5 Phrases to Have Better Conversations in Chinese - Skritter Chinese

[@goukux5908]

Iona really shines in this video. Hard to do next to Fiona, but there you have it.

[@haydenahmir3823]

instablaster.

[@DenisHowe]

OMG! I love you two working together. Suddenly Chinese isn't hard any more. 我的天啊！ 我爱你们两个一起工作。 突然之间，中文不再难了。 Wǒ de tiān a! Wǒ ài nǐmen liǎng gè yīqǐ gōngzuò. Túrán zhī jiān, zhōngwén bù zài nánle.

[@penguinandpandasftw6741]

I think...this is the first time I’ve heard Iona speak English 😆

[@seth1455]

Iona's English has improved a lot since Fiona's early videos, good video you two

[@harvis883]

What a treat to see Fiona and Iona again! While I use Skritter, the two of you will make me transition to Skritter as the primary destination for my Chinese lessons. Keep it up girls,...and great to see you again Gwylim.

[@ariamaze9081]

No bloopers? Is the best part! So awesome see you guys again together, nice teaching.

[@SkritterHQ]

More bloopers in the most recent video owing to this comment - [bluff your way through a conversation]

[@amazingmoments5834]

Wow! I love your energy!!:) Thank you so much for these 6 phrases!

[@stlev99]

Fiona and Iona! What more do we need to say?!!

[@LoongAqua]

Such lovely ladies. Hard to concentrate on the lesson.

[@sanchitac7947]

@@QuizmasterLaw oh they're sisters?

[@-mey5392]

I enjoy their videos soooo muuuch!!! A BIG THANK YOU!!

[@slamdunk406]

Great work as always! Fiona and Iona are both awesome! 他们很厉害!

[@dunideshangout]

I very like your videos. It's funny and helpful way to learn Mandarin Chinese. Thank you very much and I hope you will make more videos.

[@solomonsahile1337]

nice one

[@kokolexx]

很厉害的姐妹

[@SkritterHQ]

What's your go-to phrase when you don't understand something? P.s, go check out the blog post in the description for all the phrases.

[@mattheweppley]

我的 "go to phrase" 是"對不起, 我的中文不好", 哈哈哈

[@kokolexx]

I only speak chinese with my laoshi and everytime i dont understand because she speaks too fast or there are new words, "huh?" or "什么?" is enough because it happened on daily basis so no need to say those phrase again 😂

[@ManfrediVullo]

我没听到/听清楚，请再说一遍。 哎呀！我哪里是中国人啊？请慢慢地说 （一边说一边笑）😄

[@rizzoli7]

nice!

[@UnrecycleRubdish]

So Fiona is saying it in Traditional and Iona is saying it in Simplified right?

[@nachocabrera]

Fiona没有麦克风,可是 我听她 得 很好 ( this sentence is correct ?)

[@brentccochran123]

Iona’s Awesome!!!

[@light487]

How about "can you dumb it down for me?my Chinese is not very good" or in other words, can you say it another way that I might better understand.

[@SkritterHQ]

可用简单一点的中文吗？ 可用简单一点的中文, 再说一遍吗？ 可以换个方式说给我听吗？

[@euni_yum]

1. 你可以说慢一点儿吗？ 2. 读不起、可以请你再说一遍吗 3. 你刚才是说～吗？ 4. 我的意思是～ 5. 可以请你帮我写下来吗？

[@ijoinedaclan]

For the sentence "可以请你帮我打在手机上马？", 你也可以说 “你可以帮我打在手机上马？” 吗？ 谢谢

[@muso83]

Yes, you're right - I would normally say "你可以帮我...吗?" or "请帮我..." but the word order "可以请你帮我...吗" was new to me. I wonder if it makes it a bit more polite?

[@peters8699]

近两年以来都没看Fiona和Iona教中文的视频，不知道自这段时间里谁的进步最大，Iona的英语还是我的中文 🧐（毫无疑问是她吧）。说实话，两年前的我每当上网看个教外国人中文的视频时，虽然觉得太有趣了，同时感到有一点绝望。原因很简单了，就是因为Iona或Fiona说的每一句”正常速度“的中文我都听不太清楚。当时认为无论我学到头发白了，学到假想的老婆快要离婚了，都还学不会。不过，不久后就开始看那些专门探讨不同国家的文化区别的综艺节目，例如说叫做”二分之一强“的那个。当初他们说的百分之八十我都听不懂，连台上的外国人也是，可是后来发现学习语言的一大部分都是在潜意识发生的。虽然大概近两年以来都没坐下来背词或者很认真的学习中文，但还是进了一大步了。总之，谁还是以为中文太难学了，我就建议谁开始每天至少听一个小时的中文，不管你内容有多复杂，都会有助于你学习中文！别太怀疑自己的能力，自己的潜力吧，加油！ As someone who previously watched Fiona and Iona on Chinese Pod with a nagging feeling of, "I'll never be any good at mandarin," I implore anyone out there with the same doubts to shut your ears and just dive in! You'll be amazed what at least one hour per day of immersion (without flashcards) can do for you after just 1-2 years. To my fellow learners -- don't be afraid of not knowing something, on the contrary that's exactly the content you should seek out 👍🏻

[@pixel437]

Why am I here? I still HSK 1 how do I expect myself to learn these scentences 😂

[@SkritterHQ]

Never too early to learn some common sentences. Better than learning a big list of vocab without context. :)

[@kazisherpa7916]

I am just confused to choose either you or your sister beautiful, god please help me to choose but I can’t control myself through falling in love with both of you.

[@rsatterth]

must be a bummer to be the other woman in a Fiona Tian video

[@SkritterHQ]

Fiona Tian is in an Iona Tian video :)

[@brentccochran123]

Iona’s Awesome!!!