About our Printer-friendly lesson notes
Follow along to our award winning lessons with detailed PDF Lesson
Notes! These easy to print notes take a closer look at the grammar
point and vocabulary words presented in the audio lesson. Plus,
read more about
language101 cultural topics related to the lesson.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access the PDF Lesson
Notes today!
Kanji Close-Up
Take a closer look at the kanji characters used in the lesson
Dialogue with the Kanji Close Up Practice Sheets! You'll learn the
meaning, readings, and stroke order of each character. Plus,
improve your writing with kanji stroke order practice sheets!
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access the Kanji Close Up
Practice Sheets today!
About our Review Audio Tracks
Listen and repeat with the Review Track. Hear the lesson
vocabulary and main phrases and repeat after the native speaker -
it's the best way to perfect your pronunciation!
Upgrade your account to access The Review Track and start
perfecting your pronunciation today!
About our Lesson Audio
Our team of
Chinese language specialists have been releasing new audio and video
lessons weekly since 2005. That's a lot of
Chinese language learning! All lessons are free for the first 2 weeks
before going into our Basic and Premium Archive.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access every single
lesson we've ever created today!
About our Dialog Audio Tracks
The audio lesson is a comprehensive, easy to use lessons that
makes learning Chinese fun for anyone.
Each audio lesson contains can be downloaded in seconds
to your computer, iPod, phone, or mp3 player so that you can learn quickly and be speaking Chinese in no time at all.
The audio lesson is your ticket to learning to speak
Chinese with confidence and accuracy, and from your very first lesson!
About our Dialog Audio Tracks
Don't have enough time for an entire lesson today? Listen to the
Dialogue Only Track to hear the native Dialogue. Listening to a
little bit of
Chinese everyday, no matter how much, will greatly improve your listening
comprehension. Guaranteed!
Upgrade your account to access the Dialogue Only Track and other
Premium Tools today!
About our Grammar Audio Tracks
Tackle grammar head on with the lesson Grammar List. We break
down the grammar piece by piece so you fully master the structure
and formation.
Upgrade your account to access the Grammar List and other
Premium lesson tools today!
About our Videocasts
Our team of
Chinese language specialists have been releasing new audio and video
lessons weekly since 2005. That's a lot of
Chinese language learning! All lessons are free for the first 2 weeks
before going into our Basic and Premium Archive.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access every single
lesson we've ever created today!
About our Learning Center
Listen and read the line-by-line breakdown of the lesson
conversation with this Premium Tool. Listen to each line as many
times as you need until you fully understand the conversation and
pronunciation. Line-By-Line Audio Transcripts are the perfect way
to improve your comprehension - fast!
Upgrade your account to access Line-By-Line Audio Transcript and
other Premium lesson tools today!
About our Videocasts
Our team of
Chinese language specialists have been releasing new audio and video
lessons weekly since 2005. That's a lot of
Chinese language learning! All lessons are free for the first 2 weeks
before going into our Basic and Premium Archive.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access every single
lesson we've ever created today!
This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Elementary Season 1 . 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.
18 Responses to “Elementary Lesson #39 - A Chinese Ghost Story”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
We’re not kidding about our recording studio being just down the street from the Beijing No. 1 Ghost House. What stories of Chinese superstitions have you run into, and are there any you believe?
Thursday at 4:55 pm
I think Echo believes in the ghost house. ha ha. Whenever we’re walking by it she always makes some comment or other….
Saturday at 1:13 am
Why is “bed” 床, but “bedroom” is 卧室?
Saturday at 10:15 am
@蓝大卫,
床 is a noun, but for 卧室:
卧 is a verb means to lie in bed.
室 is a noun means room.
Sunday at 2:09 am
谢燮,zhouli.
In this case it sounds like the Western concept is revolves around the thing
and the Chinese revolves around the purpose. I wonder if this is typical?
An interesting insight to the mindset.
Sunday at 8:42 pm
@蓝大卫,
actually, i am not sure… i think both english and chinese are complicated in making up words actually…
Monday at 12:19 am
In the sentence 你怎么相信有鬼?What is the function of 有?
Literally “You how believe (in) have ghost? If I were to attempt to
articulate this idea with my current knowledge of Chinese, I would
have never thought to use 有。
How would I say “I believe in God”? Does the same term 相信 apply?
谢谢!
Monday at 10:44 am
@蓝大卫,
you can say 我(wǒ)信仰(xìnyǎng)上帝(shàngdì)。
sometimes 有(yǒu) in chinese means THERE BE, for example:
有鬼(yǒuguǐ)!-there is ghost.
if you don’t understand the 有(yǒu) in a sentence, then change the meaning to THERE BE.
Monday at 11:24 am
“There be” sounds like pirate talk in the movies!
Arrrgggghhh!!!
Seriously, thank you for expounding on the range of meanings for 有.
Thursday at 11:34 pm
In the expansion section, there is a sentence:
我做了一个噩梦,很害怕。
Wǒ zuò le yī ge èmèng, hěn hàipà.
I had a bad dream and am very scared.
In English I would not “do/make” a dream, I would “have” a dream.
Could I say: 我有了一个噩梦,很害怕。 or would that sound strange?
Friday at 5:40 pm
@蓝大卫,
yeah, this is really different from english, i never noticed that!
so the chinese people MAKE a dream when they are sleeping , we dont say i HAD a dream.
Thursday at 6:41 am
I’d like to understand the usage of 着 and 在 for continuous action with a few more examples. I understand them when I see them but really don’t have it clear in my mind.
I’ve heard 着 is more for a “state” such as “看着我,他说。。。。“ showing a state while doing something else that’s stated or implied. 在 describes action, not necessarily while doing something else. Can you use both 着 and 在 in the same sentence? Please give some examples where you’d definitely use one or the other.
Thanks!
Friday at 11:17 am
@gingko7,
in oral languafe we seldomly put 着 and 在 together in continuous. but we can, like:他(tā)一直(yīzhí)在(zài)等着(děngzhe)你(nǐ)。我(wǒ)在(zài)干(gàn)着(zhe)活(huó)。
Saturday at 12:24 pm
In the vocabulary expansion section there are two sentences that use 噩梦 èmèng:
我做了一个噩梦,很害怕。
Wǒ zuò le yī ge èmèng, hěn hàipà.
I had a bad dream and am very scared.
and
最近我常常做恶梦。
Zuìjìn wǒ chángcháng zuò èmèng.
Lately, I’ve had a lot of nightmares.
The first sentence uses 噩梦 and the second uses 恶梦, both pronounced “èmèng”.
I ran both through Adsotrans so I see that this is no error. I find this very curious.
How is it that Chinese has two different characters for “è” and still come out with the
same translation?
谢谢!
Monday at 6:02 pm
@蓝大卫,
.
sorry, this is a mistake, the correct word is èmèng噩梦。some people may use 恶梦,but it’s wrong
now it has been fixed.
thank you very much for reminding us.
Tuesday at 7:49 pm
Hi,
Do you know what type of company is Gingo Biloba?
Friday at 4:56 am
你好
那我可以说,说着话或讲着话。你们说吃着饭。我总听说,他们在说话或在讲话。都是对的吗?挺含糊的。我打着篮球。我学着习。睡着觉。打着字,等等。写对了吗?
Friday at 7:52 am
@麥向敢,
对,你的例子都对!“在+v“和”v着“都是进行时,意思一样。
–Echo
Leave a Reply