Chinese with sam

  Below are some words that you will find helpful while asking for directions: 请问- Qingwen- Excuse me 图书馆- Tushuguan- Library 在- Zai- At 哪人- Nar- Where 就- Jiu- Just 那人-Nar- there 食堂-Shitang- Dining hall 留学生- Liuxuesheng- Overseas student 宿舍- Sushe- Dormitory 办公室- Bangongshi- Office 楼- Liu- Building 邮局-Youju- post office 银行-Yinhang- Bank 医院-Yiyuan-Hospital 商店- Shangdian-Shop 书店-Shudian- Book shop 知道- Zhidao-to know something 认识- Renshi- to know someone 去-Qu- to go Sample Conversations A: 请问， 图书馆在 那人？ (Qingwen, tushuguan zai nar?)                                                 ( Excuse me, where is the library?) B：就在那人 (Jiu zai nar) (It is just there) A：请问，邮局在那人？(Qingwen,Youju zai nar?)                                                 ...

  Below is some basic vocabulary on Food items: 吃- chī- To eat 什么-Shénme- What 饺子-Jiǎozi- Dumpling 米饭- Mǐfàn- Cooked rice 面条-Miàntiáo- Noodles 面包-Miànbāo- Bread 包子-Bāozi- Stuffed Bun 喝-Hē- To drink 啤酒-Píjiǔ- Beer 可口可乐-Kěkǒukělè- Cocacola 茶-Chá- Tea 咖啡- Kāfēi- Coffee 矿泉水-Kuàngquán shuǐ- Mineral Water 牛奶-Niúnǎi- Milk 买-Mǎi- To buy 词典-Cídiǎn- Dictionery 本子- Běnzi- NoteBook 书-Shū- Book 笔- Bǐ- Pen 书包- Shūbāo- Book Bag Sample Conversations A:  你吃什么？ (ni chi shenme?) (What are you eating?) B: 我吃饺子。(wo chi jiaozi) (I am eating dumplings) A：你喝什么？(ni he shenme?) (What are you drinking?) B：我喝啤酒。(wo he pijiu) (I am drinking beer) A：你买什么？(Ni mai shenme?) (What are you buying?) B：我买词典。(wo mai cidian) (I am buying a dictionery) Now let’s look at some vocabulary related to prices: 要- yào- To want 换-huàn- To exchange 钱-Qián- Money 多少-Duōshǎo- How much 一- Yi- One 百- Bai- Hundred 美元- Meiyuan- American dollar 二- Er- two 三- San- three 四- Si-four 五- Wu- five 六- Liu- six 七- Qi- seven 八- Ba- Eight 九-...

  Family Relations and Verbs 吗- Ma- A particle used at the end of a question 我- Wǒ- I 很-Hěn- Very 呢- Ne- Question particle 也- Yě- also 爸爸-Bàba- Father 妈妈-Māmā- Mother 都- dōu- Both/all 他们- Tāmen-They 哥哥- Gēgē- Elder brother 她-Tā- She 他-Tā- He 姐姐-Jiějiě- Elder sister 爱人- Àirén- Spouse 弟弟-Dìdì- Younger Brother 妹妹-Mèimei- Younger sister 忙-Máng- Busy 累- Lèi- Tired 饿-è- Hungry 渴-Kě- Thirsty Sample Conversations A: 你好吗?                                      ( Ni hao ma?)                (How are you?） B: 我很好。 你呢？                        (Wo hen hao. Ni ne?)  （I am good. How about you?) A: 我也很好。。                             (wo ye hen hao.)           (I am good too) B: 你爸爸妈妈都好吗？      (Ni ...

An Introduction to the Basics As means of visual communication, Chinese written characters are fascinating in their ingenuity and originality. The earliest form of Chinese writing was pictographs-stylized pictures of objects. Graphic symbols supplemented pictographs to represent simple abstract thoughts. Later, for transmitting complex ideas, ideographs were created from already existing simple characters, conveying ideas by the juxtaposition of interchangeable events. Chinese Pin Yin ( Spelling of a character using English alphabets) is quick and the easiest tool to learn Chinese foreigners and also a fundamental tool to develop communication skills. With it, you can type Chinese characters on your computer, can translate and you can pronounce romanized words and also, you can look up the dictionary for further technical details. To meet the demand for thousands of new characters, the Chinese resorted to phonetic or harmonic writing, relying on the radical for the sense and the phonet...

Hello Readers, Welcome to Chinese with Sam Learning a foreign language can seem like a daunting task. Right guidance is extremely necessary to make someone continue their foreign language journey. My main aim for writing this blog is exactly that. I have always heard people saying that mandarin chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn. But it doesnt have to be. Whats needed is to make it fun for each student and go slow.  This blog is for anyone who is just starting their language learning journey and has chosen mandarin chinese. This blog will include everything starting from the very basics of the language to characters and conversations. I will make it as easy as possible so that no one is discouraged just by looking at the content and finds it difficult to continue. The blogs will be short so that retention becomes easy. All the very best Sam