Hi I just subscribed, Im a Latino American I love your lang and food and girls. I was wondering is there s big difference between Chiniese and Mandarin? will either or understand and how can I a person learn how to read in this awesome lang?
you have too teach the basic strokes then, it will be a lot easier to pick up. you are skipping around on all of the levels, it is very hard to learn when you jump around the levels of difficulties,
Wouldn't it be better if you learn how to say words in Chinese first before learning how to write cuz i find it confusing.Or is it learning the Chinese way.Just wondering.
It's really up to the individual. I think she is trying to teach you to write because there are just so many characters to learn its good to learn from the offset if u indend to learn to read and write.
I really enjoy your videos. Please keep up the good work. PS, please ignore the useless comments that some off the posters are making. Constructive criticsm is great, useless comments are, well, USELESS!!!!!.
Chinese wasn't my strong subject... I was placed in Kindergarden-2nd grade (I was in the 6th-8th grade...) I pretty much sucked at saying the tones right (or even matching the right tones, I mean I was able to write out the words in Chinese).
Are you going to do these lessons kind of frequently (not to be hasty, just checking)?
Haha, don't make the same mistake as someone at my work made by using a permanent marker instead of a whiteboard marker on the whiteboard, lol. I had 2 scrub 4 ages 2 get the ink off, haha.
ok i know that in Taiwan they use traditional characters (and from what i hear they are very strict about them). How did you end up learning both sets of characters?
Your english sounds better than mine and I'm Aussie, lol. Ni de ying wen fei chang hao a! Keep up the good work. I been studying Chinese 4 some time now. Keep up the good work, u're doing well.
yeah I double checked about the "na" word and my dad said it was without a ko and I argued with him for about an hour saying there IS a ko next to the "na4" to be "na3" and in the end I just did what he said because he's 100% chinese and I'm not ><
Haha - thats funny. My mother in law is this kind of Chinese person too, so i understand where your coming from. I dont say im CORRECT about it(cause im not even chinese!), i just go by what the DUDES who write chinese dictionaries (plural) say... and they are REAL Chinese too. You should have used a chinese dictionary when talking to your dad about it.
Thanks for the lesson! I'm kinda confused though, I learned that the Pinyin for 'where' is 'nar', with an 'r' at the end as in the colour 'red'. I also learned 'shen me' instead of 'she me'... Is this just a different accent or did I learn it wrong?
I appreciate these lessons a lot, they have really given me the kickstart I needed to start learning how to write the characters even though I can recongnise a few already.
For what it's worth, I have a bunch of Taiwanese and a few Chinese friends and it's rare they'd make a big deal of my bad stroke order. But I am sure they will be delighted when I can show them things I've learned from your videos.
hi i think it's very difficult to learn someone chinese ! do your best, i appreciate you effort! talk how you will do with a friend or children you will find your way of teaching 我是很高兴看看你的录像 谢谢你 下次
uhh...did you not read the subtitles? OR listen to what I said?
I said "third tone" in the video and just mistakenly wrote second tone, I even fixed it by saying I WROTE it wrong using subtitles. Stop being so obnoxious. Like I said in the beginning, I make mistakes.
what I meant was that you wrote the strokes for mei (3rd tone) in the wrong order. Chinese people care a lot about the order that you write a Chinese character. I have a ten-year education on Chinese and I'm just telling you the minor mistakes that you've made. I suggest you let someone check your Chinese-teaching videos before you release them to Chinese learners.
I have a 12 year education in Chinese and my teacher hardly stressed on the order of strokes. My parents were both chinese teachers in their early years and yes, I do know that native Chinese speakers who get their education in chinese believe that if you get one stroke wrong, the whole word is wrong but I think as long as the characters look the same.
It doesnt matter. This is just for fun its not like a real in-depth published chinese tutorial video people have to pay to get their hands on. I'm 17 years old, chinese is my second language, of course I am going to get strokes wrong.
but honestly it doesnt matter now because I realized if people are really going to take these lessons seriously, I should just discontinue it because I'm teaching "wrong information" so you can stop worrying now, I am not making any more chinese lesson videos.
Don't listen to popcornboii. Don't let him suck the fun out of it.
I don't think anyone cares about the stroke order...they just want to learn. If they do take their lessons seriously with a professional that cares about stroke order, let them worry about it. At least the would be familar with it.
"12 year education in Chinese" and you still make these kind of mistakes? I would be embarassed if I were you. I'm glad that you're discontinuing your Chinese lessons because Chinese is a language that should be taken seriously, unlike English (although I take them both seriously).
You know what? I'm going to continue my chinese lessons out of spite. I take Chinese VERY seriously, and I have been speaking Chinese ever since I knew how to talk.
So, I dont know the stroke order...who cares? I bet I am more fluent and grammatically correct than you are. So if you dont like my lessons, dont watch. It's that simple. And I am going to continue teaching people WRONG STROKE ORDERS. Muahahaha! If people here want to learn "correct" chinese they would hire a real tutor like zenaiko said.
celebrityaddict, I like your confidence, but I'm just warning Chinese learners that if they learn Chinese the wrong way, other Chinese people will make fun of you. In your future Chinese lessons, I will keep my eyes on your mistakes and point them out in the comment section. Btw, I prefer your impressions of youtubers over this :P Good night from the USA!
Popcornboii, I'm sorry if I ever sounded upset. Honestly, I really appreciate it when you pointed out my mistakes. I'll check stroke orders with my parents next time I make a video. =]
wo shi mei guo ren =)
msjulicious 5 months ago in playlist Chinese lessons
oh man come on tech the chinese alphabet man if you don't that fucked up.
Haqichaqi 1 year ago
you don't sound white to me.
Haqichaqi 1 year ago
isn't it SHEN ME? for what?
21KJTPF4 1 year ago
wo de mingzi jiao lu ke how do you write lu ke in chinese? well actually An Lu Ke
EsCurve 1 year ago
use a darker pen for the spelling of the word please....
mrgann100 1 year ago
Hi I just subscribed, Im a Latino American I love your lang and food and girls. I was wondering is there s big difference between Chiniese and Mandarin? will either or understand and how can I a person learn how to read in this awesome lang?
finemofok 1 year ago
what is your chinese name lol i think chi chi chu ha lololololllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooool
londonlondon777 2 years ago
omg I'm going to live in China for like 3-5 years, this is hard! :/
hydrodioxid 2 years ago
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Proof that growing up with two languages means you never master either.
Smetch 2 years ago
you have the best lessons , please come with more i'm learning a lot xie xie nin
dddd36362003 2 years ago
my friend is chinese and he was speaking to his mom in chinese he called his mom a horse in chinese and he got bitch slapped it was so funny
ernieball3645 2 years ago
Excellent video Andrea i am learning from you very much... i plan to visit china by the end of this year and your lessons are helping me a lot.
axterixman21 2 years ago
The first lesson was great and tone is quite difficult at first.
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Hokayshenao 2 years ago
thank you very much! youre great!!
jrando888 3 years ago
you have too teach the basic strokes then, it will be a lot easier to pick up. you are skipping around on all of the levels, it is very hard to learn when you jump around the levels of difficulties,
china0867 3 years ago
Wouldn't it be better if you learn how to say words in Chinese first before learning how to write cuz i find it confusing.Or is it learning the Chinese way.Just wondering.
007redpaint 3 years ago
It's really up to the individual. I think she is trying to teach you to write because there are just so many characters to learn its good to learn from the offset if u indend to learn to read and write.
sir34sky 3 years ago
HA! i thought u were taiwanese!! u kno... with the whole SHI thing... lol
hillarywhore 3 years ago
I really enjoy your videos. Please keep up the good work. PS, please ignore the useless comments that some off the posters are making. Constructive criticsm is great, useless comments are, well, USELESS!!!!!.
vicdoree 3 years ago
does that mean, in chinese, americans are literally considered 'beautiful people'?? Or is it just coincidence?
sezchwarn 3 years ago
I think its a coincidence. I think "mei" (beautiful) comes from a"ME"rica...or something.
and "Americans" in chinese, in literal translation means "people of America" not "beautiful people"
celebrityaddict 3 years ago
You should use an eraser, not your hand!
Artwurx614 3 years ago
I study chinese mandarin and I can say that this is cantonese
gullygiac 3 years ago
Err no it's actually Mandarin. I am Chinese and I'd think I'd know if I was speaking cantonese.
celebrityaddict 3 years ago
LOL how can u say u study manderin and not realise that this is manderin??? sigh
sir34sky 3 years ago
@gullygiac This is obviously not cantonese. Cantonese has a different way of speaking ..
Regretions 1 year ago
cantonese??
vgjr300 3 years ago
...no. Mandarin. lol you asked the same question on my Chinese Lesson #1. I only know mandarin. I dont know how to speak cantonese.
celebrityaddict 3 years ago
Chinese wasn't my strong subject... I was placed in Kindergarden-2nd grade (I was in the 6th-8th grade...) I pretty much sucked at saying the tones right (or even matching the right tones, I mean I was able to write out the words in Chinese).
Are you going to do these lessons kind of frequently (not to be hasty, just checking)?
Zorran202 3 years ago
your hand is dirty--
zoltanito 3 years ago
yes yes it is. I didnt have an eraser so I had to use my hands to wipe the board. haha
celebrityaddict 3 years ago
Haha, don't make the same mistake as someone at my work made by using a permanent marker instead of a whiteboard marker on the whiteboard, lol. I had 2 scrub 4 ages 2 get the ink off, haha.
muz06 3 years ago
ok i know that in Taiwan they use traditional characters (and from what i hear they are very strict about them). How did you end up learning both sets of characters?
aafrophone 4 years ago
because I've been living in China for 6 years...it's kind of hard to avoid NOT learning the simplified characters, lol.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
i like the traditional characters (Well, i'm learning them first and then the simplified ones shouldn't be too hard)
aafrophone 4 years ago
good video.
but 那里 is there where is 哪里
badboybaddog 4 years ago
ooof.. i learned traditional mandarin
and b proud to b taiwanese! cos i am too... ok i dunt know how many times i've said that....
can u speak taiwanese? it's the funkiest language alive haha ^ ^
amababies 4 years ago
hahaha I can only speak a little taiwanese
wah tiao wu dan xi wo bu hui gong.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
gooooood job
whoopwhoopz 4 years ago
i think you were doing good make more lesson it would really help me
lilbooboo079 4 years ago
So the last "ma" is what you see in... "Ni hao ma?" or in any type of qestion.
navahotaku 4 years ago
I think "ma" applies to any general question...
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
hurry up! i got some chink-a-roni in the microwave!
tracyterry 4 years ago
hurry up! I got some retard with his head stuck up his ass!
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
Yah for Taiwan!
GWAR1018 4 years ago
Isn't 什么 spelled shen me instead of she me?
hell2uall 4 years ago
yeah my bad
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
Your english sounds better than mine and I'm Aussie, lol. Ni de ying wen fei chang hao a! Keep up the good work. I been studying Chinese 4 some time now. Keep up the good work, u're doing well.
muz06 4 years ago
Good idea check the lesson b4 hitting record.
na li (where) - The na3 in 'na li' u used the wrong character for na3, u in fact used the character for na4 (as in 'there')
She2 me (what) - the correct pin yin is 'Shen' not 'She' (the last word u did in the video)
Apart from that - Great Lesson - thanks. Keep up the good work.
slibbs111 4 years ago
yeah I double checked about the "na" word and my dad said it was without a ko and I argued with him for about an hour saying there IS a ko next to the "na4" to be "na3" and in the end I just did what he said because he's 100% chinese and I'm not ><
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
Haha - thats funny. My mother in law is this kind of Chinese person too, so i understand where your coming from. I dont say im CORRECT about it(cause im not even chinese!), i just go by what the DUDES who write chinese dictionaries (plural) say... and they are REAL Chinese too. You should have used a chinese dictionary when talking to your dad about it.
slibbs111 4 years ago
One thing I really liked that my first Chinese teacher did was to point out connectivity between characters. 人＋也＝他。That person also, him.
anonymousbmn 4 years ago
i never really got that when my teacher taught it like that to be honest >.<
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
Well, whatever works, I suppose. Different people, different styles.
anonymousbmn 4 years ago
xiexie!
u'r really gud!
plz upload more coz i really really wanna learn how to speak chinese ^_^
angelzRULE 4 years ago
this is so awesome u make an excelent teacherrrr!! woooohooooo!!!! xie xie !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Babykittyjade 4 years ago
Thanks for the lesson! I'm kinda confused though, I learned that the Pinyin for 'where' is 'nar', with an 'r' at the end as in the colour 'red'. I also learned 'shen me' instead of 'she me'... Is this just a different accent or did I learn it wrong?
NinaWeber 4 years ago
different accent. you didnt learn it wrong at all.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
Oh okay thanks :)
NinaWeber 4 years ago
My Chinese teacher is from Taiwan, and she said nali is used more in Taiwan and nar is used more in mainland China. I think both are ok! :)
kintoratube 4 years ago
Ah I see, thanks :)
NinaWeber 4 years ago
I think nar is used more commonly in Beijing. Shenme and zenme in Taiwan is pronounced as shenmo and zenmo respectively.
muz06 4 years ago
I appreciate these lessons a lot, they have really given me the kickstart I needed to start learning how to write the characters even though I can recongnise a few already.
For what it's worth, I have a bunch of Taiwanese and a few Chinese friends and it's rare they'd make a big deal of my bad stroke order. But I am sure they will be delighted when I can show them things I've learned from your videos.
谢谢!
bluryamaneko 4 years ago
KEEP IT UP! KEEP IT UP! i wanna learn to speak chinese! ^__^ you rock girrrl! :DD
nessoner 4 years ago
hi i think it's very difficult to learn someone chinese ! do your best, i appreciate you effort! talk how you will do with a friend or children you will find your way of teaching 我是很高兴看看你的录像 谢谢你 下次
XiaoYifei 4 years ago
lol. F**CK ALL THOSE STUPID PEOPLE YOUR LESSONS ARE GREAT! KEEP IT UP!
xanimisticx 4 years ago
the stroke order for mei (3rd tone)is wrong... and there are many flaws in your Chinese writings.
come on, teach Chinese learners the right way if you want to teach Chinese!
popcornboii 4 years ago
uhh...did you not read the subtitles? OR listen to what I said?
I said "third tone" in the video and just mistakenly wrote second tone, I even fixed it by saying I WROTE it wrong using subtitles. Stop being so obnoxious. Like I said in the beginning, I make mistakes.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
You tell him :) I think the lesson was awesome. I have learned a lot of Chinese through your lessons. Thanks for teaching us all!
RadMorgan 4 years ago
what I meant was that you wrote the strokes for mei (3rd tone) in the wrong order. Chinese people care a lot about the order that you write a Chinese character. I have a ten-year education on Chinese and I'm just telling you the minor mistakes that you've made. I suggest you let someone check your Chinese-teaching videos before you release them to Chinese learners.
popcornboii 4 years ago
I have a 12 year education in Chinese and my teacher hardly stressed on the order of strokes. My parents were both chinese teachers in their early years and yes, I do know that native Chinese speakers who get their education in chinese believe that if you get one stroke wrong, the whole word is wrong but I think as long as the characters look the same.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
It doesnt matter. This is just for fun its not like a real in-depth published chinese tutorial video people have to pay to get their hands on. I'm 17 years old, chinese is my second language, of course I am going to get strokes wrong.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
but honestly it doesnt matter now because I realized if people are really going to take these lessons seriously, I should just discontinue it because I'm teaching "wrong information" so you can stop worrying now, I am not making any more chinese lesson videos.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
Noo
Don't stop the lessons.
Don't listen to popcornboii. Don't let him suck the fun out of it.
I don't think anyone cares about the stroke order...they just want to learn. If they do take their lessons seriously with a professional that cares about stroke order, let them worry about it. At least the would be familar with it.
zenaiko 4 years ago
"12 year education in Chinese" and you still make these kind of mistakes? I would be embarassed if I were you. I'm glad that you're discontinuing your Chinese lessons because Chinese is a language that should be taken seriously, unlike English (although I take them both seriously).
popcornboii 4 years ago
You know what? I'm going to continue my chinese lessons out of spite. I take Chinese VERY seriously, and I have been speaking Chinese ever since I knew how to talk.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
So, I dont know the stroke order...who cares? I bet I am more fluent and grammatically correct than you are. So if you dont like my lessons, dont watch. It's that simple. And I am going to continue teaching people WRONG STROKE ORDERS. Muahahaha! If people here want to learn "correct" chinese they would hire a real tutor like zenaiko said.
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
YAY! ^_^
zenaiko 4 years ago
Zenaiko, you're my hero. <3 Thanks for changing my mind! =]
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
celebrityaddict, I like your confidence, but I'm just warning Chinese learners that if they learn Chinese the wrong way, other Chinese people will make fun of you. In your future Chinese lessons, I will keep my eyes on your mistakes and point them out in the comment section. Btw, I prefer your impressions of youtubers over this :P Good night from the USA!
popcornboii 4 years ago
Popcornboii, I'm sorry if I ever sounded upset. Honestly, I really appreciate it when you pointed out my mistakes. I'll check stroke orders with my parents next time I make a video. =]
Thanks for watching <3
--Andrea
celebrityaddict 4 years ago
^^ Glad you put toooooones~ I took notes on this video! I knew these words and how to write them, but you show the stroke order~ YAY!
IzzaTHEgreat 4 years ago
this is awesome. i always had problems with the tones :/
deadlyangel25 4 years ago
1rts comment,i feel special.
anyways awesome vid i look fowards to more..
OhJessduh 4 years ago