Telling the Time in Mandarin Chinese_Part2

Hi Everyone! 大家好! I just made a very useful Mandarin Chinese lesson for you! In this video, you will learn how to tell 12-hour clock time in Mandarin Chinese. Also, you will learn how to say the time periods of the day, like before dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, and midnight, in Mandarin Chinese. You will also learn two more useful characters, 整 and 半, to help you tell the time. At the end of this lesson, you will also learn how AM and PM are expressed on electronic devices and computer systems which are set to use a 12-hour clock in Mandarin Chinese. Structure of this lesson: 1. Mandarin 12-hour clock time concept 2. Learn to say Time Periods of the day with the 12-hour clock time (2.1) Before Dawn (example: 3:07 AM) (2.2) Morning (example: 8:45 AM) (2.3) Noon (example: 12:30 PM) (2.4) Afternoon (example: 2:33 PM) (2.5) Dusk (example 5:46 PM) (2.6) Evening (example: 6:58 PM) (2.7) Night (example: 10:22 PM) (2.8) Midnight (example: 12:03 AM) 3. Learn two more useful characters 整 and 半 to tell the time. (3.1) How to use Mandarin Chinese character整 to tell the time (3.1.1) example: 4:00 PM sharp (3.2) How to use Mandarin Chinese character半 to tell the time (3.2.1) example: 4:30 PM 4. How AM and PM is expressed in electronic devices and computer systems which are set to use Mandarin Chinese and a 12-hour clock to express the time 5. Comprehensive Review 6. Comprehensive Test (6.1) Test of Speaking (6.2) Test of Reading and listening

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn how to say "Days of the week" in Mandarin Chinese

Hi! my dear friends!

After you learned the numbers from 0 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in Mandarin Chinese, let's apply them in another subject “Days of the week" in Mandarin Chinese.

For saying the “Days of the week", with a very simple concept, you can start to say Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Mandarin Chinese in a very short time!

Here is the structure of this lesson.

Part1:

(1.1) Basic concept and rule for saying the days of the week ( Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)

(1.2) Learn how to say “week” in Mandarin Chinese ( 星期xīngqí or 星期 xīng qī , 禮拜(礼拜) lǐbài, and 週 (周) zhōu)

(1.3) Learn how to Sun and Sky and the numbers from 1 to 6 in Mandarin Chinese. ( 日, 天, 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六)

Part2:

(2.1) Learn how to say each day of the week with the phrase meaning week 星期xīngqí or 星期 xīng qī

(2.2) Learn how to say each day of the week with the phrase meaning week 禮拜(礼拜) lǐbài

(2.3) Learn how to say each day of the week with the phrase meaning week 週 (周) zhōu

Part3

Comprehensive Review

Part 4

Practice saying the days of the week with a Taiwan nursery Rhyme.

Enjoy it!

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn how to say "Year, Month, and Day" in Mandarin Chinese

Hi! My friends!

After you learned the numbers from 0 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in Mandarin Chinese, let’s apply them in some useful subjects starting with saying the “Year, Month, and Day” in Mandarin Chinese.

For saying the Year, Month and Day, you only need to learn several characters and some rules.

Here is structure of this lesson.

Part1:

(1.1) Learn the characters 年, 月, and日

(1.2) Basic concept and rule for saying the Year, Month, and Day

Example 1:  November 31^st, 2013

Example 2:  March 28^th, 1876

Example 3:  December 4^th, 2139

Part2:

Detailed explanation for saying the Year, Month, and Day

(2.1) Explanation for the Year

(2.1.1)

Introduction:

The Arabic numerals of the Year are commonly pronounced as individual digits and sometimes are as a single number   

Example:  the Year 2000

(2.1.2)

Learn how to say and use 公元 and 西元 for saying the Year in Mandarin Chinese

Example 1:  2014 A.D.

Example 2:  2014 C.E.

(2.1.3)

Learn how to say and use 公元前 and 西元前 for saying the Year

Example 1:  1046 B.C.

Example 2:  1046 B.C.E.

(2.2) Explanation for the Month

(2.2.1)

Practice saying each Month of the Year

(2.3) Explanation for the Day

(2.3.1)

Introducing the other way to say the Day by using the character “號 (号) ”

(2.3.2)

Practice saying each Day of the month by using the character “日”

Practice saying each Day of the month by using the character “號 (号)”

Part3

Comprehensive Review

Part 4

Comprehensive Test

(4.1) Test of speaking

(4.2) Test of reading and listening

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese : Personal Pronoun

Hi, my dear students and friends!
大家好 !

From this video, you will learn all the Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns in 15 minutes. In our daily life, we often use personal pronouns like I, you, he, she, we and they.

After you watch this video, I am sure you can have a comprehensive concept of Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns.

Here is the structure of the video:

1 Quick Review of what you have learned from the last two videos:
"I like you.", " I love you.", " I dislike you" and "I hate you." in Chinese.
( 我喜歡你 我愛你 我討厭你 我恨你 )

2 The concept for learning Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns

3 Overview of Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns: Singular and Plural

3.1 Introduction of Singular personal pronouns
3.1.1 wǒ: 我
3.1.2 nǐ: 你 妳 祢
3.1.3 nín: 您
3.1.4 tā: 他 她 它 牠 祂

3.2 Introduction of Plural personal pronouns
3.2.1 The relationship between Singular and Plural personal pronouns (The rule to make the Singular personal pronouns become Plural.)
3.2.2 wǒmen: 我們 ( 我们 )
3.2.3 nǐmen: 你們/妳們/祢們 ( 你们 妳们 祢们 )
3.2.4 tāmen: 他們 她們 它們 牠們 祂們 ( 他们 她们 它们 牠们 祂们 )

4 Review of all the Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns in this lesson

5 Demonstration how to apply the Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns with the verbs


It's really not hard to learn Mandarin Chinese if you learn it step by step.
I hope you enjoy it.
See you soon !

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

what you have to know before learning Mandarin Chinese

In our first class , I introduced some simplified and traditional characters and also three elements of Mandarin Chinese characters' pronunciation.
Here is the video "unit 1- Introduction: what you have to know before learning Mandarin Chinese" I prepared for you. You are very welcome to give me feedback.