How to use 就(jiu) - 怎么用“就” - Basic Chinese Grammar - Elementary/Intermediate Chinese

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[@ShuoshuoChinese]

People who disliked this video: Seriously, what’s on your mind? 🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪

[@tamzynhollis5923]

New haircut??

[@rv1772]

well...explain the dislikes is even more difficult than explain "how to use Jiu"

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

@@tamzynhollis5923 Ohhh that’s even worse than dislike my video!🤣🤣🤣

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

@@rv1772 Exactly!

[@tamzynhollis5923]

@@ShuoshuoChinese hahaha, just kidding 😜 looking good!! 看起來漂亮 🌞

[@lucasfaria6018]

Not only I learned how to use 就 better, i watched a mini episode of a chinese drama

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

You're awesome Shuo! Your humour and didactics makes these 12 min videos feel like 12 seconds. Even though I pause a lot to re-read and re-listen because I'm a beginner.

[@11karotte]

Your sketches are so amazing and your explanations on point. Thank you so much for doing what you do!

[@elaineg60]

新年快乐！🎆🍾️🥂 Just FYI-I have some Chinese friends who have studied other languages as well as English. They said that in many ways, English has been the hardest language because of the different definitions. “Chinese is so much more exact”. I laughed when they said that and shared a few pages from my Chinese and Calligraphy notebooks. I had over a page of definitions for 1 word, one character. This is also why I strongly advise anyone getting a tattoo of Chinese characters to CHECK WITH A NATIVE SPEAKER FIRST! It’s still the most fun I’ve ever had learning another language! I may not spend as much time as I should studying and practicing-but BOY it feels SO good when I watch Everlasting Classics and actually recognize a Li Bai poem I have hanging on my fridge! (OR watch a movie and each time, I understand a little more!)

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哈哈，我觉得他们说的“exact”是说的中文语法，中文词汇是真的很难😅But that’s what makes the language beautiful

[@djamesfrancis]

the word "yi" with different tones and different characters has so many entries in Pleco, it just goes on forever. "Gei" on the other hand has only two entries. Such a waste of a sound when others are doing all the work

[@kokolexx]

我一看你的视频就知道了怎么用“就”.😎

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

这么屌吗！

[@ss39yong80]

@@ShuoshuoChinese 用词还真是大胆啊哈哈哈

[@xforcen233]

学以致用的最高境界

[@sabrina3138]

Period😂

[@lbp7693]

这个视频非常有用. Thank you for finally explaining this freaking character xD

[@bunnyunicorn5209]

Best explanation I have ever seen. I live in Zhejiang so over the years have intuited it the way you explain. I tend to remember commonly heard phrases and variations.

[@pawemalinowski4838]

All best wishes in new year :) Happy to see you still making your videos!

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I love your lessons! You explain these tricky grammatical words so well 💛🙌🏻

[@kalinsapotato]

I love the example sketches, the plot just keeps thickening!

[@KeepSmilingBaby93]

OMG! I had just made a note to ask my Chinese teacher to clarify this for me. Thank you so much!!

[@ab20_]

Amazing work 说说老师 !!! Thank you for the video and keep it up, you’re a great teacher

[@SimpleChineseYoutube]

Love these videos. There seems to be a lot of people struggling with characters like 就，再，被 and so on. Very useful!

[@reggiedaniels6920]

It's outstanding, I'm loving those little skits.

[@jssmedialangs]

It reminds me of when I first started learning 出る in Japanese. It's basic mean is "to exit" but it has MANY uses. So I chose to learn the verb phrases, context instead and life became a bit easier. 😆 Also: your niece is sooo cute!! Aww, poor baby. She just wants to see her aunt. 😢😢

[@loreflores9049]

I was reading "无感” the other day, and I was strugling, trying to make sense of 就 in the sentences on that song. Thank you for your advises!

[@zzzombie97]

老师演的小品简直是个masterpiece，笑死我了😆

[@lanxuan7892]

Shuo, I love you so much, your lessons are amazing

[@davineje8626]

Your videos have so much to offer! Thank you so much

[@GuidingSlasher]

Thank you Shuo, I have been struggling with 就 for a long time and this video definitely helps :)

[@trtlphnx]

Thank You, You are so Insightful and Beautiful as Well... Your work is Appreciated so much!!!

[@studywithshin2205]

老师 I'm glad I found your channel. 谢谢。

[@StratosFair]

I was totally invested in the story between the married man and his colleague. Great acting and great lesson !

[@jamiemarcelle6394]

Aside from the very helpful examples of 就 you made such a solid narrative of the stories. It rounded off nicely at the end. It got me rolling! Thank you for the entertaining stories to support this. Love the sense of humor

[@gladouhills9039]

Thank you for this explanation 😁. This video came out just in time 'cause last week, while chatting with my chinese correspondant, I was wondering what does 就 means and how to use it ☺️

[@semakazimoglu5132]

I like you explanations , they are so summurised so emphatic way, very very usefull. thank you and please go on...

[@alliswell44596]

This was sooo helpful! It is a complicated wird for us. Thank you!

[@AmjadAli-uy5wo]

新年快乐！ Awesome video about common word 就 It will help us to use it in daily life.

[@esquizofenix]

You are so good teaching us. Everything looks like so easy. Thank you so much. 🇧🇷❤

[@SnackieB]

Another excellent video, thanks. Towards the end of the video you said, 'this is exactly the problem'. I find that 'exactly' can be used for 就 in thinking about most sentences.

[@johnbould7544]

Well done and very helpful! Thanks!

[@botsmile8869]

Thankfull teacher

[@ponlatepp.4056]

我听了老师说明，就懂了。

[@atefevaliyan213]

新年快乐😘平安健康💟

[@seinishiyori]

我一就（最后）理解了怎么用“就“ 。非常感谢

[@knopix]

Incredible video to have an idea of the global meaning of this character, I'll surely completely understand its meaning as I read it !

[@adrianhdragon718]

Thank you so much ! Have started learning Chinese as my new year resolution ! Am doing it for World Peace ! Love you ! You are articulate, beautiful and lovely. LOVE ! RED is my Favorite color!

[@susanprepejchal3112]

Thank you, thank you, *thank* you!

[@afifkodriyanto]

谢谢您老师。 新年快乐。

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

新年快乐！

[@afifkodriyanto]

@@ShuoshuoChinese 昨天我收到了你的电子邮件，谢谢您。那段电子邮件十分帮助我。

[@Aerynvala]

great video, I got familiar with 就 primarily from watching 这！就是街舞, I appreciate learning more about the word :D

[@josho6854]

真的有用，又好笑了！谢谢！

[@Regina_Fellangy123]

Great! Thanks a lot!

[@andreialexander405]

Very good video

[@chelseay3663]

看了老师的视频，我就一个感觉，还好中文是我的母语🤩

[@TheFunkshwae]

太好了， 谢谢你

[@MystiqWisdom]

I applaud you on your wonderful English speaking. I can tell you are putting in a lot of effort. My suggestion is to use "emphasis" and "emphasize" instead of "stress" because at first I thought you were talking about stress like 不舒服。 Thank you for the video. I'm trying to learn how to use zao6 就 for Cantonese and this is helpful.

[@PaddingtonSoul]

OK, I understood that "someone" has to get divorced soon... :D

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

🤣🤣🤣

[@charlesayache6801]

很多谢老师! So jiu is just.

[@dinasutanto6115]

wuah well explained! gr8!

[@cooljhef31485]

谢谢老师

[@NilooS]

SO helpful! 谢谢老师！

[@overflowchung7347]

your niece is so cute🙂 thanks teacher for this lesson！

[@YouOweMeMoney]

These "divorce" examples had me cranking up

[@wilburslug140]

I was beginning to think the "li hun" examples was due to a real situation Shuoshuo was in!!!

[@easywaytopali8500]

谢谢您🎉

[@blan514]

Thank you for this video about 'jiu'. I will study it further.. I wouldn't mind an episode about how to use 'cai' (from) .. it looks like it can be used different ways as well

[@Liora1995]

说说你的新发型也太好看了吧！感觉很有气质 ，好清爽的🥰💇‍♀️

[@akbarnyong7841]

Always waiting for u 老师❤️

[@junaid5485]

谢谢您

[@porosionochek]

The best video about this (AWFUL!!!!) word. Thank youuuu❤

[@ClashWithLeon]

Learning mandarin from u, couldn’t have been better without the small jokes! Love it really haha, well done 👍🏽

[@zolieng7442]

Love your new hair

[@maialso6096]

lol loved the story , glad she found happiness 😂😂

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哎呀，多谢你了老师。你真棒😆😊

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Thankss!

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新年好老师🎊🎉

[@sonam4366]

老师祝你新年好，2020年已经过去了，但是老师的样子一点儿没变，我在这里我要感谢老师，

[@Andrew36597]

老师，有一天你可以拍一个视频对只与就的不一样吗？我要说什么just是我经常不知道应该怎么说哈哈 还有这视频又真的很好看又真的很有用，谢谢一直做！

[@slashlakers2320]

happy new year :)

[@tigretanguero]

The little story was absolutely fascinating...... And so common in real life 😂😂😂😂😂, when we love, we are stupid and belive everything..... And lovely stories like this make studies pleasent 👍👍👍👍 xiexie laoshe, wo xiwang ni xin nian kuai le....

[@milys8902]

谢谢你！我喜欢了！

[@adrielalves531]

老师来啦！！！ Thanks for making this video because 就 is indeed confusing hahah. Does 就是 follow the same rules as presented here or does it have additional functions? I've seen it used sort of as "but" (as in "it's just that"? if it makes sense). Once again, 感谢一直跟我们分享中文知识，非常非常好用！ （对啦，老师很好看！）

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谢谢！

[@alaeasri7912]

i love u teacher 我爱你 老师

[@wsudance85]

In my experience, the verb to get causes students the most trouble, or when to use to do + noun instead of a specific verb. It's interesting that you had a different perspective 😊.

[@lamemevlogs5485]

老师可爱✨

[@jeffreysommer3292]

"Take" in English is sort of like Radical 64 (Shou3) in Chinese--it applies to a vast number of things, but always with the same general flavor, as it were.

[@jxj2786]

Thank u so much 老师♥️♥️ u helped me to solve one of the biggest problems, can u make us a video like 就about 才？

[@TulekBehar]

你一定必須拥有更多的订阅者

[@MichaelNicastro]

I enjoyed the drama

[@k.c1126]

So jiu generally indicates the expected outcome or result ... I only really 'know' the emphasis usage really well, as in Jiu shi! But this video is going to help me with the others. Thanks!

[@johnmofula]

I wish I had a teacher like you in my university. I feel like you treat your classes like acting classes and make your students practice Chinese by acting. 🤣

[@tomkaiser]

你就太厉害!

[@languageshumanities60]

Your sentence doesn't sound natural to me, a native Chinese speaker. Instead, I'd say it like this: ［你简直＜就是＞太厉害了！哇！］ Hope this helps!

[@reggiedaniels6920]

Shuoshuo, I see that you are brilliant and you do an amazing job of teaching Chinese in an understanding manner. I appreciate this very much. However, I see and hear too that you are in need of some tender loving ESL, as well. There are plenty of times when you render the English translations of the Chinese sentences there are missing prepositions, the improper form of adjective and adverbs which leave the meaning odd. Each time I want to stop and respond right then with what I've just experienced. But, I don't because it would be too disruptive in my own learning process and I wouldn't learn much, wasting too much of my time wanting to correct you all and not focusing well enough on what I'm supposed to be doing. My name is Reggie and I'm 71 learning Chinese and 17 other languages besides Chinese. English is my first language. I had two very strong English teachers in middle-school. They drummed English into our minds such that I can't stop hearing all of the missteps of others, even English speakers, get wrong when they butcher the language. If you wish, because really, I've got nothing but time, I can point out those obvious situations when there is a misspoken or missed item from your lessons that would help to form the proper English sentences? I don't mean to be unduly critical. But I feel if you are putting out all of that energy to help us, I can reciprocate and help you too. I did that with an Italian young lady and she got upset, and accused me of being an arrogant American. There is no arrogance involved, just the courtesy of giving back what I'm being given. I know that much of your work is years old. But it's all new to me. I'm experiencing it in the here and now. Because, I just started this voyage a few short weeks ago.

[@mohamedali-iv6el]

The only Chinese teacher who can understand the foreigners struggle in Chinese

[@MrKbtor2]

This is the hardest for me. Also 又。。。I hardly use both out of fear. You're approach of "feeling" is exactly how I think it needs to be learned.

[@mannaporanna2678]

For me it's 甚至。I always avoid using it 😅

[@sinaiolivares6242]

I have it more clear now! Thanks a lot. I think 都 also needs to be understood with a feeling(?) Or maybe it's just me haha

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老师真漂亮😅

[@1ntsaismuagvang763]

Hi Som, you are a very good Chinese teacher. How many year do I have to learn and be able to understand the Chinese language?

[@fernandoo.8737]

I loved the face the husband made at 5:14 hahaha

[@vmasci1212]

I love your new haircut! How could I say that in Chinese!

[@AniProGuy]

I am also sure you are my native chinese speaking teacher :)

[@malleus2997]

Now we need a follow-up video for the %10 part

[@Hydrus606]

I love you

[@fara2663]

The examples u use are funny and terrifying at the same time))))

[@pwongil]

You are great and gorgeous. Thanks 😊 감사합니다 from Incheon city South Korea

[@benthelearner6104]

For me most of the time 就 means "Really". A bit like 真的。 In fact I do not use it and when I read it, I ignore it... I think that eventually the mroe I will read and listen, the more I will "feel" how to use it.

[@tamaskajdon2644]

Sawadee! 你就是很厉害啊! 匈牙利的问候, Tamás (Thomas)

[@wilburslug140]

Like the Nike shoe motto I think, "Just do it -" - 就是做了