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!
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
I'll see what I can post up here everyday or so. For now, to start us off:
Hello!
Formally (to an elder, teacher, etc) Nin hao!
Informally (to a friend or sibling, etc) Ni hao!
What is your name?
Ni (or Nin) jiao shenme mingxi?
My name is
Wo jiao _______.
How are you?
Ni (or Nin) hao ma?
I am fine
Wo hen hao.
And you?
Ni (or Nin) ne?
A sample conversation between Bob and Jim:
Jim: Ni hao!
Bob: Ni hao!
Jim: Ni jiao shenme mingxi?
Bob: Wo jiao Bob. Ni ne? Ni jiao shenme mingxi?
Jim: Wo jiao Jim. Ni hao ma?
Bob: Wo hen hao. Ni ne?
Jim: Wo ye hen hao.
I will try later to see if I can put the Chinese characters into the posts as well. I know I can see them on my computer because I have a language pack installed for it, but I dont know if it will show up properly on the forum. We will see!
I know some cantonese (my chinese friends speak cantonese you see). I see you are teaching mandarin though.
Still, always fun to learn a new language. Could you gives us a run down of basic mandarin: enough for say a tourist to go to a chinese city and be able to ask and reply to the more common questions - the bare essentials as it were.
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Could you gives us a run down of basic mandarin: enough for say a tourist to go to a chinese city and be able to ask and reply to the more common questions - the bare essentials as it were.
Sure, Ill throw out a few right now.
Asking where something is:
______ zai nar?
for example, Where is the University?
Xueyuan zai nar?
(shu-ay-you-an)
_______ is there.
_____ zai nar.
(same word, nar, but a different meaning. It can mean both where, as in the first sentence, and here, as in the answer)
Do you speak *language*?
Ni (or Nin) shuo ________?
English - yingyu
Chinese (in general) - Hanyu
Mandarin - Putonghua (Pu-tong-hwa)
Arabic - Alaboyu (Ah-la-bow-you)
Urdu - wu'erduyu (woo-air-do-you)
I speak *language*
Wo shou ______.
Thank you
Xiexie
(shee-ay shee-ay)
Example Conversation:
Ni hao, ni shuo Putonghua?
Wo shuo Putongua.
Hen hao. Xueyuan zai nar?
Zai nar. *points*
Xiexie!
Thank you!
really it's interesting...for the Chinese charachters I think that the majority do not have Chines language installed in their computers...if you could find a picture containg explanation with English Characters, it would be a good idea
Many thanks indeed
Thank you!
really it's interesting...for the Chinese charachters I think that the majority do not have Chines language installed in their computers...if you could find a picture containg explanation with English Characters, it would be a good idea
Many thanks indeed
Good Idea. I will try to attach an image of the Chinese numbers.
What is your name?
Ni (or Nin) jiao shenme mingzi?
Another typo on my part! Good job correcting it.
Very helpful post. I'm tho confused about the exact meanings of "Ni" and "Wo", could you please explain?
"Ni" means "you" and "Wo" means "I" or "me."
That's great, would you attach one of the Chinese alphabet?
Unfortunately there is not an alphabet persay, each word is represented by a different character. There is something like 500,000 characters total in the language, but with around 5,000 you can cover about 90% of the frequently spoken words.
Good thread,I will also benefit as much as I can,
Mi Le xing,ni hao,wo ye xue xi han yu,ru guo wo xue xi zai Shanghai,ni ne?wo jue de ni xue xi zai mei gou,wo de han yu bu tai hao in wei wo xue han yu cha bu duo ban nian le,so yi wo zhi hao xue xi nu li,ni xue le han yu duo chang shi jian?
zai jian
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