Do you know how to address a Chinese person in an appropriate way? Are you still calling a woman "太太tàitai-Mrs" and “女人nǚrén--woman”? You might offend people without knowing. 

Check out this episode and you will find the proper ways to call people in different occasions in Chinese!


SherryChinese

中国人的称呼 How to address Chinese people appropriately

Hablemos del rey de los chismes: El relato de Nelly Dean en el libro Cumbres borrascosas, de Emily Bronte

Puro cuento: Chisme literario

Cumbres borrascosas

un mois : mês, month
janvier : janeiro, January
février : fevereiro, February
mars : março, March
avril : abril, April
mai : maio, May
juin : Junho, June
juillet : julho, July
août : agosto, August
septembre : setembro
octobre : outubro
novembre : novembro
décembre : dezembro
une année : ano, year

Professeur Maxime

Les mois de l'année

In this video, I give an example to better understand present perfect tenses. 

 If you think you understood, listen to the audio again and comment below the sentence in which I used a present perfect tense at the beginning of this episode!

*Winner gets to ask for help with their problem areA and will get an answer through podcast!*

Bonus points if you can comment below another way to say the example sentence in the podcast so that it really means it has been a looooong time! 
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English in a minute!

PRESENT PERFECT tense - Is it about PAST or PRESENT? (SOLVED!)

zì xiānɡ máo dùn  
自相矛盾
cónɡ qián，yǒu ɡè rén zài jiē shɑnɡ mài bīnɡ qì。 
从前，有个人在街上卖兵器。
tā ná zhe máo shuō： 
他拿着矛说：
“zhè zhī máo， 
“这支矛，
shì tiān xià dì yì fēnɡ lì de máo， 
是天下第一锋利的矛，
tā nénɡ jī chuān zuì jiān ɡù de dùn pái。” 
它能击穿最坚固的盾牌。”
tā yòu ná qǐ dùn shuō： 
他又拿起盾说：
“zhè ɡe dùn pái， 
“这个盾牌，
shì tiān xià dì yì jiān ɡù de dùn， 
是天下第一坚固的盾，
shì jiè shànɡ méi yǒu yì zhī máo nénɡ ɡòu cì dé chuān tā。” 
世界上没有一支矛能够刺得穿它。”
yǒu rén wèn： 
有人问：
“yònɡ nǐ de máo cì nǐ de dùn， 
“用你的矛刺你的盾，
huì zěn me yànɡ ne？” 
会怎么样呢？”
mài bīnɡ qì de rén huí dá bù chū lái le。 
卖兵器的人回答不出来了。
hòu lái，rén men jiù yònɡ “zì xiānɡ máo dùn” 
后来，人们就用“自相矛盾”
lái bǐ yù yí ɡè rén de yán xínɡ qián hòu xiānɡ hù dǐ chù。
来比喻一个人的言行前后相互抵触。

词语：
矛(máo) ：spear 
盾(dùn)  ：shield
刺(cì)  ：to stab
锋(fēnɡ) 利(lì)  ：sharp
坚(jiān) 固(ɡù) ：hard,solid

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