Easy Mandarin Lesson 简单的普通话课

November 6, 2021 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Easy Mandarin Lesson.  简单的普通话课程. jiǎndān de pǔtōnghuà kèchéng.
The Chinese for "marriage proposal" is   求婚.  qiúhūn.  The video excerpt of 6 minutes 26 seconds comes from this movie entitled 求婚.  qiúhūn.    
The video can be watched by click the YouTube website: https://youtu.be/EZyF8zcDk3s

SyS Mandarin is a popular website for many Europeans staying in China and studying Mandarin at home. This first lesson is an easy one to follow and my duty here is to guide you through the lesson. “求婚100次 qiúhūn 100 cì” means “marriage proposal a hundred and one times”. The Chinese word ” 次 “ pronounced ” ci “ in Pinyin means ‘times’ or ‘repeats’.

大家好，欢迎到 SYS Mandarin 来。 Dàjiā hǎo, huānyíng dào SYS Mandarin lái. Hi everyone, and welcome to SYS Mandarin.

今天我们会通过看一个电影来学中文。 Jīntiān wǒmen huì tōngguò kàn yīgè diànyǐng lái xué zhōngwén. Today we will learn Chinese by watching a movie.

哪，这个电影的名叫求婚一百零一次. Nǎ, zhège diànyǐng de míng jiào qiúhūn yībǎi líng yī cì. Well, the name of this movie is “Marriage Proposal One Hundred and One Times”.

好，我们今天会看电影的开起的一小部分。Hǎo, wǒmen jīntiān huì kàn diànyǐng de kāi qǐ de yī xiǎo bùfèn. Well, we will watch a small starting part of the movie today.

Hello. 你好。 Nǐ hǎo.

Are you … ? 你是 … Nǐ shì…

In Chinese, we place the surname first before the solution of Mister or Miss. Here Mister Zhao and Miss Tan have their surnames in front of the solutions, not behind.

Mr. Zhao. 赵先生. Zhào xiānshēng.

Miss Tan. 谭小姐. Tán xiǎojiě.