Hi Kelly, do you have video presentation on teaching the names of people and family relationships? How do you say in Chinese the words for grandmother, grandfather, uncle, mother, father, aunt, cousin, sister-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, husband, nephew, niece, daughter, son, woman, man, husband, wife, baby, parents, children, boy, girl, grandson. I'd appreciate your help if you can teach us those names.
They're measure words. You use them when you measure stuff :) Examples in English would be: flock, bags, bails, pairs, sets, deck, etc. A flock of birds, four bags of groceries, two pairs of shoes, five sets of clothing, nine decks of cards, etc. See the pattern? The difference is that they use measure words for almost everything in Mandarin.
Japanese's writing system uses Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. These are not kanji. Kanji is the Japanese word for Chinese characters. "Hanzi" (汉字) is what they're called in Chinese (Mandarin). Chinese only uses these kind of characters. Japanese used to, but their writing system changed over time.
Chinese DOES have a spelling system for their words in a way, called "Zhuyin" (Zhuyin Fuhao: 注音符号). This is often used in children's books. (Example: ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)
Thanks to awasa72049. You explain very detailed :) Just one more thing, there's also another spelling system called "Hanyu Pinyin 汉语拼音." It uses Roman characters and is wildly used in China. "Zhuyin Fuhao注音符号" is used in Taiwan.
Many thanks Balazak for your response to my enquiry. How is your learning of Mandarin Chinese getting on? Even as a Chinese, I find learning Mandarin Chinese very demanding but challenging. I am taking it in my own pace. Bye for now. Regards, Lee KS
I'm now trying to continue where I left off but I have forgotten quite a bit. I've been checking the lessons here as Kelly seems to be a good teacher.
Ni hao Balazak! It is good to know that you have decided to resume your study of Mandarin Chinese. Yes, I agree with you that our laoshi Kellie is fairly good in her presentation but how I wish her viedo clips could be a little long. Sign off again for now. Zaijian...Lee KS
Thanks for posting this! Good to know.. I appreciate languages.
daniagirl1 2 years ago
Hi Kelly, do you have video presentation on teaching the names of people and family relationships? How do you say in Chinese the words for grandmother, grandfather, uncle, mother, father, aunt, cousin, sister-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, husband, nephew, niece, daughter, son, woman, man, husband, wife, baby, parents, children, boy, girl, grandson. I'd appreciate your help if you can teach us those names.
KCAASE 2 years ago
Thank you for the teaching.
KCAASE 2 years ago
i like when u pronounce 2
RonArtestdaman 2 years ago
what an artical???
Naruto1fanforever 3 years ago
They're measure words. You use them when you measure stuff :) Examples in English would be: flock, bags, bails, pairs, sets, deck, etc. A flock of birds, four bags of groceries, two pairs of shoes, five sets of clothing, nine decks of cards, etc. See the pattern? The difference is that they use measure words for almost everything in Mandarin.
Wufnu 3 years ago
Kelly, thanks for all your clips. I like the bitsize length. Easily digestable. Keep up the great work. xxx
Spinozin 4 years ago
you`re a great help thank you! but i don`t get it how to learn the kanjis why isn`t there something like hiragana or katakana?
Dr4g0nstyl3 4 years ago
Japanese's writing system uses Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. These are not kanji. Kanji is the Japanese word for Chinese characters. "Hanzi" (汉字) is what they're called in Chinese (Mandarin). Chinese only uses these kind of characters. Japanese used to, but their writing system changed over time.
Chinese DOES have a spelling system for their words in a way, called "Zhuyin" (Zhuyin Fuhao: 注音符号). This is often used in children's books. (Example: ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)
awasa72049 4 years ago
Thanks to awasa72049. You explain very detailed :) Just one more thing, there's also another spelling system called "Hanyu Pinyin 汉语拼音." It uses Roman characters and is wildly used in China. "Zhuyin Fuhao注音符号" is used in Taiwan.
thmk0828 4 years ago
you're amazingly gorgeous!!1
kbk1234 4 years ago
Hi Kellie! I do not remember you have taught us 'xing qi' in your previous lessons. If you have told us please tell me the lesson. Xiexie laoshi
leeks5229 4 years ago
It isn't in the previous lessons. Maybe it was an old lesson that was changed? Not there now though.
Balazak 4 years ago
Many thanks Balazak for your response to my enquiry. How is your learning of Mandarin Chinese getting on? Even as a Chinese, I find learning Mandarin Chinese very demanding but challenging. I am taking it in my own pace. Bye for now. Regards, Lee KS
leeks5229 4 years ago
Actually I haven't studied in a few years =0
I'm now trying to continue where I left off but I have forgotten quite a bit. I've been checking the lessons here as Kelly seems to be a good teacher.
Balazak 4 years ago
Ni hao Balazak! It is good to know that you have decided to resume your study of Mandarin Chinese. Yes, I agree with you that our laoshi Kellie is fairly good in her presentation but how I wish her viedo clips could be a little long. Sign off again for now. Zaijian...Lee KS
leeks5229 4 years ago
Thank you for the lesson, I especiallay like how this one is longer than what you usually do.
HerugaaHoundoom 4 years ago
xie xie for your time doing this for us!!
packard12 5 years ago
It looks good... thank you!
cvmostert 5 years ago
It was looking o.k. on my digital cam, but I found it's too dark on Youtube. I'll turn on more lights in the next video!
Kelly
thmk0828 5 years ago
thanx kelly bye the way where are the lessons 23 and above
rickyD2333 5 years ago
Hi! thank you. There are only lesson 1-22 currently :)
thmk0828 5 years ago