Is anyone here interested in learning some Mandarin Chinese? I'm an american student, but have been studying Mandarin for 2 years now....thats where my user name came from, its my Chinese name.
Didn't see a Chinese language thread so I figured I would start one!
I had problem communicating with a Taiwanese during my hajj last year. She was in the same maktab with us, maktab 86. there was only one tent for taiwanese.
I asked her "Ni de jia zai nali"
"Where is your house"
She said Taiwan. I wanted to know where was her tent. I don't know the word tent in Mandarin.
So I said "Bu shi, ni de jia zai Arafah"
No, your house in Arafah
She said "Wo meiyou jia, wo de jia zai Taiwan"
I don't have a house, my house is in Taiwan
LOL
I gave up. I saw a few Chinese in Makkah. I asked them "Zai nali?" From where? They will answer either from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan
When I studied Mandarin at my institution, we have a song
Yi er san si wu liu qi
One two three four five six
Wo de pengyou zai nali
My friend where about
zai nali zai nali
where about where about
ni de pengyou zai zheli
Your friend is here
It is easy to learn Mandarin if you are Malay speaking or Indonesian.
zai in Malay means DI, so
zai nali means DI MANA in malay or AT WHERE in English
zai zheli means DI SINI in malay or AT HERE in English
zai Jilongpo means DI Kuala Lumpur
de means PUNYA or OWNED BY
ni de means AWAK PUNYA in malay or OWNED BY YOU in English
wo de means SAYA PUNYA in malay or OWNED BY ME in English
I had problem communicating with a Taiwanese during my hajj last year. She was in the same maktab with us, maktab 86. there was only one tent for taiwanese.
I asked her "Ni de jia zai nali"
"Where is your house"
She said Taiwan. I wanted to know where was her tent. I don't know the word tent in Mandarin.
So I said "Bu shi, ni de jia zai Arafah"
No, your house in Arafah
She said "Wo meiyou jia, wo de jia zai Taiwan"
I don't have a house, my house is in Taiwan
LOL
I gave up. I saw a few Chinese in Makkah. I asked them "Zai nali?" From where? They will answer either from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan
Tent in Chinese is Zhang Peng (帳蓬) or Wo (幄). 你的崋語也不錯呀 (Ni De Hua Yu Ye Bu Cuo Ar)
I had never came across Jamaah frm Taiwan when I'm performing Hajj? I only met Jamaah from China and many of them are from Western part of China. Some are from North-East. Long time I hadn't speak Chinese, hehe.
actually I am crazy about anything related to the far east culture....including language as well.
so yeah, lets learn the basics because I know NOTHING at all in Chinese....have been learning Japanese in the time being.
Chinese is easier than Japanese, sister, well at least in grammar. I learned Chinese for more than 12 years in my country. While Japanese I only learned for two years. I envied Mi Le Xing, he can master Chinese while I can't master Japanese well because I'm learning it in hurry. I'm now revising the notes again after finishing my study last week in the varsity .
^ Nice! I've just been learning Chinese for a bit over a month now in Kota Damansara and I'm loooooooooving it, and alhamdulillah i've been finding it very easy. Where did you learn your chinese brother?
^ Nice! I've just been learning Chinese for a bit over a month now in Kota Damansara and I'm loooooooooving it, and alhamdulillah i've been finding it very easy. Where did you learn your chinese brother?
Salam sister Mawaddah, I learned it through self-learning. I had been learning it since 15 years ago by memorizing Chinese characters that were written on the signboards on Chinese business premises in Malaysia. Eventually it came to serious learning where I bought various books on Chinese including those of Chinese nursery exercise books .
Insya-Allah sister, you can already converse in Chinese when you reach three months. However, practice makes perfect. Also get used to Chinese in the TV and Radio. We have 8TV, NTV7, and radio channels like Ai.Fm, 99.88, and etc.
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Chinese is easier than Japanese, sister, well at least in grammar. I learned Chinese for more than 12 years in my country. While Japanese I only learned for two years. I envied Mi Le Xing, he can master Chinese while I can't master Japanese well because I'm learning it in hurry. I'm now revising the notes again after finishing my study last week in the varsity .
I found pronouncing Chinese is much harder than Japanese....I don't know but when I tried to watch something Chinese I could not figure much differences between words or vowels.
MashaAllah you are good at both Japanese and Chinese, how many other languages you can speak brother?
I suppose that Beijing Mandarin is difficult to be pronounced especially the consonants like zh, z, c, and ch. Chinese has several dialects. Southern dialects like Cantonese or Fujianese are easier to be pronounced. While Japanese is phonetic in pronunciation.
dear everybody, i am ella from China,Chinese is my mother language.
So if any body is interested in it ,just ask me, i glad to help every body who would like to know more about Chinese:sunny:
dear everybody, i am ella from China,Chinese is my mother language.
So if any body is interested in it ,just ask me, i glad to help every body who would like to know more about Chinese:sunny:
First welcome to the LI fourms
I would like to learn chinese but I'm still learning spanish. Thanks for the offer though :sunny: You'll probably find a lot here who wants to learn chinese. Good Luck
What I fear most for my people are the hypocrites, who talk wisely, yet act unjustly.
~ The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Umar bin al-Khattab ~
dear everybody, i am ella from China,Chinese is my mother language.
So if any body is interested in it ,just ask me, i glad to help every body who would like to know more about Chinese:sunny:
greetings
how do you say 'peace be upon you' in chinese
also
'could you please direct me to the bathroom'
'where is the nearest phone'
'where can I purchase a phone card'
'is this food vegetarian'
'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Chinese'
and lastly 'thank you' as well for your replies in advance
peace
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
Here's Japanese. I tried my best, but they may not be perfect translations.
Peace be with you - ご無事を祈る - Gobuji o inoru
'could you please direct me to the bathroom' - トイレはどこですか？ "Where is the bathroom?" (Toire wa doko des' ka?)
'where is the nearest phone' - 電話はどこですか？ "Were is a telephone?" - (Denwa wa doko des' ka?)
'where can I purchase a phone card' - "どこでテレホンカードを買うこと出来ますか？” (Doko de terehon kâdo o kau koto dekimas' ka?)
'is this food vegetarian' - "Is this vegetarian food?" - これは菜食ですか？ - (Kore wa saishoku des' ka?)
'could you use hand language to show me directions or to answer my questions as I don't speak Japanese'
日本語が話せないせいで、手話で指図して下さい。 - Nihongo ga hanasenai sei de, shuwa de sashizu shi_te kudasai. (Ignore the underscore, it censoured that word otherwise.)
Peace - 平和 - heiwa
Thank you - ありがとう - arigatô
Hmm. I don't watch much Japanese horror. I have only seem The Grudge (Ju-on) and The Ring (Ringu), but some good Japanese movies are:
Daremo Shiranai ("Nobody Knows") - 誰も知らない
and
Kikujirô ("Kikujiro", a name) - 菊次郎
This is for Gossamer Skye
Last edited by Wyatt; 05-31-2009 at 04:52 AM.
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