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Weather 天气不错

9/18/2013

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.

冬天冷

夏天热

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.

______年_____月____日
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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Weather 天气不错

Describe Weather in Chinese

Change in tones for "一" and "不"

Expressing Dates and Birthdays in Mandarin Chinese

Conversation One

Days of the week

Inviting People to Dinner in Mandarin

Conversation 1

Conversation 2

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Weather 天气不错

Describe Weather in Chinese

Change in tones for "一" and "不"

Expressing Dates and Birthdays in Mandarin Chinese

Conversation One

Days of the week

Inviting People to Dinner in Mandarin

Conversation 1

Conversation 2

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