Classroom
A book signing
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Sunday, 2 May 2010 by Pippo
Address
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Sunday, 2 May 2010 by Pippo
How young are you?
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Qǐng wèn nín duōdà niánjì le?Li Lei请问您多大年纪了？Excuse me, but could I ask you how old you are?Wǒ jīnnián bāshíjiǔ le.Old man我今年八十九了。I'm turning 89 this...
Traffic accident
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Kàn, zhuàngchē le. zěnme bàn?Alice看，撞车了。怎么办？Look, there's an accident. What should we do?Bàojǐng!Tom报警！Call the police！Hǎo de, bùguò hàomǎ...
A plane Crash
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Zuótiān yǒu jià fēijī chūshìle.Chen Hong昨天有架飞机出事了。A plane crashed yesterday.Shì ma? zài nǎr?Kate是吗？在哪儿？Zài Dàlián fùjìnde hǎiyù zhuìhuǐle.Chen...
Chinese Grammar “一……就……”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
天气一热，我就想游泳。(tian qi yi re, wo jiu xiang you yong.)In the construction "一 + Situation 1, 就 + Situation 2", Situation 1 is the condition, whereas Situation 2 is what results directly from it.E.g:
我一喝冰水，就肚子疼。“一” and "就" are both...
Chinese Grammar “又……又……”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
这家饭店的菜又好吃又便宜。(zhè jiā fàn diàn de cài yòu hǎo chī yòu piǎn yī.)In Chinese, one uses "又……又……" to link coordinate verbs (verbal phrases) or adjectives (adjectival phrases) to underline that two situations or characteristics exist...
Chinese Grammar “为了” and “是为了”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Sunday, 18 April 2010 by Pippo
Paul学汉语是为了来中国做生意。(Paul xue han yu shi wei le lai zhong guo zuo sheng yi.)"为了" is often used in the first clause of a compound sentence to indicate the aim, the second clause indicates the action taken to achieve the aim,...
Chinese Grammar “可是”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Sunday, 18 April 2010 by Pippo
他没有学过汉语，可是口语很好。(ta mei you xue guo han yu, ke shi kou yu hen hao.)“可是” is a conjunction expressing transition. It's used between two clauses,...
Chinese Grammar “two 一边”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Sunday, 18 April 2010 by Pippo
我要一边听歌，一边学汉语。(wo yao yi bian ting ge, yi bian xue han yu.)In Chinese, two "一边" are often used in conjunction to indicate doing two or more actions at the same time,...
