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This entry was posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Basic Bootcamp . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
30 Responses to “Basic Bootcamp #2 - Talking Nationality in Chinese”
at 6:30 pm
hey 101′ers! Leave a comment and let us know where you are from!
at 9:26 pm
Hey guys, one thing we didn’t mention in the lesson was that 美国(U.S.A.) comes from its full translation 美利坚合众国 (United States of America), so in case if you are wondering where it’s from …
at 5:20 am
Hi Chineseclass101,
I’ve been listening to you for about 8 days, and I must say I’m loving it!
Keep up the good work
In response to the question: 我是加拿大人
at 5:48 am
Hello,
Great job with the bootcamp. Nice to see that both hosts have charisma
So far what I’ve heard about the language has proven accurate. The grammar seems very simple, which is a good thing. But the pronunciation, the tones…
it will probably take hours of listening just to start distinguishing individual words.
I have yet no idea what to do to learn how to pronounce the language, with the tones and all.
at 6:50 am
Green Airplane,
Glad that you’ve enjoyed our lessons.
I agree the tones and the character system can seem overwhelming at first, but I have known many American friends who started the process fairly late and were able to achieve very high levels within a few years. I’d say if you have enough interest, and if you have a lot of practice and patience with yourself, it’ll all eventually come to you.
Best of luck and do tell us if you have suggestions!
Victor
at 9:15 am
您们好!
我也是加拿大人,和华[華]裔。(non-Chinese citizen but with Chinese ancestry)
at 9:12 am
CC101!
Hi I would like to know how you say “I’m from Mexico City” in Chinese? we are also learning Chinese, there’s a China Town Mexico so there is alot to learn too.
S_R_C
at 12:05 am
In the intro to the lessons, what exactly is the phrase being said after “Ni hao”? Can someone please give the Hanzi, pinyin, and English please? Thanks! ^_^
at 10:49 am
我叫宁建超,我是中国人。
wǒ jiào nìngjiànchāo,wǒ shì zhōngguórén。
重复一遍,慢速。
chóngfù yī biàn,mànsù。 one more time, slower.
at 10:51 am
Sarah - It’s 大家好 - dàjiā hǎo - Hello everyone!
And hello to you!
at 10:58 am
谢谢!
at 11:21 am
Sindy,
Mexico 墨西哥 mo4 xi1 ge1
City 城 cheng2
I’m from Mexico City, would be 我来自墨西哥城。 wo3 lai2 zi4 mo4 xi1 ge1 cheng2.
Victor
at 12:17 pm
大家好, 我是中国人。
at 4:52 pm
大家好, 我是德国人。我太太是中国人。
at 6:31 pm
@moep,
herzlich welkommen!!!
at 7:29 pm
你好。我叫helen. 我是australian 人。
great lesson, thank you.
at 8:14 am
VIctor!
谢谢。Xie Xie!
S_R_C
at 12:15 pm
大家好!
Victor and Amber, 你好! How would you say Chinese American without going through a whole explanation which I usually do…born in Taiwan, grew up in the US? I always forget how to say immigrant. I know how to say immigrate…just not immigrant…silly me
at 12:21 pm
AZERDocMom,
The word for immigrant is 移民 yi2 min2, Chinese American in Chinese would be 美籍华人 mei3 ji2 hua2 ren2。
Victor
at 3:41 pm
@AZERDocMom,
One interesting slang is : 香蕉人xiang1 jiao1 ren2– people who look like Chinese, but have Western soul. Like bananas, they have yellow the skin, but what inside is white.
–Echo
at 3:44 pm
不好意思, typing mistake — they have yellow skin
–Echo
at 10:37 pm
Hi Victor, I thought 移民 yi2 min2 was the verb “to immigrate.” You’re doing a great job BTW co-hosting with Amber. I love your deep voice, and your gentle laughter at her silliness (Hi! Amber!)
Hi Echo, that’s really interesting. I didn’t know 香蕉人xiang1 jiao1 ren2 was a slang in China. It is a direct translation of a term we use here in the States. I’ve never considered myself one; my soul is still quite Chinese despite my lack of language fluency. I jokingly refer to myself as M.I.T…made in Taiwan
My husband, on the other hand, is quite the banana…third generation 美籍华人 mei3 ji2 hua2 ren2。 How would you say that in Mandarin?
at 4:50 pm
@azerdocmom,
“third generation 美籍华人”, we say “第三代 di4 san1 dai4 美籍华人”. 代 means generation.
–Echo
at 1:19 pm
azerdocmom,
Glad you enjoy our lessons! Very encouraging
.
移民 can be both the noun and the verb, so it can be used in both cases.
Victor
at 5:31 am
大家好! 我是丹麦人。
at 7:53 am
LUNETTA! 你好
是我,AZERDocMom
at 8:18 pm
AZERDocMom, 你好! 好久不见!
at 12:39 am
July 30,2010
大家好,我是美国人。
at 11:50 am
Finally I learnt the word shi4 is positioned as to be. Well, thank you very much. Step by step in I know my progress is improving.
Great to know you.
at 3:23 pm
Hi Margareth,
That’s great! 加油!
Echo
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