn tiān wǎn shàng wǒ  yǒu shì er。zhēn  duì bù qǐ。
Miss Chen: 今天   晚上    我   有 事儿。真对不起。
                             Tonight, I have something to do. I'm really sorry.

                  méi guān xì
Nancy: 没关系。
               No problem.  

Conversation 2

        nǐ  zhōu mò zuò  shén mē? wǒ men  yì qǐ qù  hē chá, hǎo ma?
A: 你周末    做什么?     我们  一起去喝茶, 好吗?
      what are you doing for weekend? Let's drink tea together, okay?

        hǎo à.    zài  nǎ er jiàn miàn?
B: 好啊。 在哪儿见面?
       Sure. Where should we meet?

My Chinese Level 1 Lesson 5 invitation to dinner flashcards from goldenkey on FlashcardDB.

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