Learn Chinese - Speak Mandarin - "Function Words"

[TheSoulifeR]

Is this correct? ----> Ni yao shen me jin tian? What do you want today? Am I correct? :D please tell xD

[TheSoulifeR]

Ni Hao Ma! wo jiang Zhi Xian. 

[TheSoulifeR]

Ni Hao Ma! wo jiang Zhi Xian.

[ria10shine]

hi I speak English and Japanese fluently. Japanese is my mother tongue. I'm learing Chinese now and looking for a native speaker to teach me. I can teach you either of the two that I know in exchange. contact me if you're interested

[killerdanielle]

[ 这个星期你很忙，所以我们下星期见面。]

shouldn't it be...

[ 这个星期你很忙，所以我们下(个)期见面。] ????

thank you so much for your videos BENNY!!!!, you sound like a true native english speaker! :)　谢谢你！！！

[DesiFuyuko]

Esto me ayudo mucho :) This helped me a lot :) thanks Benny! 谢谢！

[bigbeing]

@LemonMerang96 Hi! Try googling "sinosplice Toward Better Tones in Natural Speech"

[songokukingdomhearts]

what a wonderful language, and the most spoken to boot. thanks a lot, do you know where I can find TV series's/dramas in mandarin Chinese with eng sub?

[Nic0maK]

@songokukingdomhearts go on youku or tudou websites, there should be some there, but some may be limited to china territory only, you may also try sopcast software to dl chinese tv even if there is not a lot of channel available

[songokukingdomhearts]

@Nic0maK Xie xie :D 我必须看普通话电影

[VIVAlegacy1]

班尼感谢你，我已经学会中国很好。继续努力吧！

[laurencec09]

benny, I love you.. haha you're a great teacher is what I mean!  感谢!

[LearnChineseWithEase]

Great function words! (Some I've never noticed before like 不得不, but maybe it's not so commonly used in mainland China).

Also appreciate your encouragement to keep practicing!

[ericzombiekillerxx]

老师 你 的 课 非常 好

[aonach28]

I thought maybe was ye(3)xu(3)?

[MuzicsRhythm]

Hi Benny! I am Hmong ( 苗族 -Miáozú ) . Learning how to speak Chinese is not that hard for me. 3% of my language, is very close to Chinese. I've been wanting to speak Chinese soooo badly so I thank you so much for these videos!

[jcdans]

Is it ok to pronounce it fast? Mr Benny?

[Danna2630]

是很好一节棵. 我很喜欢.

[thewishlist2]

thanks (: i speak canto and i go to chinese school, but find it difficult to learn mandarin phrases, so i'm starting to watch your videos and start learning from the beginning again...Hopefully, i'll be able to construct sentences and have a proper conversation later

[Aselek2744]

ni zhu zai nar?

[kallybbyuen]

you are wonderful..

[mmimeerah98]

xiexie xiexie xiexie

[ThuongMaiBiz90]

wo zhuede Hanuy tai nan :(

[chang7264314]

@ThuongMaiBiz90

wo juede hanyu henjiandan

wo juede yingyu hennan

囧

[fraysherkrane]

benny is the man!

[KyukyoukuTuffy]

I've been learning Japanese for two years, and it's so cool to see familiar characters!

[dasuperbguy]

i have never seen in my entire life the person u are and ur method is very good u totally amazing

[looke888]

Nin hao benny, I want to say: Xie xie Laoshi! Ni shi hen hao laoshi :D

[TheWind983]

can you teach me some animals

[b3b1b1]

hen hao Benny!

Xie xie ni <3

[DEADreef]

Wei hi benny. ni zhong nali lai ma . wo shi yige pajisitani ren . jian dao ni hen gao xing... ni shi meiguo ren ma haishi zhongguo ?

[askbenny]

@DEADreef ni hao! wo ye hen gaoxing renshi ni! wo shi zhongguo ren.

[KTfication]

应该是：如果我能来，我会打电话给你。

[giuliettinabamby]

hao hao

xue xi

tian tian

shang shan

[danfons29]

Some sounds are "singing". Wonderful features.

[askbenny]

@GearoidOmartin Thanks! 继续加油哦！

[idearidong]

xie xie Benny,,,,

[askbenny]

@idearidong My pleasure!

[Paganbeliever]

謝謝安非他命藥片! 有用的教訓af總。 Xie xie

[vanan1437]

i hate askbenny thinginit sucks lolz

[unionville123]

can you just say xia xing qi rather than xia ge xing qi???

[joyjw]

THANKS SOOO MUCH!!!

[wafflegal101]

are the characters in your videos simplified or traditional. im curious because as im watching your videos im writing them down

[darling8gomez]

xie xie ni!

[damiann77]

....because so if????

[damiann77]

gang ni nao

[RowShell93]

hen hao lesson.

[thagodfather007]

fuck you in mandarin is " diao ni"

[sweffe96]

Isnt Diao cantonese?

[davidlee110]

how you say FU in chinese?

in spelling not symbol

[thagodfather007]

@davidlee110 as in fuck?

[davidlee110]

no

what 'fuck you' means in chinese?

[thagodfather007]

@davidlee110 yes it is fuck you in mandarin is "diao ni" just use its on some old chinese dude rofl

[davidlee110]

ok ty

that all i need to know

[zanetusken]

@davidlee110 cao ni ma is better lolol 操你妈

[Dimipoke1]

@zanetusken shame on you

[Dimipoke1]

@zanetusken shame on you! 你的耻辱！

[Dimipoke1]

@Dimipoke1 我的耻辱?

[davidlee110]

what about symbols?

[thagodfather007]

@davidlee110 i dunno dude

[nknibbe]

Hey benny, shouldn't the "wei" in because be second tone??

[0Megaman0]

This is really good but, I just can't learn Chinese. These words... they're too hard to remember! *sigh* I'm hopeless

[NecocoChanX]

@0Megaman0 - How can you give up so easily. You can't say you can't learn chinese if you won't even try. Also, if things are hard to remember, that means you will have to slow down and take time to memorize it better. Just because you can't remember it the first or second time, doesn't mean you can't do it.

[halfstepdown88]

Try Pimsleur Bro

[Dimipoke1]

@0Megaman0 with an attitude like that you won't!

If you say you can't do it, YOU WON'T.

Believe me, once you understand the basics, and kick off with the structure, it only gets easier.

You can do it!

[filledwithgaoxing]

@Dimipoke1 soryy...it was supposed to be a thumb up...coz ur right! it gets easier as you progress

[noinhieu224]

thanks so much

[eugsoh]

finally! a really useful and helpful youtube vid to help me learn mandarin!! benny, you rock!!

[MetalHeart8787]

Yeah Bennys Lesson are the Best he repeats the words & says them slowly.

and has the pinyin & characters.

[RedEyeBlackDemon]

Thnx for the tutorial helped me a lot..

[parazelMak]

ni de zhong wen hen hao a!

[dollparade]

謝謝，Benny！

[AZ377]

謝謝，benny.

Keep it coming, please

[ClaraTOD]

fei chang xie ni benny.. wo de hua yi dui bu dui? hehe new to your vids. i find it really useful. thanks. pls make more! :D

[LuuvLiin]

thanksz xo much benny... =) xie xie...

[LynviMovies]

Xie Xie ^.^

[AmyLynnLeeFan14]

hey

[GaryPansey]

Excellent Bilingualism! Falun Dafa Hao!

[askbenny]

xie xie ni ~!

[Churrogod911]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

[askbenny]

bu ke qi,hen gao xing ren shi ni!

[businessarrangment]

wo hen xi huan xue xi pu tong hua ... xie xie nimen

[gaiayellowtrouble]

你好！very useful :)

[Luthienn86]

谢谢你给我的帮助！顺便，新年好!

[askbenny]

不客气，也祝你新快乐~！

[mobilelizard]

Benny , can you add "adjective" vids? Cool vids, BTW.

[kittypawz258]

Wow, thanks benny with this guide to learn chinese i will definetly learn it very quickly im sure.

[askbenny]

There have more free Mandarin learning content in my website. Please check it out!

[kruger8181]

Benny, you rule!

I have only just started learning Mandarin in the last two or three weeks and from watching your videos in the last couple of days I am actually convinced that I will be able to learn very quickly. i find it very easy to follow and understand. Thanks for such good work.

[askbenny]

kruger8181, I am sure you will learn Chinese really well, just follow the AskBenny course. You will make it.

Cheers!

[phiby424]

yes! I CAN DO IT! hehe.. thanks benny!

[indahsaragih]

Thumbs up for Benny :-)

[r4iny87]

You're great Benny!!it's very helpful.

[askbenny]

Xie xie! Keep learning with me.

[aznxalvin]

haii everybody.how's it going? Benny is way too good for chinese

[askbenny]

Thank you for your support!

[joshuahg]

thanks for posting this! i'm half chinese and my grandma and mom speak madarin to me all the time but sadly im not fluent...for the most part, i understand normal conversation but im struggling with function words and expressions...thanks again!

[poetswolf1985]

Hey, do you have a video that tells you the names of animals? If not, I think that would be a great addition ^^

[askbenny]

Thank you! This a good idea!

[KUKUGOD]

唔。。我来找自尊来了 ^ ^~~

[dreamgirl23]

i wish you were my mandarin teacher! you're so enthusiastic and positive. love it.

my teacher isn't as good as you :(

thanks for the videos!! they really help.

[askbenny]

I'm your Mandarin teacher. You can ask any question about Mandarin.

[bdipati]

Enjoys your video very much! learning much from it.

[askbenny]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

[outragedpalmer]

LoL You guys rock. Thank you soooooo much for all your hard efforts. I appreciate all you do.

[askbenny]

My pleasure!

Keep on going!

[xgalba00]

Zhe ge xing qi ni hen mang, suo yi wo men xia xing qi jian mian

=

This individual star phase you very busy, actually according-to I plural next star phase see face

[askbenny]

Zhe ge=this

xing qi=week

suo yi=so/therefore

The translation : I am busy this week, so let's meet next week.

[xgalba00]

I was translating all characters. I know that xing qi together means week, but when I separate it, does it mean star period? I would appreciate only one video, where you show all Chinese tenses in action - like I was doing, I will be, I have been doing with Bobo and You

[askbenny]

Yes! We are preparing that! I am sure you will see it soon!

[xgalba00]

Ming tian ke neng xia yu =

Next day may can under rain

[askbenny]

ke neng=maybe/probably

Besides"under","xia" also means"fall" as a verb.

so, xia yu = to rain

[xgalba00]

I'll try to translate following sentence in this lesson word by word

Yin wei ming tian ni bi xu gong zuo

suo yi wo men bu neng qu gong yuan

=

Because for next day you must require work do, actually according-to I plural not can go public garden

[askbenny]

You have done a good job!

Acctually,gong yuan=Park.

[xgalba00]

Hey Benny, I will make literal translation of one sentence in your lesson. Please tell me if I'm right.

Wo da dian hua gei ni =

I make electric transfer give you

da = make? in this context?

I remember word 'dian' from lady Diana

[askbenny]

da dian hua =make a phone call

dian =electric. hua=saying/words

dian hua =telephone gei=give

so,together,it means " i will give you a call"

[pnggermany]

ni hao! ni ching shi yi ke hen hao ren de, gao xu wo thai tou la, ching xien xie xie ni

[xgalba00]

These are great videos. I have one tip how to make it even better as described by Vera Birkenbihl, who teaches accelerated methods for learning new languages. Just at the top of each pinyin character there can be its translation word by word in red even. I know that it will not sound as proper english sentence, but it helps us to learn how Chinese people think and put the words in the sentence:

Because bad weather we have to back go.

Yin wei huai tian qi wo men bu de bu hui qu

[askbenny]

Yes,Thank you for your advice!

I will talk to my team about that!

[gdannytwo]

Good lesson, Benny. Thank you very much.

[Michelleaoo]

your pronunciation is really not that well..~ Yin Wei~ and Qing Wen.

[jac007que]

YOUR english apparently not that -WELL- either...wow i hope you catch that flaw...and by the way don't respond back

[gorkemtur]

真的非常有用 谢谢你

[askbenny]

不客气！我很高兴！

[gorkemtur]

benny 我能不能 你教中文的videos 一共? 我想download 都.可以吗?

[askbenny]

你好！现在你还不可以download。但是你也可以在我的网站­上看所有的videos。

[gorkemtur]

谢谢你

[laughrajan]

hi benny. i really like ur site..now i leardned many things from ur site.u r doing a good job..i appreciate it..keep it up .xie xie ni

[askbenny]

Ni hao!

Thank you for your support!

I am really happy if you like our website.

[meltglass1]

Cool I will start with this Vid.TB

[nylorach]

gosh! i dunno if i can memorize everything... it's getting complicated....

[askbenny]

Mei wen ti! (No Worries!) That's way take it slowly and easy and if you log on to our website, you can download the PDF file so you can read it and study it anytime! Hope this helps!

[nylorach]

ni hao benny! I'll try to study mandarin in one month...lol... I've checked your site and it's very great... thanks a lot.. i hope i can learn much from you... : ) God Bless and more power!

[askbenny]

Ni Hai mylorach! Let's take it step and step and let's do it together and I'm sure you will eventually master Mandarin! Rememnber, I am always here for you anytime!