The Travel Linguist – Mandarin 101
March 8, 2010 10:49 am Places and ThingsLearn 10 Mandarin survival words compliments of The Travel Linguist. For a full list of instructional language dvds, phrasebooks, audio cds and downloads, visit www.travellinguist.com
hoangdai061 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
wow, it’s complicated. Is this okay if i say ” ni hao “. I start to learn chinese fom last week, so i don kno
ranmafann :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
@hoangdai061 “nin” is a formal way of saying hello to someone you dont personally know
hoangdai061 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
I think Hello is “ni hao”, not “nin hao”.
0XmusicforlifeX0 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
Yes, that was what I learnt too.
BangBangWham :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
the female doesnt sound like an ethnic chinese….seems a little fake to me
toriaiperr :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
@66korean it depends on the context, “hao de” could mean OK, no problem.
66korean :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
Hao de means excuse me.
UnitTheWorld :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
I think its a bad way to learn it, cuz they don’t show what the individual word means, just give you a phrase..
tsneds01 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
@paddlepopkid
The key is to live in a country where you hear it on a daily basis or at least have someone to talk to in mandarin daily,like a language exchange partner
veggiet2009 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
They should put the pin yin notation on the on the vowels
xXminidreamXx :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
It’s okay, it’s actually not that bad after you get used to it. Watching chinese news or chinese dramas help too =)
paddlepopkid :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
i wonder if i record chinese news and just listen to it over and over again as im falling asleep will help my prounounciation
paddlepopkid :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
Omg its so hard… i want to start learning mandarin chinese… so i can visit china for a few years… its just so hard from an english speaking tongue..! why can’t i learn Mandarin, how i learnt english in kindergarden with abc and a is apple and b is ball c is for cat ewwkk HELP!
LeviathanZr6 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
4:03 what is “hao de”?
thecharlotteness :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
Woah, this is a really polite version, I learn Mandarin at school and the way we say what’s your name is [you have what name character I believe xD] 你有什么名字?
With the reply I am [literally I'm called] 我叫 。。。So the example on here is really different to what I learn, maybe it’s a reallllyy polite way o__o
molfoy :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
ya, nin is generally more polite.
shovedup :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
How is the chinese wrong? Taking less than 1 year of chinese doesn’t give you the right to insult this video.
Plus, the pinyin for goodbye perfectly alright.
201202113 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
This is mandarin, but they use nin instead of ni. nin is generally more polite.
Tex259 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
haha they start you off with nin. i would be very happy if you said nin hao.
itachi17087 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
oooh. thanx =]
aetherunknown :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
对了 it is correct, there is nothing wrong with this Hanyu, it is correct Mandarin (Putonghua).
Chinese people are beautiful.
XxMetallicaxX11 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
nin hao is respective
itachi17087 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
is this mandarin? cuz it doesnt seem like it…..(nin hao kinda gave it away since mandarin is ni hao)
cypriot1965 :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
I am Turkish Cypriot and i always want to learn Chines but is not easy.Every language and culture are beautiful
and Chines has very colorful culture.
casacorrer :
Date: March 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
OMG!!!!! LOLLL 哈哈！