A fun game to play

大家好！ Hello everyone！
This is fun game to play with for learning and practicing Chinese shared by Cam.
Check this out. You will love it!!!
http://digitaldialects.com/Chinese.htm

Look for a friend－zhao peng you song

Open this link to watch the video on 'look for a friend' in Chinese. Try to sing along with the video. I also copied the lyrics with pinyin as follows for your reference.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTMxOTg0ODg=.html

zhǎo  ya  zhǎo ya  zhǎo  péng yǒu,

找     呀　找    呀    找　  朋　 友,

zhǎo dào yí gè hǎo péng yǒu 。

找　到　一 个 好　 朋　友。

jìng gè lǐ yā , wò wò shǒu yā,

敬　个 礼 呀, 握   握  手  呀,

nǐ shì wǒ de hǎo péng yǒu。

你 是  我  的  好　 朋　友。

zài jiàn! 

再　见!

Friday project on translating you favorite English music into Chinese

  

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In this project, you are going to choose your favorite English song and translate it into Chinese.
Please share with us which song you chose, how did you do the translation and things you learned in the process. Of course, please have your final Chinese lyrics posted so everyone can read your 'masterpiece'.

ALSO, if you are willing to, we would like to listen to you singing it. You can post your recorded song in Chinese here or share with us in class.

筷子 kuaizi (chopstics)

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Which one is you after a quiz

Please find out what the Chinese words are under each expressioin using nciku.com. Post your findings as comment and make sure you have pinyin for those words you searched under each expression.

Word of the Day Wednesday 14/9/2011

Body 身体(身體) [shēntǐ]

Click here for pronunciation:http://www.transparent.com/wotd/today/chinese.html

Video- how Chinese high school students study?

你们好~
Please watch this documentary on high school students in China. How they study? What kind of academic environment and challengs are they facing with? What's the most striking to you?
Please comment on this post once you are finished with wathching this video.
http://www.bilibili.tv/video/av112219/




comment from Kelly:
 I felt that in china students take their education more seriously and they have more pressure from their parents to succeed whereas in America the pressure is less different where to make success you must want it and nobody can pressure you to do it so its a different determination.

From Rina:

Based on this video I can see that people in China doesn't play when it comes to education. Personally, I wouldn't be able to go to school in China because I believe they are too strict. I think it's crazy that students aren't really able to socialize. That would be a challenge for me. Another thing that I wouldn't be able to handle is the competitiveness. Watching this video makes me want to work even harder in school though.

When to use 'LE'

How do I use 了 (le) in Mandarin Chinese?

So I've been getting frustrated about how to use le. I realize it's use to suggest the completion of an action and is not an indicator of past tense necessarily. I am using a book I bought out here in China and the English is not great at times and doesn't seem to even attempt to explain the difference between using verb + le and sentence + le.
What's the difference between 他去了北京　ａｎｄ　他去北京了。　Ｏｒ　我买了两件衣服　ａｎｄ　我买毛衣了 (I know one is clothes and one is sweater).
Please keep things simple. I'm no linguistics expert sadly.
谢谢

Asked by Tony - General Chinese - 3 Answers

Answers

Answerer 1

I just had the Chinese grammar classes at several weeks ago, I know the two sentences他去了北京and他去北京了are different. The first 了 is used as an accessory word. The second了 is used as a modal particle.

1 years ago, answered by lance  

Answerer 2

I partly agree with the previous answer. There are two tones about the Chinese character “了,” which can be pronounced as “le” or “liǎo.”
1. When it is pronounced as “le”
A. It is used as an accessory word. Example, 我刚吃了饭(wǒ gāng chīle fàn) I just ate a meal. Here, the usage of “了” in the sentence “他去了北京” is the same.
B. It is used as a modal particle. Example, 我吃过饭了(wǒ chī guò fàn le) I have eaten. Here, the sentence “他去北京了” is like this kind of usage.
2. When it is pronounced as “liǎo.” It means “完结(wánjié)” end. Examples, “了解(liǎojiě)”、“了结(liǎojié).” Usually, when了 is pronounced as “liǎo,” it can’t be used alone. Got it? If you have any Chinese grammar related questions, please continue asking the questions here. I am glad to help you.-Jennifer

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