Month: July 2010

wǒ shīmián wúliáo de yèlǐ chángcháng huì dǎ gěi nǐ It’s from a song (wo de nan peng you by elva hsiao) and i’m trying to learn mandarin, so I was just wondering why the huì is used there…also does dǎ mean call? It isn’t there in the dictionary I’m …

It sounds like a joke, but it’s not! Is a duck a kind of goose? Or are they completely different. I ask because a recent talk I heard implied a mandarin duck was a kind of goose. Also, which do Koreans give as a wedding present as a symbol of …

not having any access to chinise speaking person or teacher

How can I learn to speak Chinese Mandarin? I can learn by listening to a CD and repeating it, but how can I make it more effective. I only know English, and Spanish fluently and I would like to learn Chinese Mandarin.

Also pin yin if possible ^_^

Also, is there free (not a trial) software that I can download?

According to a text book, this pinyin; "Lǐ, nǐ bāng wǒ jiào ba." should be translated in English as; A) "Li, why don’t you order". Let me give you the context: two guys are at a restaurant. One of them can’t decide what to tell the waiter, so he tells …

I have been accepted to a college and plan to major in Chinese, but I feel like some of the classes that colleges make you take might be a waste of time. While general ed is important, I’m not going to need advanced physics and calculus to be able to …

Mu4 > 目木沐募 Ni3 > 你擬伱柅 how can you use these if they are all in the same tone and sound ? Does it mean that you have to just use them in the right context? Can anyone give some examples of things like this in English to help me …