快乐中文 Have Fun with Chinese!: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

国庆节(guo2 qing4 jie2) National Day

你知道明天是几月几号吗？

10月1日是中国的国庆节（guo2 qing4 jie2). 中华人民共和国（zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2)是1949年10月1日成立（cheng2 li4)的。现在所有的人都有七天假期（jia4 qi1)。人们可以去旅行，可以去看亲戚（qin1 qi2)或者朋友. 所以(suo3 yi3)交通（jiao2 tong1)很拥挤（yong2 ji3) . 很多人喜欢在家里休息。 October 1st is Chinese National Day. The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949 . Now all Chinese people have seven days' holiday. They can travel, can go to visit relatives or friends.So the traffic is very busy. Many people like staying at home and relax.

每年的10月1日早上，都会有升（sheng1)国旗(qi2)仪式(yi3 shi4)。你想看看吗？ Every October 1st, there is a flag raising ceremony. Do you want to watch? Click: http://www.funtouristattractions.com/a/tiananmen-square-flag-raising-lowering-beijing-china/17

Sunday, September 26, 2010

重叠词（chong2 die2 ci2) duplication of verbs

Many verbs can duplicated in spoken Chinese to indicate a quick action--"to do a little bit of something" or to do something in a relaxed way. 比如（bi3 ru2) For example:

看看 to have a look

听听 to listen for a while

说说 to say a little

想想 to think a little

Sometimes a duplicated verb expression my have a ‘一“in between, such as:
看一看
听一听
说一说
试一试

Such verbs may also be followed by "一下儿”。This has the same effect as duplication:
看看 = 看一看 = 看一下儿
试试 = 试一试 = 试一下儿
想想 = 想一想 = 想一下儿

量词 measure words in Chinese

Before every noun in Chinese, a measure word must be used, this is very different from English, which is a quite hard part for beginners in Chinese learning, for you have to remember so many different measure words for different nouns. But don't worry. The more you learn, the easier it will be. 比如(bi3 ru2) For example:

一个人
one person

两个朋友
two friends

三个学生
three students

一本书
one book

六个苹果
six apples

一辆(liang4)自行车
one bicycle

三辆汽车
three cars

一件(jian4)衬衫
one shirt

四双(shuang4)球鞋
four pairs of sneakers

两条(tiao2)长裤
two pairs of pants

一架(jia4)飞机
one plane

六瓶（ping2）水
five bottles of water

你今年多大？ How Old Are You?

Useful expressions:
1. --今天是几号，星期几？
--今天是9月28号，星期二。

2. --你今年几岁？/你今年多大？
--我今年8岁./ 15岁。

3. 明天/下周见/回头见.

Ni jintian youkong ma?
1.你今天有空吗？
Wo jintian meikong, keshi mingtian youkong.
我今天没空，可是明天有空。
   Youkong lai wo jia wanr.
     有空来我家玩儿。

   Nimen zhongguoren zenmen guo shengri?
2. 你们中国人怎么过生日？
   Ni dasuan zenme guo zhoumo?
   你打算怎么过周末？

   Wo wei wo meimei zuo le yi ge shengri dangao.
3. 我为我妹妹做了一个生日蛋糕。
   Zuo zuoye/fan/shengri dangao/yifu.
   做作业 / 饭 / 生日蛋糕 / 衣服

   Wo qu zhongguo shi wei le kan xiongmao.
4. 我去中国是为了看熊猫.

   Wo yao qu can jia pengyou de shengri juhui.
5. 我要去参加朋友的生日聚会。
   Huanying canjia women de juhui.
   欢迎参加我们的聚会。

   Jintian shei qingke?
6. 今天      谁请客？
   Jintian wo qingke.
   今天    我请客。
   Wo mingtian xiang qing ni qu canguan chifan.
    我明天想请你去餐馆吃饭。

7.Qing ni yiding gaosu ta zhe jian shi
请你一定告诉他这件事，
Wo mingtian yiding qu.
   我明天一定去。

Wo de pengyou song gei wo yi jia feiji zuo shengri liwu.
8.我的朋友送给我一架飞机做为生日礼物。

Mingtian/xia zhouyi/zhoumo jian.
9. 明天 / 下周一/ 周末见。

Wo    yao qu lu xing.
我________ 要去 _______ 旅行。 (future plan)
(time)    (place)

Ta qu        luxing le
他 _________ 去________ 旅行了。(past event)
     (time)      (place)