Learn Mandarin Chinese with Yangyang - Correct way of saying "son" and "daughter"

[JazzyZenBrotha]

我没有孩子。可是谢谢你！

[Vojife]

Um, I'm confused... Not about the son and daughter thing, I get that, but why is the number 1 "yi1 ge" here instead of just "yi1" and why is 2 "liang3 ge" instead of "er4"? O_o

[xcutie95]

@Vojife

liang ge is a way of saying "double" or a pair in chinese and ge is kind of like a counting mechanism similar to the word "a" in "I have a cat" rather than "i have cat"

[Vojife]

@xcutie95 Oh, xièxiè. But is it wrong to say just yī or èr?

[xcutie95]

@Vojife Yeah, its grammatically incorrect since it wouldn't make much sense without "ge" placed after the word

[asaku520]

Yangyang, you are too skinny. Eat more during Chinese New Year! =P

[ginsinsan]

You speak Mandarin with an American accent.

[1mmAf1uffyPandA]

Xia Xia

[TrumpDaniK]

@1mmAf1uffyPandA

Should be "Xie Xie"

[1mmAf1uffyPandA]

Ur hot

[YarrMeHeartey]

Yangyang, your lessons helped me a lot. While many people keep saying that grammar is not important, being able to understand the main principles of the Chinese grammar, I made a huge progress in learning this fascinating language. I cannot say that I speak Mandarin very well, however it definitely made me find out which way I should proceed. Please, continue to make your followers happy. Certainly I would like to have an opportunity to watch more of your video lessons. Thank you.

[serrmanncarr21]

Heyy You are a really good techer'! You should keep making videos'! Thanks A Lot'! :D

[josgr3var]

You're so cute teaching Chinese! Give me a year! Xie xie!

[kfki]

Hey Chinese girl, you're so fine, you're so fine, you blow my mind, America!

[jamesianv]

谢谢 以前我不知道 。 我有一个女儿 你有没有吗？

[sloppycheng]

@jamesianv Hello. You are not supposed to use "ma" here when you already use the "verb-not-verb" structure. To ask a yes/no question, you can use either "ma" at the end or the "verb-not-verb" structure , but not both. :) So the correct way is to say "你有没有" or "你有吗?" Get it? I hope so. :)

[asaku520]

@jamesianv

Correct way should be: "我有一个女儿，你呢 / 你有没有 / 你有吗 / 你有没有女儿？"

"有没有" is already a question form, so no need to put "吗" at the end.

[aicaifen]

thanks!

[rikkou1509]

we want some more of your sweet American accent :D

[ParadiseRiceBowl]

great lesson! can't wait until the next one!! :)

[kfki]

can i say "you're my woman" instead of my girlfriend?

[JazzyZenBrotha]

Excellent lesson. This helps me a lot. 谢谢你

[Snowflake70]

"A couple" of daughters...he he (as in not two - I remember ! )