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时间 ：5 :20 p.m. 日期 ：二 0 一八年五月二十四    星期四 大家好！今天，我 will be writing about summary of lesson 10.This lesson talks about buying things at shopping mall and wet market. There are a lot of new words that I learnt at class. Place 商场 shangchang - shopping mall 运动场· yudongchang - stadium 停车场 tingchechang - car park 清真寺 qingzhensi - mosque Fruits 芒果 mangguo - mango 像骄傲 xiangjao - banana 成 cheng - orange 葡萄 putao - grape 里 li - pear 留恋 liulian - durian 红毛丹 hongmaodan - rambutan 山竹 shanzhu - mango 木瓜 mu gua - papaya 草莓 caomei - strawberry Terms Related to Shopping 买 mai (3rd) - sell 卖 mai (4th) - buy 买卖 maimai - jualbeli / business 折扣 zhekou - discount 很多 henduo - a lot 太贵了 tai gui le - very expensive 老板 laoban - boss/tauke 老板娘 laoban niang - lady boss 总裁 zongcai - CEO/shopowner 顾客 guke - customer 不贵 bu gui - not expensive Phrases Related To Shopping 不用找了 bu yong zhao le - keep the change 快一个/块一斤 kuai yi ge / kuai yi jin - How much this

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！

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！

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！

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

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

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！

时间 ：11 :00p .m. 日期 ： 15/05/2018 星期二 晚上好！ 今天，since listening test （听力测试） is approaching , I will be posting about question's word that is used in 普通话. In short the question word that is mentioned from the video are : shei 谁 - who shen me 什么 - what shen me shi hou 什么时候 - when na li 哪里 - where wei shen me 为什么 - why zen me 怎么 - how duo shao 多少 - how many wo wen ni 我问你 - I ask you wen ti 问题 - question Other than that , there are also some other word that is used to ask question. na ge 那个 (which) ji 几 when 及 is used in asking question , the answer have to be number/figure. Example :  星期几？(xingqi ji?) That's it.See you again.再见！

时间 ：10 :00 a.m. 日期 ： 13/05/2018  星期日 大家好！晚上好！ 今天，I will be sharing about my finding about some of the particle is commonly used. 1 . ma 吗 This is used when asked question.For example , 你好吗？ni hao ma / 可以进来吗？keyi jinlai ma . This is to be used when the question is binary yes/no question.In sentence , it is put at the end of sentence to indicate question for someone. 2 . ne 呢 This particle also used for question and be put at the end of sentence.For example , A : 你好吗？Ni hao ma? B : 我很好。你呢？wo hen hao.ni ne? A : 我也很好。wo ye hen hao. It is used to ask the same question as what the asker asked.Like a bounce back question. 3 . de 的 One of the usage of de is to indicate possessiveness to thing.For example , my friend 我的朋友 Mei Mei's mother 妹妹的妈妈 father's book fuqin de shu 父亲的书 de can also be used for adejctive.Example , crying sadly shangxin de ku 伤心的哭 pretty girl piaoliang de nuhai 漂亮的 女孩 I think this is all for now.再见！

时间 ：8 :00 p.m. 日期 ： 11/05/2018  星期五 打架好！ 今天,I will be writing about some basic introduction on how to introduce self in business formal style.This is useful especially when going to interview.This is taken from online mandarin class from padlet link that 老师 provide. This video give some sentence to used when being interviewed.Based from the video , this is the note that I manage to take. The second video talks about etiquette when exchanging name card 名片. Name cards are very important in business and in Chinese culture , there are few rules that must be followed. Some of the other sentence that I can find on the internet are : 我的专业是…金融. Wǒ de zhuān yè shì… jīn róng My major is…finance 我的兴趣包括…阅读和音乐 Wǒ de xìng qù bāo kuò… yuè dú hé yīn yuè My interests include…reading and music Question : Interviewer:  Rúguǒ ràng nǐ xuǎnzé gōngzuò dìdiǎn dehuà，nǐ huì xuǎnzé zài shénme dìfang gōngzuò? 如果让你选择工作地点的话，你会选择在什么地方工作？(If I let you choose the working loca

时间 ： 9:00 a.m. 日期 ： 10/05/2018 星期四 Since there is GE going on right now , all Chinese classes in week 5 has become online class.This is the summary of what I had learned in this week’s online class. Lesson 6 : 我们去游泳，好吗？ (women qu youyong , hao ma?) （ shall we go swimming? ） 我们 women – we 去 qu – go 游泳 youyong – swimming 好 hao – good 吗 ma – question expression this phrase is used to suggest something to someone.The woman ask her friend to go swimming together. New words that I learnt : Lesson 7 : 你认识不认识他 （ ni renshi bu renshi da? ） (do you know him?) 你ni - you 认识renshi - know 不bu - not used at introducing phase where we ask our friend whether he/she knows that person or not.Example , A is friend with B and going to introduce B to C. That's it.See you again later.再见！

Date : 04/05/2018 Time : 2:32 a.m. I will be writing about 天河月 in 汉语。 月 – yue ---- month January (一月 – yī yuè) February (二月- èr yuè) March (三月 – sān yuè) April (四月 – sì yuè) May (五月 – wǔ yuè) June (六月 – liù yuè) July (七月 – qī yuè) August (八月 – bā yuè) September 九月 – jiǔ yuè) October (十月 – shí yuè) November (十一月 – shí yī) December (十二月 – shí’èr yuè) 我四月出生。 wo si yue chusheng。 I was born on April. 上个月是七月。 Shang ge yue shi qi yue. Last month was July. ================================================================== The system starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.It uses the word week and put number one to six for Monday to Saturday. But for Sunday is a little bit different. 星期 – xīng qī ---- week Monday (星期一 – xīng qī yī) Tuesday (星期二 – xīng qī èr) Wednesday (星期三 – xīng qī sān) Thursday (星期四 – xīng qī sì) Friday (星期五 – xīng qī wǔ) Saturday (星期六 – xīng qī liù) Sunday (星期天 – xīng qī tiān); 星期日 – xīng

Date : 03/05/2018 Time : 09:00 pm This week we only have one face-to-face class and two online class.In the class ,  we managed to cover lesson 4 and 5.Here are the summary of few things that I learned. 1 . We  study lesson 4 我很高兴认识你。(I am very pleased to meet you)(wo hen gaoxing renshi ni). And also lesson 5  餐厅在那人？（canting zai nar?）（where is restaurant?） 2 .  There is also few phrase that I learned. 可以。。。吗？ (Keyi .....ma ?)(May I ... ?) 您贵姓 ？（nin guixing ?（What is your surname ?）  *did not have ma?(吗？) because guixing already indicate a question. 我行。。。，叫。。。 （wo xing ... jiao ....）（My surname is .... I am called ....） 我是。。。。的学生。（wo shi .... de xuesheng）（I am a student of....） 。。。在吗？（....zai ma?）（.... is here?） 他在那人？（ta zai nar?）（where is he?） 餐厅在那人？（canting zai nar?）（where is restaurant?） 不用谢。（buyong xie.）（don't mention it） as a reply to 'thank you' to someone. 我不知道（wo bu zhidao）（i don't know）

Date : 2/05/2018 Time : 04:30 p.m. 你好！ 晚上好! Today I will be writing about family and what are they called in Mandarin. Diagram below is from this link . Some simple way to talk about family are like : 他/她 是 的 。。。 Ta shi wo de .... He/She is my .... 他们 是 我 的 。。。 TaMen shi wo de .... They are my .... 这 是 我 的 。。。 Zhe shi wo de .... This is my .... 我的。。。 Wo de .... My..... 我 有 一个 。。。 wo you yige .... I have a .... 我的家庭。 再见！