Beginner Chinese - Self Introduction (Part 1)

[theRAVline]

i would bang her

[ahmadsolehin93]

ni zai naer gongzuo?

[ahmadsolehin93]

wo shi malaxiya ren

[ahmadsolehin93]

ni shi naguo ren?

[HappyTroll100]

I love the Chinese language and the women are beautiful too! :)

[LearnChineseJapanese]

btw. i subbed :)

[LearnChineseJapanese]

你好! :D 感谢你使这个! 我目前正在学习中国和日本! 我做了我教别人的通道。 sorry if i am saying this sentence wrong. i am better at japanese ^^

再见我的朋友。

[webdrive1]

oh man.. God help us..

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[galeguish]

i was thinking how much i wanted to learn a new languaje and i found this! this is so cool! thank you so much!

[quehuongification]

xiexieni, hengaoxinggennijiaopengyou.

[quehuongification]

我的QQ是1203611173，很喜欢跟大家交朋友，我是越南­人

[MinnaXiao]

@quehuongification 你好，越南的朋友。欢迎你加入。:)

[Mr19Luhang]

@quehuongification 你好～～wow, i don't know some many people use QQ here~~haha

[jammin0591]

correct me if im wrong but isnt that some japanese style stuff at 0:07?

[MinnaXiao]

@jammin0591 I don’t think so. It’s just sunrise, a beautiful secne.

[mitsubishi777]

我是日本人。

[MinnaXiao]

@mitsubishi777 Ni hao, a friend from Japan. :D

[crystalmaidens]

very challenging. thanks for the upload

[MinnaXiao]

@crystalmaidens hi. no problem. Do you think it's too difficult? :P

[angkeatki]

Hey Becky, I am a chinese. But unfortunately, I don't know how to speak mandarin, but I am determined to speak mandarin. My English is fluent, but I have been always been shoved by my friends due to my inabilities to speak mandarin. I hope by your videos and my determination, I will succeed one day. Love your videos.. =D

[MinnaXiao]

@angkeatki Haha. Then join us and make progress. I'm glad that you have such confidence which is important for Chinese learning.

[DancingMedicineMan]

i feel embarrassed following along as i say it aloud to myself!!!

[MinnaXiao]

@DancingMedicineMan Don't feel embarrassed. You are practicing and making progress. And you will have a chance to speak Chinese with someone else.

[sonbuhitsunei]

From a native English speaker's ear, at least, to mine, the first sound in Xing (the X part) is very difficult to pronounce properly - we simply don't have quite that soft of a 'sh" sound in English, so I am always struggling to understand what I'm supposed to be doing with my tongue to properly produce that sound. So, it comes out "SHH-EEN G", if I try to say it quickly sometimes. Very frustrating. It's hard even though my girlfriend is a native mandarin speaker and teaches me words daily.

[MinnaXiao]

@sonbuhitsunei Hi, nice to hear from you. The pronunciation of the Chinese is a little bit difficult and you may need to take some time to practice them. We have uploaded some pinyin lessons which may help you with pinyin. You may take a look at them and hope they help.

[ahmadsolehin93]

ni hao ma? wo jiao ahmad,,

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 Ni hao. Wo hen hao. Wo jiao Minna.

[ahmadsolehin93]

@MinnaXiao hehe,, xia xia.. thank you.. huhu

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 :P

[Ferinoification]

In brazil,we have two family names,one comes from the mother and another comes from the father,for exemple:Lucas Silva Lima.if somebody asks me "ni gui xing",i would say both family names or just the last one?

[MinnaXiao]

@Ferinoification You should say the both family names. "Ni gui xing" means "What's you family name?" So you can just tell what is your family name.

[Ferinoification]

ni hao!ni shi a wonderful laoshi!xiexie nin!greetings from Baxi!!!!

[MinnaXiao]

@Ferinoification Ni hao. Hen gaoxing renshi ni. Hope you stay with us.

[artsylovelylady]

I had no idea Mandarin was so musical. I am impressed that the average person in China has mastered vocal tonal dynamics. The Chinese are singers!

[MinnaXiao]

@artsylovelylady Thank you. Chinese is a beautiful language. Hope you can join us.

[jamilj921]

me jamil form ksa i like that i learn chaines i more like your teach style with chaines your your video learn us english my english not better but i try if you get my command please answer

you type ;;;guixing,,,, kuicing...why you not use k and c or s

[LanguageNerd09]

我姓heslop和我叫Robert

[MinnaXiao]

@LanguageNerd09 你好啊。Nice name. :P

[LanguageNerd09]

@MinnaXiao 谢谢您 ^_^

[MinnaXiao]

@LanguageNerd09 Bu ke qi.O(∩_∩)O

[maritkait]

I was wondering what type of dialet of Chinese is this? Is this Mandarin or Cantonese?

[MinnaXiao]

@maritkait Hi, it’s Mandarin (Putong hua), the official language. In fact, Cantonese is quite different from Mandarin.

[ahmadsolehin93]

:)

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 :D

[ahmadsolehin93]

@MinnaXiao u soooooooo cute.. hehe,,

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 Thanks.:D

[ESLTeacher1966]

Excellent class Becky! You are an outstanding teacher. Xiè xie! 谢谢!

[MinnaXiao]

@ESLTeacher1966 Thank you. We would do better with all of your support. :P

[rsnzlr]

never saw a person happier than this girl. very pretty though. like her.



[MinnaXiao]

@rsnzlr She is Becky. She is outgoing and positive. She would be very glad to know that you like her.

[slushuf]

most difficult language in the world.

[MinnaXiao]

@slushuf Learning Chinese takes some time, while you will master it in a proper method. Hope we can help you.

[ahmadsolehin93]

ni chiang se mo? what is the meaning sensei?

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 Hi,does this sentece: "ni chiang se mo? " come from the video? Sorry that i can't recognize it. Could you help to give me more details？

[ahmadsolehin93]

@MinnaXiao im sorry,, that sentence did not come from ur video.. im just asking

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 Oh, no problem. So you may give me more clue and I’m going to help you in any way.

[ahmadsolehin93]

@MinnaXiao ok,,, how about this,, mister, i want to buy this item,.? how much the price..? can u give a discount?

[MinnaXiao]

@ahmadsolehin93 If you want to ask about the price, you can say “这个多少钱 ？(Zhè ge duōshǎo qián?)” . If you want to ask for some discounts, you may say “能便宜点吗？(Néng piányi diǎn ma?)” Could you give a discount? Hope it helps.

[MissFeiLunHai]

@ahmadsolehin93 When your'e saying "ni chiang se mo" are you thinking of ni "xiang shen me"? That means "what are you thinking about", if it was that you meant.

[MinnaXiao]

@MissFeiLunHai hmm, i think what you said is closer. :P

[MissFeiLunHai]

@MinnaXiao Okay than it means what are you thinking about :)

[khatpandwa]

Good Video , Best Wishes , Imran Hasan

[MinnaXiao]

@khatpandwa Hi, so glad that you love our videos! We have another account on youtube: eChineseOnline , and we upload new lessons every day. Hope you enjoy them.

[khatpandwa]

@MinnaXiao Thanks for reply. I had 3 months Mandarin lessons (last year) and that was helpful. Your video is also helping. I hope one day I will speak Mandarin fluently. One day I will also travel to China. Best wishes. Imran Hasan.

[16Brandan]

Will I have to pay to learn Mandarin fully?

[MinnaXiao]

@16Brandan Don’t have to. Self studies could also work. And we have got some free lessons and you can also try our free trail. Hope you enjoy them. :P

[ChomoroPride]

do you know if you can post a video on writing chinese

[MinnaXiao]

@ChomoroPride We are considering about making video lessons on writing Chinese. Currently, our videos are mostly about Chinese reading and speaking. And I think reading and speaking should lay some foundations for writing Chinese. So you may just learn Chinese step by step.

[MaXingTien]

0:47 - she is showing the hyeroglyph that means "ten" with her fingers, right when she is saying "ten".

[MinnaXiao]

@MaXingTien Good explanation. :)

[garamonde]

We are the Knights who say nin! ;)

[MinnaXiao]

@garamonde Are you? Great. Nin is used to show high respect of someone.

[P0mpan]

40 seconds into the video and I'm smiling together with her as she says that we should learn Chinese together. Kinda... Creepy. Still a bit funny.. xD

[MinnaXiao]

@P0mpan Oh, creepy…. May I know what have brought that kind of feelings?

Don’t be afraid. :D

[P0mpan]

@MinnaXiao Hypnotism.

[MinnaXiao]

@P0mpan Could you help us by giving some suggestions that make it exciting?

We have tried new ways and we upload new video lessons under the account of eChineseOnline, you may take a look. Hope you like them.

[P0mpan]

@MinnaXiao I already think this is exciting :) I will do that!

But isn't there a way to write European names in Chinese?

[MinnaXiao]

@P0mpan Sure. Almost all names can be written in Chinese according to transliteration or semantic translation.

[P0mpan]

@MinnaXiao Nice! I'll just have to find out what the second half of my last name means.. :P

[MinnaXiao]

@P0mpan Yeah, and i look forward to knowing your Chinese name. \(^o^)/~

[Ms3JeongaYoon]

i like it! :)

useful. im korean and i love chinese language!

[MinnaXiao]

@Ms3JeongaYoon Hi, I'm glad that you love our video lessons. In fact, Chinese could be easier for korean to learn. :)

[davidfof13]

you're really pretty. keep up the good work

[MinnaXiao]

@davidfof13 Thanks. We will. Hope you could join us.:D

[aalexxanderr]

Thank you with 心 so much!

[MinnaXiao]

@aalexxanderr wow. I like your sentence. You learn so fast. By the way, more interesting videos are uploaded under the account of eChineseOnline. Hope you could come and join us soon.

[MrYamaMsChii]

haha i'm chinese and i can't pronounce the "xing" part right D: !!!! i shall study harder on manderin....

[MinnaXiao]

@MrYamaMsChii Oh, may I know which place of China you from? Maybe the local dialect has influenced your pronunciation.

[MrYamaMsChii]

@MinnaXiao i speak 中山话(it's similar to cantonese but not exactly). i think so too, i have a huge cantonese accent in manderin

[MinnaXiao]

@MrYamaMsChii Oh. If it is so, you may need to imitate how others speak Mandarin Chinese. Though maybe that may take some time. But if you keep going on for a long time, you will get used to it. Cheer up.

After all, it’s not easy to speak Chinese without any influence from local accent.

[DeMichTrev]

I am happy I found this video! I hope it will help me learn the basics of Chinese. I am going to meet in husbands family in a few months in Nanjing, China and they do not speak much English and I am horrible at Chinese. Thanks for the tips.

[MinnaXiao]

@DeMichTrev Hi, glad to hear from you. Just enjoy our video lessons and make progress with us!

[thebluedot11]

em. i just applied on the course of learning Chinese, and now i'm starting to regret it. lol.

[MinnaXiao]

@thebluedot11 Oh, may i know why. You find it too difficult?

[thebluedot11]

@MinnaXiao when you first hear about it, yes :)

[MinnaXiao]

@thebluedot11 Should be. But just keep learning it, it won't be so difficult any more. :)

[pinyinhead]

The chinese (who are not native to America) don't have use for the letter "v"....they supplant the "v" with the letter "b"...I love to here them say "libb" instead of "live" or gibb instead of "give". Just like Americans cannot pronounce the chinese word for person which is "ren" (in pinyin). I really need help pronouncing the word "ren" (person in chinese). NO matter how much I try I can't say "ren"! rofl....

[MinnaXiao]

@pinyinhead Oh, It seems we all make mistakes when we learning a foreign language.

[MinnaXiao]

@pinyinhead To pronounce “ren”, you need to start from “r”. You can pronounce r like r in road, but with the tongue loosely rolled in the middle of the mouth.

For example: 很热 hěn rè In the final position R is pronounced more like English R.

玩儿 wánr 一点儿 yīdiǎnr (pronounced yīdiǎr) Listening to recordings or listening to the native speakers is the best way to get your sounds right.

[gameskyjumper]

"greet" pronounce wrong...

[rds769]

@gameskyjumper how about uploading a video of yourself speaking a foreign language and we'll check your pronunciation

[MinnaXiao]

@rds769 Haha. You are so nice and understanding! No arguements~

[MinnaXiao]

@gameskyjumper oh, sorry about that. But I hope this video could help you learn Chinese.

[BobLeKatt]

The teacher has a wide nose that can hold a lot of boogers.

[MinnaXiao]

@BobLeKatt Sorry about that. It could be the problem of the video.

[BobLeKatt]

Are there any good nude beaches in China?

[MinnaXiao]

@BobLeKatt You may search online. Good luck to you~

[TheZombehunter]

thank you so mush can you tell me how to thax someone in chinese..? plz

[MinnaXiao]

@TheZombehunter Hi, You may say "谢谢！(Xiexie!)" or "谢谢你！ (Xiexie ni!)"

[Taydecz]

你好！

Thanks a lot for this.This is so much better than the english courses :)

zàijiàn! :)

[MinnaXiao]

@Taydecz You are welcome. And so glad that you love our videos. By the way, you may find these short video lessons on the account of 【eChineseOnline】. Hope you will enjoy them.

[Innoncese]

hello i am Chinese,i can teach you chinese

[MinnaXiao]

@Innoncese So glad to know that. We are happy to bring people who love Chinese together.

[ngubebi]

wo xing Huiyi. =D

[MinnaXiao]

@ngubebi :) Could you write it in Chinese?

[Vojife]

Hello.

I want to ask if you can ask 你性? when it's not a more important person.

[Vojife]

@Vojife I mean 姓 =D

[MinnaXiao]

@Vojife Yes.:)

[MinnaXiao]

@Vojife “你性” should be "你姓？"。 Or you can say "请问你姓什么？"

[Vojife]

@MinnaXiao Thank you. =)

[MinnaXiao]

@Vojife You are welcome.:)

[GlambertGirl2010]

wo jiao shaolin ^_^ thank you for your videos they are helpful. now that i have learn korean i can lern chinese!

[MinnaXiao]

@GlambertGirl2010 Hi~ Great! so happy to know that you love our videos. Just stay tuned in with us.

[Room142]

oh man i'm a native english speaker at an intermediate korean level and those characters are all read totally differently in korean!!! i'm so confused!!!! haha

[MinnaXiao]

@Room142 Hi,

Yes, Chinese Characters are different from Korean characters. But since you know English, you may follow the English subtitles. If you still have questions, just feel free to let me know.

By the way, you may find these short video lessons on the account of 【eChineseOnline】. Hope you will enjoy them.

[MinnaXiao]

@TerraEvolution Good suggestions. Speaking and reading can be improved at the same time.

[MinnaXiao]

@TerraEvolution Hi yes. We use punctuations in Chinese sentences. May I know what you want to know about punctuations?

[MinnaXiao]

@ Borovickar

Hi~

Chinese Pinyin may be a little bit complicated at first, but when you master it, you will be able to speak Chinese. Is it amazing? If you still find it really hard to learn, how about learning some popular Chinese phrases, like Ni zhen bang! (You are awesome!) You may find these short video lessons on the account of 【eChineseOnline】. Hope you will enjoy them.

[Borovickar]

I am respecting old chinese culture but forgive me now, chinese alphabet (those symbols) ... it is just crazy stuff, it so complicated ... I am done. :)

[Dazaifu]

@Borovickar I suggest you to learn to speak chinese and read chinese symbols at the same time and then to learn how to write in chinese You can do it!

[piiixelify]

你好 Minna， 认识你狠高兴, 我喜欢学习中文 :)

[MinnaXiao]

@piiixelify:认识你我也很高兴。你有什么中文相关的­问题，随时告诉我，我很乐意帮助你。 :)

[piiixelify]

@MinnaXiao 你好， 我没有问题，感谢你的帮助 。

再见 ;)

[MinnaXiao]

@piiixelify 好的，如果有问题，随时告诉我，我很高兴能帮助你。 :)

[bridgetyourbud]

wo jiao bridget

[MinnaXiao]

@bridgetyourbud Hi, Bridget, ni hao. wo jiao Minna, nice to meet you. :) 

[soksanseng]

i love it



[jamin2009ben]

this is so hard to learn :S

[MinnaXiao]

@jamin2009ben Actually, Chinese is not so hard to learn. :) Many of my students can speak perfect Chinese, I believe you also can. :)

[mubi0346]

I love China ,

[MinnaXiao]

@mubi0346 I am very happy to hear that. Welcome to China. It is a beautiful and old country.

[songtinvn]

Thank Minna Xiao,

[MinnaXiao]

@songtinvn You are welcome. You can watch more updated videos at 【eChineseOnline】. Hope you also enjoy.

[MinnaXiao]

To OuiYepp8: Thanks for your support. Please let me know if you got any questions. (*^__^*) 

[OuiYepp8]

Wow, this really helped me learn!

Xie xie!

[MinnaXiao]

@OuiYepp8 I am so glad to hear they help. Hope you can make great progress.

[mubi0346]

Hey Becky ... Hen gaoxing jiandao nin (very happy to see you) i am glad to .... am i right ? reply me

[MinnaXiao]

@mubi0346

Yes, you are right., good.

Hěn ɡāoxìnɡ jiàndào nín.

很高兴见到您。

Very happy to see you.

Please let me know if you got any Chinese realted questions. (*^__^*)

[mubi0346]

i like it ... dear friend . you are good looking teacher ...

[MinnaXiao]

@mubi0346

Thanks so much. (∩_∩)