Making an appointment

[zergmeats]

if it was that easy...

[Chinese2PlainEnglish]

I also love Si Chuan food!

[QUIOCHO17]

.. wei?

[kiskipuich1]

I HEAR EVERYOPNE SAYING WEI WHY RUDE?

[jackendy]

Please put the complete normal translation oder it is confusing to understand the order!

[sonicxisforever]

@ErikWanTan Yeah, they have the same pronunciation, but different meanings. 是 means "is" "am" 'are"(there aren't any verb conjugations). 事 means "business/matter".

[sonicxisforever]

@sonicxisforever She said 有事吗 meaning "to have something[to take care of]". 是 would not make sense in that sentence. if someone said : 他是日本人 "he is Japanese" its obvious they mean 是 and not 事. You can tell from the context of the sentence.

[canadafan11]

after watching this 13 times i kind of yawned

[housera229]

@canadafan11 why did you watch this 13 times? LOL

[MrYanntokyo]

I want an apple: wo xiang yao ge ping guo

"xiang yao" "yao" "xiang" all mean "want"

"xiang" can also mean "think"

If you want to reject an offer say "wo bu yao le, xie xie" adding "le" at the end of a sentence can soften it down quite a bit

I'm a native Chinese speaker

[MrTargumon]

I understood all because it is writed in chinese, if there was without subtitles i cant :(

[LearnChineseWithEase]

Like the fact that the dialogue is reviewed with proper tones! This helps beginners to understand the importance of tones!

Nice dialogue--the lady was very fluid in her phrasing!

[PongWallaceBKK]

perfect!! thanks for English sub^^

[xxxxSOSEXYxxxx]

Wei is the only word I ever hear anyone speaking mandarin chinese say when they answer the phone.

[Kimymela]

#1: So, instead of wei, how should I say to be polite?

If it's rude, why you go on treaching that? I wish to learn polite Mandarin of course. Our cultures are so different and mistakes of any kind are so easy to be done. I don't wish to make additional cultural and linguistic mistakes. 谢谢。

[pewmanfustudios]

@ErikWanTan  是 = to be 事 = a thing, or work A lot of mandarin words sound the same. You have to know how to listen and take it in context.

[TaeminlovesJelly]

Omg, that guy is hitting on her :O

[electricorca]

@TaeminlovesJelly But I think he shouldn't ask her out at the last minute, he should ask her a few days ahead.

[pinkapacla]

My brain hurts:(

[chrisman180]

im chinese and one of my friends came to my house and played this video while i was playing videos #1 do not awnser the phone with wei, that is rude. #2 incorrect grammar

[ActiveChinese]

@chrisman180,

Using "wei" to answer a phone call is not impolite. it's like the word "Hello" in English, or "yaboseyo" in Korean, or "moshi moshi" in Japanese, etc.. But it's true that "wei" is a rude word in face to face communication.

[chrisman180]

@ActiveChinese my parents used to scold me when i used wei to anwser the phone and told me it was offensive so thats how i was brought up, they told me to just use ni hao when awnsering the phone

[chrisman180]

@ActiveChinese my parents used to scold me when i used wei to anwser the phone and told me it was offensive so thats how i was brought up, they told me to just use ni hao when awnsering the phone

[Cienstin]

@ActiveChinese

yaboseyo [wrong] =yôboseyo (yeoboseyo) means 'Ahoy!' in English. 

[TaeminlovesJelly]

@Cienstin thats not even korean -.-

[Cienstin]

@TaeminlovesJelly

'여보세요' 한국말이 아니라고요? 

[TheCatsLastWord]

@chrisman180 I went to China and people answer the one with wei all the time... I don't know what you are talking about :\

[TheCatsLastWord]

@chrisman180 the phone, not the one...my bad

[donefk]

easiest way to make money 100% trusted ( youtube . com/watch?v=3Nk9UFE3oMY )

[roxterat]

I;m gotta do this too! xD lolz!

[Calfullanas]

duo xie

[JonnyNice]

Nice way to teach absolute beginners incorrect grammar... *thumbs up*

[Tentenlaw]

You are right. xiang means to think.

To want is yao4. Haha.

[JonnyNice]

@Tentenlaw not really... I was talking about "可不可以 and 喜不喜欢.

[Tentenlaw]

@JonnyNice: Oh! Well, I am not that good in Chinese so I did not notice. :-P

[ffrederic09]

great lesson thanks!

[10pEnc1lsWeaters]

Can you do one on visiting the hospital, or going to classes in school? Xie xie