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How to Speak Chinese

Now that you have pronunciation and tones down, here are some useful phrases (pronunciations can be found at www.omniglot.com). http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/mandarin.php

Hello! - 你好 (nǐ hǎo)

How are you? - 你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma)

I'm fine, thanks. And you? - 我很好，你呢？ (wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne)

What's your name? 你叫什么名字 (nǐ jiào shénme míngzi)

My name is ... - 我叫 ... (wǒ jiào ...)

Where are you from? - 你是哪国人 (nǐ shì nǎguórén)

I'm from America / I'm American - 我是美国人 (wǒ shì měi​guó​rén)

Goodbye - 再见 (zàijiàn)

Bye - 拜拜 (bàibài)

I don't understand - 我不懂 (wǒ bùdǒng)

Please say that again - 再说一边 (zài shuō yībiān)

Do you speak Mandarin? - 你会不会讲普通话？ (nǐ huìbúhuì jiǎng pŭtōnghuà)

Yes, a little - 会，一点儿 (huì, yīdiǎr)

How do you say ... in Mandarin? - ... 中文怎么说？ (... zhōngwén zěnme shuō)

Thank you - 谢谢 (xièxie)

I love you - 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - 圣诞快乐 新年快乐 (shèngdàn kuàilè xīnnián kuàilè)

Happy (Chinese) New Year - 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)

Happy Birthday - 生日快乐 (shēngrì kuàilè)

One language is never enough - 一种语言永远不够 (yīzhǒng yǔyán yǒngyuǎn bùgòu)

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updated 2010-07-18 00:59:30

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How to Write Chinese

Now that you understand the basics of how characters are formed and written, try out these useful phrases, found at www.omniglot.com.http://www.omniglot.com

• Hello! - 你好 (nǐ hǎo)
• How are you? - 你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma)
• I'm fine, thanks. And you? - 我很好，你呢？ (wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne)
• What's your name? 你叫什么名字 (nǐ jiào shénme míngzi)
• My name is ... - 我叫 ... (wǒ jiào ...)
• Where are you from? - 你是哪国人 (nǐ shì nǎguórén)
• I'm from America / I'm American - 我是美国人 (wǒ shì měi​guó​rén)
• Goodbye - 再见 (zàijiàn)
• Bye - 拜拜 (bàibài)
• I don't understand - 我不懂 (wǒ bùdǒng)
• Please say that again - 再说一边 (zài shuō yībiān)
• Can you please write it down? - 麻烦你写一下，好不好? (máfan nǐ xiě yīxià, hǎo bù hǎo?)
• Do you speak Mandarin? - 你会不会讲普通话？ (nǐ huìbúhuì jiǎng pŭtōnghuà)
• Yes, a little - 会，一点儿 (huì, yīdiǎr)
• How do you say ... in Mandarin? - ... 中文怎么说？ (... zhōngwén zěnme shuō)
• Thank you - 谢谢 (xièxie)
• I love you - 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ)
• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - 圣诞快乐 新年快乐 (shèngdàn kuàilè xīnnián kuàilè)
• Happy (Chinese) New Year - 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)
• Happy Birthday - 生日快乐 (shēngrì kuàilè)
• One language is never enough - 一种语言永远不够 (yīzhǒng yǔyán yǒngyuǎn bùgòu)

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Sherpa

Sherpa are hard workers. Most of their villages are located in Khumbu, and the farming is incredibly difficult in those mountain areas. Although they live on higher lands, their crops are usually on lower planes. Their most productive season is the Summer monsoon, and that lasts from June to September.http://www.bergadventures.com/v3_main/Sherpa-Story2.php

The Sherpa also herd yak, which are bull-like creatures with long, coarse hair. They are prominent in China.http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/other/YAK/These yak are normally kept up in the higher valleys near the grass and they provide milk and fur for coats. The Sherpa also ride on the yak for faster travel.http://www.bergadventures.com/v3_main/Sherpa-Story2.php

updated 2010-11-24 17:39:55

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How to Speak Mandarin Chinese for Beginners

Mandarin's writing system consists of written symbols. There are two systems for writing Mandarin: traditional and simplified. Simplified characters are used mainly in China and Singapore, while Taiwan uses traditional writing. Beginners, however, usually start with lessons in Pinyin, which is Chinese written phonetically in the Latin alphabet.http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html

You'll learn more about writing in intermediate and advanced classes, but even a beginner should familiarize himself with Chinese characters.

1. The right stroke order is important to write cleanly in Mandarin. You can learn the stroke order for common simplified characters online.http://writeinchinese.com/frontpage
2. If you want to see a particular word written in Chinese characters, view an online dictionary that shows words in Pinyin, simplified, and traditional characters.http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html
3. If you want to translate Chinese characters into English, Babel Fish and Google Translate are two good resources.http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/tr http://www.google.com/translate_t Remember, though, that translation software sometimes makes mistakes!

updated 2010-07-17 09:53:51

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