Chinese for beginners

汉语拼音的声母和韵母(1) Initials and Finals of Chinese Pinyin (1)

In this episode we are going to learn 【Weather】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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最近的天气很奇怪。
zuì jìn de tiān qì hěn qí guài 。
The weather has been weird lately.
今天天气很好，不冷不热。
jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo ， bù lěng bú rè 。
Today the weather is good, neither too cold nor too hot.
昨天天气不太好，太热了。
zuó tiān tiān qì bú tài hǎo ， tài rè le 。
The weather was not very good yesterday, it was too hot.
明天很冷，气温只有10度。
míng tiān hěn lěng ， qì wēn zhǐ yǒu shí dù 。
Tomorrow is very cold, the temperature is only 10 °C.
下个星期下雨，我不会去公园跑步。
xià gè xīng qī xià yǔ ， wǒ bú huì qù gōng yuán pǎo bù 。
It's raining next week and I won't go running in the park.
你在哪个城市呢？
nǐ zài nǎ gè chéng shì ne ？
Which city are you in?
你那里今天是阴天还是晴天呢？
nǐ nà lǐ jīn tiān shì yīn tiān hái shì qíng tiān ne ？
Is it cloudy or sunny where you are today?

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天气 Weather （Beginner）

Hi, and welcome back to Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates with Teacher Alyse!
Today, we’re going on an adventure to learn words that start with the letter B. Are you ready? Listen carefully, repeat after me, and then try reading them on your own.

bee, buttercup, birch tree, beehive, beaver, blue butterflies, banana, barnacles, bathtub, bear, bat, broccoli

Great job! Keep practicing, and if you’d like free flashcards to follow along, send me a message. You can also watch this Super Simple Songs Captain Seasalt video on YouTube to learn even more!
See you next time—bye for now!



Captain Sesalt & The ABC Pirates

Letter B

Do you believe people are born with a certain amount of ability and intelligence? Or do you think these things can be changed through effort and education?

Your answers to these questions may decide how well you chase your own goals in life!

Researchers in Norway looked at over 1,500 people aged 13 to 77.

Participants filled out a survey asking them questions about how much they think people's abilities and intelligence can grow with effort and education.

They also filled out two more surveys: one asking how passionate they are about the things they are interested in, and one asking how persistent — and consistent — they are in chasing their goals.

For example, they were asked how much they agree with statements such as, "I use a lot of time on the projects I like," for passion, and "I finish whatever I begin," for persistence.

The researchers then looked at the people who got the 5% highest and lowest scores for belief in people's ability to grow.

It was found that those with the greatest belief in growth also had significantly higher scores in passion and persistence.

Interestingly, although 60% of all the study participants were women, in the group with the lowest belief in growth almost 60% were men.

"The belief in growth is important for large parts of our society," said Hermundur Sigmundsson, one of the study's authors. "This is true for school, sports, work and family life."

The authors also pointed to other studies that have found that it's possible to help people believe in personal growth — particularly as children — and that this can result in greater persistence.

Looking at their own results, the researchers said it can be argued that belief in your ability to grow may be important for both passion and persistence.

However, they also noted that it could also be that passion, perseverance and belief in growth all support each other.

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1)	По-ба́тькові – patronymic 
2)	Торгіве́льний центр (в торгівельному центрі) – shopping mall
3)	Папі́р (unc) – paper
4)	Блокно́т (-и pl) – notebook
5)	Сте́плер (-и pl) – stapler
6)	Скрі́пка (-a --> -и pl) – clip
7)	…та бага́то і́ншого – etc
8)	Обли́ччя – face
9)	Змо́ршки – wrinlkes
10)	Коро́ткий  (-а, -е, і) – short (for inanimate)
11)	Стри́жка – haircut 
12)	Си́ве воло́сся – gray (for hair only) hair
13)	Чо́рний – black
14)	До́вгий – long (for inanimate)
15)	Тому́ що – because
16)	Я ба́чив/я ба́чила – I saw (m/f)
17)	Струнки́й – shapely (for people only, mostly women)
18)	Зо́всім не + adjective/adverb – not (adjective) at all
19)	Товсти́й – fat
20)	Худи́й – skinny
21)	Зеле́ний –green
22)	Блаки́тний – light-blue
23)	о́ко (1), о́чі (2) – eye. eyes
24)	На ім’я́ – called (for animate)
25)	Сніг – snow
26)	Таки́й, така́, таке́, такі́ – such, like (Ось така моя бабуся! That’s what my granny like!)
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Це моя бабуся. Її звати Варвара Іванівна. Іванівна – це по-батькові. Її батька звали Іван. Зараз, на жаль, її батько вже помер.
Їй шістдесят два роки. Вона пенсіонерка. Це означає, що зараз вона вже не працює. Раніше бабуся Варвара працювала в торгівельному центрі. Вона колишній продавець. Вона продавала книги, підручники, папір, ручки, олівці, блокноти, степлери, скріпки та багато іншого.
Моя бабуся дуже гарна. Зараз, звісно, на її обличчі є зморшки. У неї коротка стрижка і вже сиве волосся. Раніше її волосся було чорним і довгим. Я знаю, тому що я бачив фото. У неї була струнка фігура. Але зараз вона зовсім не товста, ні! Зараз бабуся просто худа. Раніше у неї були зелені очі, але зараз одне око зелене, а інше око блакитне. Це називається гетерохромія. Вона дуже мене любить, а ще вона кохає її* чоловіка. У бабусі ще є велика чорна кішка на ім’я Ніч і маленький білий пес на ім’я Сніг. Ось така моя бабуся.

*here we would use reflexive pronoun “свій” in Genetive, however we don’t cover it at A1 lvl


Everything is going to be Ukraine!

Episode 6: about appearance

Hoy estoy positiva!
En este podcast vamos a evaluar algunas cosas o situaciones INESPERADAS POSITIVAS que pueden pasarnos mientras viajamos. ¿Podes pensar en alguna antes de empezar a escuchar el podcast?
¿Si pensas en tu último viaje hubo algo que no estaba en tus cálculos, pero cuando pasó fue genial?


Cuando estés listo/a, DALE PLAY!

Un placer contribuir a tu aprendizaje del español, soy CAMILA de BUENOS AIRES, Argentina!

Disfruta de aprender

Hablemos de viajes parte XI!

An word that repeats information or is obvious, is called a redundancy.
Exam tips on how to write better and not be worrying about how to find enough words.

The Social Evolutionary

"DON'T use Redundancies!" he shouted loudly. (Exam Writing Tips.)

China is sweltering under its strongest heatwave of the year. Citizens adopt creative cooling strategies—from facekinis to water mahjong.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

夏天你怎么避暑 Avoiding the summer heat

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Take-away lunch】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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店员(diànyuán, clerk)：欢迎光临，这是我们的菜单，看下想吃点什么？
huān yíng guāng lín ， zhè shì wǒ men de cài dān ， kàn xià xiǎng chī diǎn shén me ？
Welcome, this is our menu, what would you like to eat?
顾客(gùkè, customer): 有推荐的吗？
yǒu tuī jiàn de ma ？
Any recommendations?
店员：喜欢吃猪肉、鸡肉还是牛肉？
xǐ huan chī zhū ròu 、 jī ròu hái shì niú ròu ？
Do you like pork, chicken or beef?
顾客：猪肉吧。
zhū ròu ba 。
Pork please.
店员：叉烧饭是我们的招牌菜，要不要试试？
chā shāo fàn shì wǒ men de zhāo pai cài ， yào bu yào shì shì ？
Rice with char siu is our signature dish, would you like to try it?
顾客：看起来不错，那就一份叉烧饭吧。
kàn qǐ lái bú cuò ， nà jiù yí fèn chā shāo fàn ba 。
It looks good, I will take rice with char siu.
店员：单点二十块钱，加五块钱有一杯饮料。
dān diǎn èr shí kuài qián ， jiā wǔ kuài qián yǒu yì bēi yǐn liào 。
A single order costs 20 yuan, and you can get a drink by adding 5 yuan.
顾客：有什么饮料？
yǒu shén me yǐn liào ？
What drinks are available?
店员：柠檬茶和奶茶。
níng méng chá hé nǎi chá 。
Lemon tea and milk tea.
顾客：柠檬茶吧。
níng méng chá bā 。
Lemon tea please.
店员：打包还是这里吃？
dǎ bāo hái shì zhè lǐ chī ？
Do you want to take away or eat here?
顾客：打包。
dǎ bāo 。
Take away.
店员：打包费一块钱。一共二十六块。
dǎ bāo fèi yī kuài qián 。 yí gòng èr shí liù kuài 。
The take away fee is 1 yuan. A total of 26 yuan.
顾客：付了。
fù le 。
(scaned and)Paid.
店员：请在那边取餐。
qǐng zài nà biān qǔ cān 。
Please pick up the food over there.
顾客：谢谢。
xiè xie 。
Thank you.