Learn Chinese - Speak Mandarin - "Are you ok?"

[jxu9495]

Benny=cool

[RealDandan]

These lessons are good and helpful ! But I want to say that u pronounced xīngfèn which means excited wrong as xìngfèn. Actually many Chinese pronounce like this. I'm just here to point it out:)

[kellargrg12]

I learned that qing2 meant feeling. O: Why am I hearing different now?

[rickschick777]

for are you okay can you also say.... ni mei shur ba? ( with the added tones of course:) xie xie

[Archiecute143]

gosh.. this is hard for me.. learning korean is way easier.. this is like a tongue twister.,, :(

[telisakeys]

I like how he said its easy as abc

[chivarange]

pliz teach us more mandarin since america is broke now we may all be moving to china where all the money is at !!!

[XiaoXiong96]

@chivarange That's my argument to my parents to let me take Chinese next school year when I do online school! I know I will anyway though :)

[mantrangtompaul]

Hi Benny, would you teach how to say "don't worry, everything is going to be ok." Xiexie.

[vanderwoodsen90]

korean > mandarin

[SaclarW]

Chinese is very easy to learn!!中文很容易学

[unica120phay]

ugh! i guess.. its more difficult than korean and japanese language...

its like.. im doing a tongue twister^^

but... i need to learn it,,,^^

thanks for the video...

it will help me and my classmates a lot^^

[DD2009252525]

simplified chinese is not the traditional one... =,=

[xPrediction]

没事is nothing !

(mei shi)

[countess22]

Is "nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma" and "ni mei shi ba" same???? (are you okay? in mandarin)

[TheRebelGirlz]

ni hao wo xi huan ni de benny land

[IsaLoveChrisBeadle]

Are u chineses? cause I am from Taiwan but I live here in Costa Rica for 12 years

[PLaY489]

mei2 shi4 yisi okay. wo tong chang shuo de hao3 hai shi hao de. I say mei2 shi4 as nothing or mei shen me.

[PLaY489]

你会说上海话吗。 

[MantisCrawl]

"It's easy as ABC"

Fuck you man

[sherryl24]

xie xie...

[NeilTaishu]

i want to learn mandarin taiwanese so i can understand jay chou

[setheea23]

I love this guy!

[sqxyfay]

老是，how about you say 你还好吧?

[hancelgreat]

you suck

[1987nsr]

I'm studying chineseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)) dude thanx a lot for ur videos, indeed they r helpful! Respect from Manchester ;) from Turkish chap :)))

[paintlad0159]

i am manderin so i dont really need this well i need to abit more than i no happy holidays jin tian wo bu kai xin

[dasuperbguy]

laoshi u have to come over here in Pakistan to teach us. we have yi ga laoshi here in numl uni ta mingzi jia ta de jiao de fengfa bu hao suyi ni lai pa jis tan

[thelipster111]

Where do you get Chinese key boards, Benny??

[TheYandry11]

Wo Hen Xing Fen about learning chinese... Xie Xie benny u are a good teacher

[KissAndGunsNRoses]

hey benny i am fluent in speaking cantonese but want to learn mandarin will it take some time to learn mandarin will it be hard because there is accents in everything in mandarin rather than cantonese

[hofffan333]

wow, this is one of the most helpful resources I have been able to find. I've been learning mandarin for a few months and already I've been able to have a conversation with a boy in my class (in mandarin of course) but these videos have improved my speaking by a huge amount. (hope this is correct)

非常视界谢谢你

[demonkingDX]

Chinese is damn hard! I think i rather talk in english and spanish more better.

[askbenny]

@busdriver153 da jia hao in Chinese characters should be 大家好。　Cheers!

Benny

[CrazyBarang]

@askbenny thanks for these great lessons, Benny. I just started them. What does da jia hao mean? I only what the characters sound like in Cantonese, but not sure about the meaning. Is it similar to "Foon Ying"?

[apajalah88]

Thank you for lesson..

Tomorrow I got to go China, This week I learn mandarin from here..

That is very helpfuL for me...

Hope u can put n make alot of lesson from here..

SO people can learn mandarin alot..

[leehaber]

For people learning Chinese and having trouble with the intonation, look up Gwoyeu Romatzyh. It's a different romanization that does a better job of interpreting the sounds than pinyin. People who use GR to learn have been shown to learn faster and have better pronounciation

[namcao1]

i am learning chinese . its realy helpful.! thanks alot!!

[Sindelita]

EASY LIKE ABC? U YOU KIDDING ARENT U

[hixXam007]

i just started learning chinese today !! :D

[pliniodannyfreire]

Great lessons! I think you must be a very good teacher, your motivation can make anyone remember these sentences! Next time I come to China, I am stopping by your school to learn from you!

[RedEnglishFox]

Thank you for the postings! I have recently been following your videos. They are great, but even better without the music. I enjoyed the first few videos I viewed with the music at the start and end of the clip, but in between it was distracting. Xie xie nin!

[Rxf114]

i want to learn some swearwords xD

[jennyryan1413]

who said learning mandarin is hard? it's easy if you listen carefully to the pronunciation. no one taught me how to speak mandarin I learn through self- study and watching Chinese movies which are not dubbed in English and I also listen to Chinese songs which are sang in mandarin.... I used to speak Cantonese before but I already forgotten it and no one in our country is speaking Cantonese....

[meshoomash]

xie xie.

wo ai zhong wen ke!

[Aeroanhspace]

wo hen gaoxing! wo yao shuo putonghua!

[ASGraham90]

这个课是很好。。我是中文的学生

谢谢！

[misscammo]

HI Benny,

in your sentence "wo jue de hen gu dan" what does the"de" mean?

[ASGraham90]

@misscammo the de as （得）is the verb 觉得 which means to feel so 我觉得 (wo3jue2de0) means I feel

[sthach1015]

Thanks Benny for the great lesson.

[lilylessons]

ANYONE WANT TO LEARN CHINESE WITH ME?

[sthach1015]

Sure, i would love to learn chinese with you.

[davidlee110]

spelling them out is faster

[2009ballsudoku]

Very good

[Raiden738]

would hen mean "am very"

[chijou23]

hen means "very" .

[Raiden738]

then is shi assumed?

[chijou23]

SHI means "IS, ARE"

[PlatinumPisces]

The shi he used is 事which means like item, matter, thing, affair etc. You are talking about 是。 Guess I am learning things in Mandarin class after all! I am not Chinese but Mandarin gets easier a little bit day by day.

[thagodfather007]

@Raiden738 shi is like am, is , are.....etc

[azrael407]

yes, it means 'very'

[RiaHikkusu]

我很兴奋。谢谢benny!

[muunliang]

xie xie benny..these videos are real help..wo hen xing fen

[muunliang]

xie xie benny...these videos are real help...wo hen xing fen

[Cheesephone]

I love this sort of approach. If I want to learn boring stuff like using a Taxi or asking directions, I can use a phrasebook. For interesting language on things I actually want to say, this really hits the spot :D

[burunuuu]

OMG I cant!

[oxford1603]

You are the greatest, Benny. Thank you.

[lennydacrumb]

you are the man benny!

[SuperSuperSTAR14]

thanks benny

[ItzMeEric]

I wanna learn Mandarin so I can understand Chinese Drama! LOL

[namira95]

me too :D

[hixXam007]

@ItzMeEric seriously , im learning chinese :D  so that i can understand chinese drama too :p .btw im watching Heavenly sword and the dragon sabre ..wat about u ?

[Eucana1974]

Well, guys, In 2030, according to the world economists prevews, China will domiante ecomony. Then, we must learn as sooner its culture and language.

I speak english, portuguese, spanish and now mandarin is being my new challenge. My God, so many studies and no job in this fucking Brazil. There would be anyone that could give me a job? Xiexie.

[crissangeliscute]

@Eucana1974

thats bull. as in not true

[julittok]

@Eucana1974 Y yo que pienso irme a Brazil porque ahora hay bastante trabajo (al menos en mi area) domino los mismos idiomas que tu aunque mi portuges es mas como el de san pablo que carioca. En fin suerte y animos con el chino.

[carolton83]

wow these are some really useful phrases - thanks benny

[vbgie11]

thanks benny..i really really want to know how to speak mandarin..beacuse of some reason..

thanks.. it can help..

[joyjw]

You are a great help, Benny!!!! Thanks so much!

[JaeHo2JaeMinLuvBoth4]

Ah.. I need to write these down. Thank you so much!

[AZ377]

oh, God

Thank you man for these video lessons

May Dakini blessing be with you

[CarrotJuiceProds]

is this the common chinese language, like?

an english girl said i can speak chinese, is it likely it is this type of chinese

[XxAlanHxX]

@ CarrotJuiceProds: if she's from mainland china, then yes.

[Wetfire10]

your vidoes relly will help me impress the chinese girl in scool

[ChinaInvasion]

Hey you also need to know where she comes from , in hong kong we dont speak mandarins:)

but cantonese i wonder where you from

Chanman,

[ariospe]

Sir Benny, what is the pronunciation of the word "guo"?

as far as my hearing is concerned, i heard it "kuo" as k as soft k pronounced, is my hearing right?

[Cerbberos]

It's difficult to explain, but you can compare it to the word "guy" in english. "kuo" is aspirated.

[gigglewiggle789]

are the languages in taiwan and china the same??? both mandarin?

[012trojan]

大家好！我是陈永强从菲律宾。我现在对我的朋友教华语。你的电影­真好。这是一个很大的帮忙。多谢你！

kindly correct if there is something wrong with my grammar..

[kt8911]

chinese never speak like that, i have to say this vid is for the people who live in HongKong

[dbn42]

what's the difference between how most chinese people speak and how this video teaches?

[kt8911]

gan jue ni ma ge bi a

[EdwardElricCoS]

这课是一个非常好一！ 我想看更电影从你，我等等你！

~一个新爱好者，EdwardElricCoS.

[LSecret]

I love this lesson, thank you :)

[kimsein89]

Hello, I am a Korean who is learning Chinese right now. Your pronunciation helps me so much. Also, you make Chinese look so much more interesting and fun. Thank you! I am so grateful (and whatever ID Pwnatsf, don't listen to him/her)

[CrystalLove2468]

我感觉很好！谢谢，我很羡慕你，你会那么多中文。我的中文不是那­么好。我是14岁还有我是中国和美国人，i wish i am like you knowing Chinese and English, both very well.

[razellynchen]

i really like to learn Mandarin for my son n husband,Thank's to u benny

[batlin]

And I'm learning for my wife and daughter! And her family, and because it's interesting anyway :) Good luck!

Benny: 谢谢你，这是一个很好的电影！

[SuperNightz217]

These videos are awesome!!!

Xie Xie Benny, I owe u one

[askbenny]

hehe, Thanks!

Hope you had fun!

[msdali10]

thank you! ^_^ thanks for the easy one.

[askbenny]

不客气~！

[kitsunetears]

do you have to add the hen, or is it just for emphasis?

[Pwnatsf]

한글 배워 이자식들아

[rappyquijano]

hi.

when you pronounce xin, is it like xing?

[askbenny]

xin is "新"

xing is "星"

[Pwnatsf]

안녕, 쪽가튼 짱깨야

[looke888]

Gung hay fat choy! ( this si cantonese isnt it?) How do you say happy new years in mandarin?

[askbenny]

yes~!Happy new year is " 新年快乐" in mandarin.

[purplemiforever]

ni hua=)

[askbenny]

ni hao~!

[purplemiforever]

thanks for correcting me im really learning new words now thanks for the help!!!!=)))

[askbenny]

You are welcome ^^

[tarlynhendrix]

how do u say do you speak mandarin?

[growlingwizard]

xie xie ni benny

[askbenny]

bu ke qi! growlingwizard

[WEEW00x33]

hey benny love your vids! do you know how to say "happiness" in chinese? :o

i always thought it was something like "xin fu" but my cousin say theres no such word o_o

is there?

[askbenny]

There are 2 ways of saying happiness:

1. xìng fú = happiness

2. kuài lè = happiness

Your cousin forgot that xìng fú does exist and its very useful

Benny

[Rockerprincess123094]

How do you say Yay in Chinese Benny?

[askbenny]

Hi, I dont understand yay please explain.

Thank you

[jahdafario]

yay is like 'woohoo', its more a show of excited emotion with a verbal "yay", like "yipee!"! and you smile and your eyes light up

[attckbombz]

lmao.

[adeel256]

i think you can use Yay, just as it is... it is sorta language independent... especially if accompanied with a smile and lit up eyes! hehe!!

[CommenterTOyou]

I love the new episodes better.

[askbenny]

Thank you!

[vsmartboy]

Benny, what does the "ba" do in the sentence "are you ok?"?

[complicatedgirl004]

I think that is like, they put it in the end of the phrase to emphasize a question. It can also be "ma".

[vsmartboy]

Thanks, I guess you're right!!!

[askbenny]

Well done!

[sandpch]

no no, it's different that you end a sentence with a "ba" or a "ma".when you say "ni mei shi ma" it means like "aren't you NOT ok?".

[sandpch]

but actually we seldomly use a sentence like that,and if we do,it often means"arn't u buzy?"

[sandpch]

it's so interesting for me to teach u guys chinese and i think i would be a good teacher,hah..and also i need to practise my english

[lauwheid8]

zhen cong ming is ur very smart wasn't it ?

[askbenny]

Yes, you're correct! Good job!

[woxihuan515]

so would 你觉得怎么样 also work like 你感觉怎么样 ？

or is it not right at all?

[askbenny]

Hi woxihuan515,

你觉得怎么样 can also mean what do you think. 你感觉怎么样 is more like feeling, "how do you feel.

[L8519]

Xie xie!! Your lessons are enabling me to speak to my chinese friend in her own language ^_^..Even though she speaks better english than me xD XIE XIE!

[bunnyrabi]

xie xie ni! this been very good help. my chinese improving ever day!

^_^

[askbenny]

Bu ke qi! Keep learning with me!

[askbenny]

I'm sure you can do it. Just try to speak it out. Have any question just ask me.

[Wongy20861]

Your lessons seem really good being chinese myself, brought up in England i never studyed the chinese language because of school. i want to learn it to speak to my other family members.

[behlat]

i know "hen" means "very" and "gu dan" means "lonely" so im guessing "i'm very lonely" im not 100% sure tho

[askbenny]

You're right!

hen = very

gu dan = lonely

[rancidx3]

Wo jue de hen gu dan.

hen = very

[mrvictormsp]

It is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're the man Benny!!!

[chow286]

You are awesome, Benny ! I wish you luck and healthy !

We Chinese learners all love you !

[askbenny]

Thank you for your supports!

[askbenny]

It's my pleasure!

[smoothtofu]

I'm having trouble understanding the meaning of "zen me yang". Help please?

[jaosnhomg]

怎麼樣zen me yang...It just means something like "how" "what"

你感覺怎麼樣？(How do you feel?)

那又怎麼樣？(so what?)

今天過的怎麼樣？(How are you today?)

I can't translate directly in English because this words can be used in many condition & having different meaning ...Commonly ,it just like "how" "what"

[behlat]

i think zen me yang means how

[cutiepink928]

Ni Hao! Xie xie for the videos!

[askbenny]

bu ke qi

[cheekyhippo12]

i can speak chinese and english and french and i am 13 cuz in the summer holidays and go 2 taiwan and me cousind live dere

[askbenny]

ni zhi dao "AskBenny"zhe ge wang zhan ma？

[askbenny]

Great!

[askbenny]

Enjoy learning Mandarin!

[Fike2308]

This is a very helpful lesson.

Thanks Benny.

[askbenny]

Thank you for your support! Enjoy learning mandarin with me!

[sarra247]

hen means very ?

[NFjr]

how to pronounce "qi","shi","zhang"?

[iamthewillis911]

how do you say "table for 2" in chinese, it would be cool to know as i go to chinese restaurants ALOT. Thank you soo much!!

[arvindpradhan]

women liang ren.