董乐凡，这个名字挺好听的。(Zhèi ge míngzi tǐng hǎo tīng de. / It's a very nice name.) 谁给你取的这个名字呢？(Shuí gěi nǐ qǔ de zhèi ge míngzi ne?/ Who gave you the name? If you don't mind :) )
Comment by Becky_Chinese Teacher posted on January 8, 2013
Hi Rita. Glad to see you again! Yeah, this time is "see" you. lol
Yes, you're right. "Wǒ de jiā zài Xī'ān. Wǒ shì Xī'ān rén." Guìlín is not in Xi'an. Both of them are cities. Guìlín is in Guangxi province, and Xi'an is in Shaanxi province. Guilin is very famous for its natural scenery and Xi'an i...
Comment by Ellie_Chinese teacher posted on February 28, 2013
Hi Taibangle,
Thank you for your suggestions and sharing your Pinyin learning experiences with us.
You can choose to show lessons by channel: http://www.dongyu.com/chinese-lessons/all-channels then click “Tone It Up”, and you will come to this page: http://www.dongyu.com/chinese-lessons/tone-it-up...
Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on July 1, 2013
Hi Tangbangle,
As for the "Tongue Twister " video, could you let me know the name of the lesson? Do you mean you couldn’t reply to others’ comments?
Also, we want to tell you congratulations! Since you have finished Pinyin videos, how about uploading your recordings and share with us what you ha...
Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on July 10, 2013
Hi Becky
I am actually interested in the usage and meaning of the word " jiù" in the following sentence
Hái méi chī, wǒ mǎshàng jiù qù.
Its look to me the same like the word huì - "will to something"
regards
Peter
Hi Andrew, do you mean that you want to learn something about Jeremy Lin? We have made a lesson about him, the name is "Big Bang Vocab_Can Linsanity continue?" It's in Elementary. Hope you like it!
Comment by Ellie_Chinese teacher posted on April 22, 2013
Hi Fabian,
No problem. Please feel free to let me if you have any questions or need any help.
I checked it and it seems to work on our side.
Could you please clear your browser’s cookies, history and cache and then login again?
Please let me know whether it works or not.
Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on January 23, 2014
A third tone usually begins form mid-low to low and then rises to mid pitch. But in spoken Chinese, the third tone is rarely pronounced like that if it is followed by another syllable. So how should you pronounce it?
shi4 wo3 :)
Shi4 shei2
Taibangle1 ? Wo3 bu4 ren4 shi4 Taibangle1 !
.....ei2, ni3 yi1 ge4 ren2 ma?
Well............another video watched :) Wo3 bu4 shi4 ban4 tu2 er2 fei4
What to say, here.....:)
A big lesson 11 minutes both initials and finals covered. I like how you started with the ai ei ...
Well done Alex! That's the correct use of "yǒu" with the meaning of "to have." From your recording I hear some pronunciation of tones that are not very good. You could check out our lesson about tones in Tone It Up channel.
Comment by Ellie_Chinese teacher posted on March 13, 2013
Hi Alex,
Your "chènshān" is very good. Pay attention to the word "yī." When "yī" is before first tone, second tone, and third tone, it change to fourth tone "yì." When "yī" is before a fourth tone, it change to second tone "yí." So you should say "yí jiàn chènshā" and “yì tiáo niúzǎikù.”
Comment by Ellie_Chinese teacher posted on March 20, 2013
I really look forward to hearing great pronunciation....it really helps to serve as a model for us to try an copy . I love the rules that where introduced here...it's seems that they where talked about really fast. Could be a little slower.
A great feature to have on these series of videos would b...
Hi Alex,
Sure, you can say so. But we have some more authentic ways to greet somebody. Take a look at these two lessons:
http://www.dongyu.com/learn-chinese/greetings-part1
http://www.dongyu.com/learn-chinese/greetings-part2
Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 6, 2015
Hi Jeremy8888! Thanks for the suggestion! You know in our upper level lessons, there are Chinese characters. But we're considering doing so.
In the newbie and elementary lessons, you can see the Chinese version under the video in the "text" tab:)
Comment by Ellie_Chinese teacher posted on January 18, 2013
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