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Entry #25 : How to Pronounce Money

时间：10 :20 p.m. 日期：二 0 一八年五月二十三星期三你好，晚上好! 今天 , the topic is about money 钱。In textbook , it is at lesson 10. To ask for price : (F) duo shao qian ? 多少钱？ (IF) ji duo qian ? 几多钱？ There are a few ways to say price. 1. The first one is for RM(Ringgit Malaysia) , Malaysian money currency. ........ lingji ...... xian 。。。。。零级。。。。先 ..... ringgit..... cents RM 24.67 : 二十四零级六是七先 2. The second one is for Chinese currency.There is also formal and informal way to pronounce price. Formal : .... yuan ... jiao ... fen 。。。元。。。角。。。分￥29.43 ：二十九元四角三分 Informal: .... kuai ... mao ... fen 。。。块。。。毛。。。分￥123.56 ：一百二十三块五毛六分 Some other price number that involve zero at middle number : ￥1010.35 ：一万十块三毛五分￥10005.35 ：一万零五块三毛五分￥1005.35 ：一千零五元三角五分￥105.35 ：一百零五块三毛五分 That's it for today!再见！

Entry #24 : Particle (2)

时间： 09:38 p.m. 日期：二 0 一八年五月二十一星期一晚上好！今天将写作 about particles part 2. The first part can be viewed here . 1 . shi 是 This is commonly used in even the simplest basic sentences.Basically 是 is used to connect two nouns. It can be translated as am/is/are/was/were . In Chinese grammar, the word '是' can be used for singular or plural. Example : 她是中国人。She is Chinese. 我是学生。I am a student. 我的妈妈是老师。 My mother is a teacher. 2 .hen 很 This particle means 'very' and usually is used before adjective to emphasize on the adjective itself. Example : 我也很好。I am also glad to meet you. 明天，他们很忙。Tomorrow, they will be very busy. 你很可爱。 You are very cute. 3 .you 有 Basically , this particle meant have/has/had. It indicate possessiveness. Example : 我有四个家人。I have 4 family members. 她有一个狗。She has a dog. That's it for now.再见！

Entry #23 : Date 几号

时间： 9:27 a.m. 日期： 18/05/2018 星期五你好。早上好！今天， I will write about how to ask for date.In Chinese, date can be said as 几月几号（ ji yue ji hao – how many month how many day ）。 When pronouncing date in Chinese, the sequence is : Year-Month-Day To pronounce year in Chinese, take for example year 2000,it is pronounced as 二〇〇〇年 er ling ling ling nian. Pronounce every digit individually + ‘nian’. Another example is year 1994 , pronounced as 一九九四 yi jiu jiu si nian 。 To ask question about date : · 今天几月几号？ jintian,ji yue ji hao? o What date is today? · 你的生日，几月几号？ ni de shengri, ji yue ji hao? o What date is your birthday? · 星期日几号？ xingqi ri ji hao? o What date is Sunday? Example of answer is: 2018-05-18 今天，二〇一八年，五月，是吧号。 Jintian,er ling yi ba nian , wu yue , shi ba hao. Additional info, to ask about （输） zodiac, can use phrase 你输什么？（ ni shu shenme? ） That’s it! See you in next post. 再见！

Entry #22 : Summary Lesson 9

时间： 10:50 p.m. 日期： 17/05/2018 星期四你好！今天， I will be talking about summary of Lesson 9 他今年二十岁 (ta jinnian ershi sui)(His age is 20 this year) that talks about age & day. Ask About Day( 习惯其 xingqi) Q : 星期几？ xingqiji? (What day?) 今天，星期几？ jintian xingqiji? (What day is today?) 明天，星期几？ mingtian xingqiji? (What day is tomorrow?) 昨天，星期几？ zuotian xingqiji? (What day is yesterday?) 韩语版，星期几？ hanyu ban xingqiji? (What day is Mandarin class?) A : 今天星期五 jintian xingqiwu (Today is Friday .) Ask About Age(sui 岁 ) There are different phrases that can be used to ask someone’s age. Difference is that these phrases can be used for specific age group because of their word meaning. 1 1. 你几岁 ni ji sui? This phrase is used to children age below 12.It means ‘How much is your age?’ 2. 你今年多大了 ni jinnian duo da le? This phrase can be used for people above 12.The translation for this phrase is ‘How old are you this year?’ 3. 您多打岁数了 nin d

Entry #21 : Summary Lesson 8

时间： 10:30 p.m. 日期： 16/05/2018 星期三你好！我会 write about summary of what I have learnt for lesson 8 in class. Lesson 8 ( 你们家有几口人 )How much family member you have? Lesson 8 talks about family members and asking about siblings. Family in 汉语 is 家人 (jia ren) which directly translates to ‘house people’ and it can be interpreted as family. 1 . 你们家有几口人？ (ni men jia you ji kou ren?)This phrase is used to ask someone how many family members he have . To answer the question : 我们家有死口人。（ I have four family members. ）这是我父母，姐姐和我。（ zhe shi wo fumu, jiejie he wo ） (This is my parents , older sister and me.) 2 . 胸肌姐妹？ (xiongji jiemei?) This phrase is used to ask how many sibling he have including himself . To answer the question : 五姐妹（ Five siblings including me. ） ========================================= Earlier in this blog, I have created a post for family members and what they are called. Here, I will add up some new points and word that I learnt that is

Entry #20 : Summary Lesson 7

时间：09 :00 p.m. 日期： 16/05/2018 星期三今天，我会 write about summary of what I have learnt at class. Lesson 7 （你认识不认识他？）Do you know him? The phrase 你认识不认识他？ is used when asking someone whether he knows that person or not. The phrase 认识不认识 know or not know can be used simply to ask question. Other example : 忙不忙 (Busy or not busy) 去不去 (Go or not go) The phrase 一下（yixia） meaning a bit can be used with verb. In this lesson , 我问一下 wo wen yixia is used.Other example : Go for a bit 去一下 Wait for a bit 当一下 Look for a bit 看一下 Come for a bit 来一下 That's it.See you next time.再见！