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Da jia hao!

I was looking for a website that teaches how to write chinese characters, (I was actually looking for something like writing workbooks, like what we have for learning to write abc's in elementary school), and I just found a new learning site for Chinese learners. You can learn everything from the chinese alphabet to reading to listening to writing to speaking. Did you get all that? ha ha.
The most important is the writing, ha ha. The oral part is understood through context, but one wrong dash could be disasterous when writing in chinese, :D. I am waiting on approval to post it here. :)

-Denaz

Lesson 3 Vocab

Lesson 3 Vocab.
1. 种 zhong1=sort, type; a common classifier
2. 件 jian4 = ite; classifier for clothing, event and thing.
3. 东西 dong1xi= thing, object (cl. 件 (jian4) 个 (ge).
4. 方法 fang1fa = method (cl. 个).
5. 朋友 peng2you = friend (cl. 个).
6. 同学 tong2xue2 = fellow-student (cl. 个).
7. 太 tai4 = too (excessive)
8. 很 hen3 = very
9. ...行不行 ...xing2buxing = Will...be all right?
10. 好 hao3 = good

Practice
1. 你好吗？Ni3 hao3 ma? = How are you? (Lit: you well?)
2. 这行不行？Zhe xing2buxing? = Will this be all right?
3. 你是一个很好朋友。Ni shi yi ge hen hao pengyou. = You are a very good friend.
4. 太好。Tai hao. = Too good.

All for now. More on the way.

-Denaz

Chinese Writing Lesson 2 Exercise 2

C. Translate into English:
1. 我没有那本书=Wo meiyou na ben shu=I don't have (not have) that book.
2. 他们有三枝笔=Tamen you san zhi bi=They have three writing instruments/writing tools/three things to write with (three pencils, pens, 3 pencils/pens, 2 pencils and 1 pen, etc).
3. 你们有报纸吗？=Nimen you baozhi ma? =(Do) you (all) have newspapers?
4. 他有一万零四张枝。=Ta you yi wan ling si zhang zhi=He has 10,004 papers.
5. 我们有两杯水。=Women you liang3bei1 shui3=We have 2 cups of water/We have a couple cups of water/We have a pair of cups full of water.
6. 这些是铅笔，那些是圆珠笔。= Zhexie shi qianbi, naxie shi yuanzhubi.=These are pencils, those are ballpoint pens.
7. 我没有这两份杂志。=Wo meiyou zheliang fen zazhi.=I don't have these two magazines.
8. 他有两千本书。Ta you liang qian ben shu.=He has two thousand books./He has a couple thousand books.
9. 那九个学生没有笔。Na jiuge xuesheng meiyou bi=Those nine students don't have writing instruments/Those nine students have nothing to write with.
10. 这两学生有杯子。Zhe liangge xuesheng you beizi. =These two students have cups/This pair of students have cups.

All for today.
-Denaz

Chinese Writing Lesson 2 Exercise 1

Learn to write Lesson 2: Exercises
A. 1. 38 = san1shi2ba1 三十八.
2. 87 = ba1shi2qi1八十七.
3. 106=yi1bai3ling2liu4一百零六.
4. 115=yi1bai3yi1shi2wu3一百一十五.
5. 1002=yi1qian1ling2ling2er4一千零零二.
6. 1,302=yi1qian1san1bai3ling2er4一千三百零二.
7. 20,040=er4wan4ling2lingsi4shi2二万零零四十.
8. 23,104=er4wan4yi1bai3ling2si4二万三千一百零四.
9. 20,307=er4wan4ling2san1bai3ling2qi1二万零三百零七.
B. Translate to Chinese:
1. You all don't have these two books=Nimen meiyouzhege er shu/你们没有这个二书。
2. I have five magazines=wo you wuge zhngzhi/我有五个张纸。
3. You have a pencil=Ni you yi zhi qianbi/你有一枝铅笔。
4. This is a magazine, that is a newspaper=Zhe4 shi za2zhi4, na4 shi bao4/这是杂志，那是抱。

Action Verbs

Chi1fan4 (literally "eat food") = eat; have a (proper) meal
kan4 bao4 (look +at paper) = read the paper
xi3zao3 = bathe
zou3 = leave; go; walk
shang4 ke (literally "ascend class") = teach a class (of a teacher); attend a class (if student)
xia4 ke4 (literally "descend class") = finish teaching a class (teacher); be out of class (student)
shang4 ban1 (literally ascend job + shift) = go to work; start work
xia4ban1 (literally descend job +shift) = get out of work; quit (for the day)


Wo3 bu4 zou3 = I'm not leaving.
Ta1men bu4 xi3zao3. = They're not going to bathe.
Ta1 bu4 chi1 le=He won't eat anymore.
Ta1 bu4 yao4 chi1fan4. = She doesn't want to eat.
Ta1men bu4 xiang3 shang4 ke4.=They don't feel like going to class.

mei2=not (as in "have not").
Mei2 chi1fan4. = (We) didn't eat; (we) haven't eaten.
Mei2you xi3zao3. = (I) didn't bathe; (I) haven't bathed.
Mei2 shang4 ban1.=(She) didn't go to work; (She) hasn't started work.

All for now.
-Denaz

Lesson 1 Exercises

Exercise 1
1. Ask him if (he) was busy yesterday?
Zuo2tian1 mang2 ma?
2. Respond that (it's) quite cold today.
Hen3 leng3!
3. Remark that (it's) got cold today.
Jin1tian1 hen2 (shift tone) leng3 le.
4. Say (you) didn't fell well yesterday.
Zuo2tian1 bu4 shu1fu.
5. Respond that she is nervous.
Hen jin1zhang1.

-Denaz

Lesson 1 Part 2-Important Verbs :D

Lesson 1 Part 2
The ten celestial stems (tian1gan1)
jia3 甲 A
yi3 已 B
bing3 丙 C
ding1 丁 D
wu4 戊 E
ji3 己 F
geng1庚 G
xin1 辛 H
ren2 任 I
gui3 癸 J

Jia3 Mang2 ma? (Are you) busy?
Yi3 Hen3 mang2. (I am) busy (here "hen", which means "very" literally, is just a confirmation of the fact and is not used as emphasis to just how busy. it is like saying "yes, busy."


Verbs:
ma (neutral) at the end of a statement turns it into a question.
hao ma =Are (you) well? or more literally, "Okay?"{remember, h is a hard h, not an English h but like the spanish pronunciation of the letter j ("jota"/hhhhhota)}?
Mang2 ma? = (Is she) busy?
Lei4 ma?=Tired?
E4 ma? =Hungry? {sounds like "Uh ma?" :D}
Ke3 ma? = Thirsty?
Jin3zhang1 ma? =Nervous? {remember, the pronunciation of "zh" is a "j" with the tip of your tongue raised, making it sound like a j with a hint of an r...}
Shu1fu1 ma? = Comfortable? {remember, the pronunciation of "sh" is also with the tip of your tongue raised, giving it a hint of an r sound...)
Leng3 ma?= Cold?
Re4 ma? = Hot?
Gao1 ma? = (is she) tall?

Bu4=no, before other fourth tones, shifts to di'er tone (2nd tone).
tai4=too; very; soooooo ___ :D
bu tai=not very
Practice:
Hao3 ma? Bu2 tai4 hao3. (Well?/Okay?) (I am) Not very well.
Mang2 ma? Bu2 tai4 mang2. Not very busy.

More detailed in another lesson is the negative questions with ma (neutral).
Ni3 bu2 lei4 ma?= Aren't you tired?

hai = neutraling adverb.
hai2 hao3=(I'm) Okay, so-so. "fine"

Jin1tian1=today
Zuo2tian1=yesterday
ming2tian1=tomorrow (must include a helping verb like "hui4".)
Jintian jiu3yue4 ba1 hao4. Today (is the) 8th of September.
Zuo2 tian1 qi1 hao4. Yesterday (was the) 7th. (literally "Yesterday 7 day")

Xian4zai4=now.
Zuo2tian1 bu4 shu1fu, jin1tian1 hao3 le. Yesterday, (I did) not feel well, (but) today good (okay).
Wo xian4 zai4 bu2 e4 le! (I now not hungry!)=I'm not hungry anymore!
Jin1tian1 re4 le!=Today (it's) hot!
NOTE: "le" is assotiated with the new situation, not the original state. :)

End of Lesson 1.
-Denaz