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so from this post on i’m going to be introducing vocab and grammar starting from the beginning

***note: the characters will be typed with simplified characters and then the pinyin and meaning

词汇 cíhuì Vocabulary

我 wǒ I, me

你 nǐ you

您 nín you (polite)

他 tā he

她 tā she

它 tā it

们 men plural suffix for pronouns and some nouns

名字 míngzì name

中文 zhōngwén Chinese language

这 zhè this

那 nà that

叫 jiào to be called

不 bù negative prefix, not

是 shì to be (note: 是 can only be used with nouns; a different word is required for adjectives), yes

很 hěn very

什么 shénme what

谁 shéi who

什么时候 shénme shíhou when

为什么 wèishénme why

呢 ne a final particle

吗 ma a question particle for yes-no questions

老师 lǎoshī teacher 

学生 xuéshēng student

先生 xiānshēng Mr.

小姐 xiǎojie Miss***

太太 tàitai Mrs.

早上／上午 zǎoshàng/shàngwǔ morning

中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday

下午 xiàwǔ afternoon

晚上 wǎnshàng evening

早上好／早安 zǎoshàng hǎo/zǎo’ān good morning

下午好 xiàwǔ hǎo good afternoon

晚上好／晚安 wǎnshàng hǎo/wǎn’ān good evening

好 hǎo good

不错 búcuò not bad, fine

不太好 bú tài hǎo not so good

***since 小姐 is also considered as slang for prostitute, i asked some native speakers for advice and one said if you use someone’s name with 小姐 it’s okay (e.g., 陈小姐 Chen xiaojie) but that you can also use 美女 měinǚ and 姑娘 gūniang as alternatives. all in all, just treat carefully with 小姐

语法 yǔfǎ Grammar

Greeting others

When greeting others, you must address the person first then say the greeting.

陈先生，你好。

Hello Mr. Chen

刘太太，早安！

Good morning Mrs. Liu

Basic Sentence Structure

Like English, Mandarin has a Subject-Verb-Object sentence structure.

他是老师。

He is a teacher

我是学生。

I am a student

When asking a question, you usually can replace a word with the necessary question word.

她是谁？

Who is she?

她是金老师。

She’s Teacher Jin.

你叫什么名字？

What is your name? (literally You are called what name)

我叫雅玲。

My name is Yaling (literally I am called Yaling)

吗 is used to ask a yes-no question

你是老师吗？

Are you a teacher?

我是老师 OR 我不是老师

I am a teacher OR I am not a teacher

呢 ne 

If someone asks you a question, you can use 呢 ne at the end of a sentence to make it interrogative. In many cases it functions the same way as “how about…?” in English.

你好吗？

How are you?

我很好，你呢？

I’m well, and you?

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so! i leave for china on the 26th of august and have been so busy lately i’ve hardly looked at the language at all. i’m going through the exercises my uni set for over the summer and especially focusing on hsk 3 and 4 grammar that i ignored or forgot how to use. there is…. quite a lot so these posts will just be condensed, basically just grammar wiki mini pages for me to look back at.

(basically i’m not spending a ton of time on these so any mistakes i’ve made please correct)

你的朋友给你打电话！

打电话 - dă diànhuà // make a phone call

“爱上” 不等于 “爱” /àishang bù děngyú ài/ 

“TO FALL IN LOVE” ISN’T EQUAL TO “TO LOVE”

____ ___ __ _

爱上 /àishang/ TO FALL IN LOVE lit. TO GET ON LOVE (in English we FALL IN it, Chinese people GET ON it) 

等于 /děngyú/ TO BE EQUAL

____ ___ __ _

等 /děng/ also means TO WAIT as in 请稍微等一会 /Qǐng shāowēi děng yīhuìr/ PLEASE (SLIGHTLY) WAIT A MOMENT

等等 /děngdeng/ is AND SO ON, ETC.

____ ___ __ _

Why do I thing that “爱上” 不等于 “爱”?

TO FALL IN LOVE is a chemical process, which we can compare to a state of mind after using certain drugs.

TO LOVE is a long time hard work.

Wish you to find someone that is worth the hard work!  :)

____ ___ __ _

LOVE is a central theme of the >DAY 6<.

____ ___ __ _

Websites / Videos to help you practice!

Mock tests, previous tests & audio (all levels)

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Speaking, listening & learning (Youtube) (beginner levels)

Listening, speaking, sentence patterns and vocabulary (Youtube) (intermediate and above)

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That isnt your fault if you was born in poverty but that will be your fault when you die on that situation.