For anyone that is wondering. 任何 rènhé is the proper way to say "any". And as I mentioned in the video 多少 meaning "any" is actually incorrect towards the beginning of the video. In other words, 我没有多少朋友 would actually be "I don't have many friends" or "I have few friends." So 多少 would mean "how much, how many, many, or much". Adding 没有 just before it would be "not much or not many". However, when adding 根本,基本上,or 几乎 before the statement then the meaning would turn into "I principally/fundamental don't have many friends" or "I basically don't have many friends". That said, I don't anyone personally that speaks that way, at least not in the USA. So the closest translation that I can come up with is "I pretty much don't have any friends" which would mean the same thing as "I basically don't have many friends." Hopefully this helps everyone understand what 根本,基本上, etc does to the sentence. For easier lessons, watch anyone of my other videos, thank you. 😊🙏❤❤❤
@Joyful_Mandarin_Story7 ай бұрын
You do a really good job on teaching Chinese! From a native speaker
@Saolong886 ай бұрын
hope you better 😊
@zhouwu10 ай бұрын
As a Chinese native speaker not living in a Chinese speaking country, I'm impressed. This video is like music to my ears. It's such a powerful way to learn.
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! It really means something especially coming from a native speaker. ❤ Where are you living now, if you don’t mind me asking?
Pretty cool. I'd like a version of this video without the pinyin. when there is pinyin, the brain tends to watch the pinyin and disregard the Chinese characters. With no pinyin a bit harder at the beginning, but brain goes on autopilot fairly quickly and learns those characters and connects them to the sounds. keep it up!
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I agree. I’ve struggled with whether I should put pinyin or leave it out. Maybe in the future I can make two versions of each video and put them in the “with pinyin” and “w/o pinyin” playlists. But I agree. Even though I read Chinese fairly well, if pinyin is there, I have to force myself not to look 👀🤦♂️ lol 😂
@doer-knower9 ай бұрын
Consider putting it in for a few seconds, dropping it, and then occasionally re showing it. Tks! I subscribed. To do a high performance show and hide, cover the alphabetic part (letters) by overlaying the same letters in the background color, and leave the tonal accents showing.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
@@doer-knower 这是个很好的主意!谢谢!你给的建议都是好的。下个课程我试一下。😊
@ruthxk78449 ай бұрын
Not even supposed to be learning Chinese right now but it was so enjoyable that I watched the whole thing! Well done :')
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
😂😁 nice! Keep it up 👍 you might become fluent without even trying 😉
@fualfalo11 ай бұрын
This is a great method for studying a language. It is enjoyable to combine all these words and make understandable sentences. Thank you so much.
@learnpromandarin11 ай бұрын
谢谢你了🙏😁
@jazlynnrenaeaguon11759 ай бұрын
I've been learning Mandarin for almost 4 years and recently started HSK 4, but I still struggle to build sentences and expand my vocabulary. The structure of your lesson is so interactive and easy to follow. I'll definitely be applying this to my studies. Thank you!!! Liked & subscribed!
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Nice. Thank you! I honestly love the HSK material, much of it is really common to day to day conversation. But it nice to be able to expand on the structures they give you with more native style Chinese. Thanks for the support 😊🙏
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Question do you have Chinese friends or a group/organization that speaks Chinese regularly? If not, this is one of the quickest ways. Also a study partner, native or not, that is willing to speak with you only in Mandarin. You’ll get there so much faster, even if you don’t live in China. Of course, living in China is the best way, but that can’t happen right away for all of us. Anyway, let me know if this helps 🙏🤞🏻😊
@Gcc-xy5uc9 ай бұрын
试一下用小红书或者bilibili之类的社交媒体嘛,在那个环境里能学到的东西就比较多了。
@chamorvenigo9 ай бұрын
Cool. I recognize what was presented as "progressive schematization" with the creator's intention being "typical" and practical sentence to interact with a local.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Yessir. 😁Especially since these are typical ways that Chinese express themselves. BTW, are you Chinese yourself? If so, which part of China are you from? 谢谢你愿意看我的视频!😊🙏
@dalmiroiturriago57099 ай бұрын
Thanks for your teachings. Used with my kids in order to improve our Mandarín. Greetings from Valledupar Colombia
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
That’s awesome 😎 it is definitely a great way to take your Mandarin a notch. I use the YCT books for my kids as well and their Mandarin improved so quickly. I made this channel, because I found my kids liked watching videos than listening to me teach them directly 😅 it worked. They’ve learned so quickly
@Romo205510 ай бұрын
You are gonna grow very quickly within this community simply by the value that you provide! Good luck and thank you!
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊🙏❤️
@wonderland58689 ай бұрын
Wooow what amazing Chanel I found!!. 谢谢老师,我很喜欢你的方法,太牛了!
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
非常感谢你的评论!这样的评价鼓励我继续拍视频和教中文。 😊🙏❤️
@noxiousdow8 ай бұрын
Very interesting way to teach using language chunks you can plug in to different slots. I'm sure it would help with fluency for people who tend to try to build sentences from scratch word by word.
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
I hope people can memorize the overall flow of each sentence structure and know which words to swap in and out. It definitely helps for speaking fluently. In other words, it takes out all the translating in the head and the guesswork. Thank you for your comment. 😊🙏
@FERNANDOPENAS7 ай бұрын
This is an amazing method to learn a language. You pretty much dont need to bother with grammar since the structue is given in a very visual form. Amazing.
@learnpromandarin7 ай бұрын
😂👍🏻 yep
@learnpromandarin7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment. I love it
@g.dalazenm.3810 ай бұрын
Great video!I've been studying chinese on and off for a few years but it's hard to actually learn sentence structures like this sometimes, I really liked this model. You just gained a subscriber!
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
谢谢你的评价。 🙏😁
@alexrediger20999 ай бұрын
Great job. Great teaching tool and method-- I'll keep following.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Nice! 非常感谢你 🙏
@nickmg40088 ай бұрын
Thanks a million mate, this is great!
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
不客气😉
@edaumaysol9 ай бұрын
I randomly took Chinese in high school years ago but still get random Chinese videos in my recommended.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Hopefully this is a good random video 😉
@leia65919 ай бұрын
this was really fun, thank you! i've already had a decent understanding of chinese grammar/sentence structure, but your explanations helped a lot and the practice exercises was helpful! definitely keeping me motivated getting back into learning the language
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
That is so awesome to hear!感谢你的评价! 加油! ❤😁🙏
@chenzenzo9 ай бұрын
I grew up in The Bay Area with a lot of Cantonese speakers but now live in Boston where most people outside Chinatown speak Mandarin Chinese. Just by seeing this spreadsheet I can tell this video is going to be better than most. The tones can be an issue but with practice and learning from native speakers, I know I'll get much more proficiency as I use it. Great video! BuKahjie..
adding pictures to portray a meaning of the word was actually a smart move 👍ima like and subscribe fr
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Thank you thank you 🙏😊 I appreciate your support 感谢你订阅和支持我
@theyazzledazzle10 ай бұрын
This was so flippin helpful!!!
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for the compliment.
@ananana0013 ай бұрын
you dont know how blessed i am for having found your channel! your content is so great and helpful, thank you so much !! ♥♥
@learnpromandarin3 ай бұрын
😊🙏🏻❤️ thank you for the kind words. If you don’t mind me asking. What are your goals for learning Chinese? I will make videos in the future about different methods of learning languages, but mostly Chinese. Of course, this isn’t the only way 😉😁
@trangcao272811 ай бұрын
Very useful! Thank you for a great video! You just got a new subscriber.
@learnpromandarin11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub! 非常感谢你订阅!
@habiba461810 ай бұрын
I really did enjoy this, keep it up!
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
非常感谢你的评价。你也一样!加油!😁👍🏻
@PCDisciple9 ай бұрын
Excellent video, super useful!!
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I appreciate that! 非常感谢你😊🙏
@adriansidor47259 ай бұрын
Nice one bro, sub!
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
谢谢哥们儿!😉👍🏻
@evelinsihombing10999 ай бұрын
Very very good, I understand it quickly, keep make it sir.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
谢谢🙏我一定会😊
@royalhhm899 ай бұрын
Thank you. It is easy to learn for beginners. For me, it is horrible nightmare to learn mandarin. 😂. Finally, I found a way to learn memorize words.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
It's a tough language for sure. But a friend of mine told me once, "Hey you know how stupid we were in highschool?" (Me) "Uh huh" (Him) "Yeah, well, we can speak Chinese fluently now." (Me) "Yeah" (Him) "So that's means just about anybody can do it, I mean, if they put their mind to it." 🧐 It's true, to took a lot of effort and a lot of tears, but we got through it. 😂 If you don't already have a partner that is willing to speak Mandarin with you all the time, whether or not they are native, find one. 😊👍
@davidscottkrause19 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great lessons.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Glad you like them! 我也感谢你看我频道的视频。你这样支持我太好了 ☺️🙏
@sophia-xy3lq9 ай бұрын
Thank you !
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
不客气😉👍🏻
@MrPiksovs8 ай бұрын
great video will be watching this a couple of times. would love some tips on where to go next, im currently just practicing tones, tounge positions and basic grammar.
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
Honestly, there's a couple channels that I recommend for pronunciation, but ultimately it'll depend on who you have as a friend or mentor that speaks Chinese with you or who you decide to imitate. Here's an awesome video for pronunciation. I'll do a similar lesson in the future, but for now, check his out. He's got excellent pronunciation 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ3Ee2RoqdKnq5Y Also, let him know that Learn Pro Mandarin sent you. Thanks 😊🙏
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
Also as for basic grammar. All my lessons, although are stand alone (supplemental lessons), they assume you know nothing and quickly build to intermediate level of fluency in each video. You really can get fluent between these videos combined with a structured curriculum in the shortest time possible. Now, as for those kinds of lessons, I highly recommend picking up this series of books, if you haven't done so already. amzn.to/47X6p54 It really does help. And gives you the appropriate practice with the most common style sentence structures. My videos take a lot of these lessons and enhances them to an intermediate level quickly. By the time you finish level 3 or 4, provided that you've practiced with someone (native or not) that speaks fluent Chinese, you will become fluent yourself. I can promise that. Most of what is taught in those books, you'll hear from day-to-day. My lessons, teach that plus alternative methods of saying the same phrase, that you might also hear a native speaker say. Hopefully that helps. 😉👍
@MrPiksovs8 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin yo dude thank you so much, greatly appreciated! its not nearly as scary as when I first had the idea to learn, really falling in love with the language community thank you again much love
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
@@MrPiksovs it’s honestly a lot of fun. On the internet there are some trolls and bad actors, but for the most part people are great in the language community. And Chinese people are very nice, and appreciative of people learning their language. You’ll find it easy to learn Chinese because of it
@empawprint10 ай бұрын
The way you speak chinese is so comfortable to listen to. Its like a blessing for my ears.
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for those kind words 🙏🙏🙏
@TravelChannelOne10 ай бұрын
Thank you...these have been nothing short of exceptional....
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying them 😁 谢谢。我很高兴你能享受我的频道 🙏👍🏻
@sevy37729 ай бұрын
This is the best structure I’ve ever seen! Please keep doing these videos😭🩷
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏😊 I appreciate the compliment.
@RedDesertRoz9 ай бұрын
oh wow, how good is this lesson? How good is this channel?? Glad I found it. Thanks so much.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
谢谢你的评论。谢谢你的支持。😊🙏
@manman232210 ай бұрын
OMG thank you so much for this awesome video! I needed it so much! They way you explain everything is really helpful. I'm not good with long sentences in Chinese and even if I understand them, I can't make them well. So this is exactly what I needed! You really motivate me and help me love Chinese more!
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Thank you for those kind words! 🙏 I’m glad I could help. Truthfully, the gratitude is what encourages me to keep making these videos 😊 Keep it up! Don’t give up on Chinese 😉 it’ll get easier, I promise 👍🏻
@Reddheade9 ай бұрын
I am studying Mandarin at a major university but find what you offer much more helpful! You are unlocking my understanding of the confusion I have felt when trying to speak correctly. For instance, 打狗看主人. Dǎ gǒu kàn zhǔrén. Mind whose dog it is before you strike seemed something I would never think to say. And speaking of staying on the horse odder still. But I have to remind myself it is NOT English. And strive to learn how it is understood in Chinese culture, which I love. You are helping me with that. Thank you. I sing and record in Chinese, even successfully competing in Chinese college works events and it is good, but that is a script and I am just mimicking what I read in pinyin and hear the pronunciation, and I am a good mimic. Very badly I want to be able to converse and not always use a written translator, which is often wrong because I use the wrong English words to translate. I feel taking your information, writing it out, practicing and studying it repeatedly will be my map out of this maze....so I begin......谢谢 我的中文名字是罗云熙. It was given to me in by my professor, turns out it is a famous male Chinese actor.....hahahhahaha
I have a Chinese roommate but he speaks Fuzhou dialect and is taking Mandarin in college. RATS! I listen to various Chinese videos, which are dubbed in Mandarin, and over time have come to recognize when a subtitle is not saying what the actor is saying but I am a long way from the proficiency you offer. I am able to type pinyin with tones so it converts to characters so I am slowly recognizing more characters. I am taking your lessons, creating my own documents with columns of your words in pinyin and characters (without the background color) putting in the English meanings (the various ones you present to further drill meanings into my mind) on the chart than making a recording of your voice to listen to as I work on creating sentences on my computer and pronouncing the Chinese words properly. And then writing out different sentence combinations from your lessons with translations to practice and own. WHEW! I really love doing this although it is intense. You are fortunate to have a Chinese wife to speak with, thank you again for your hard work, it is very generous of you.😌@@learnpromandarin
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I feel like whatever method you use, you’ll pick up on Mandarin relatively quickly, just based your commitment. That’s probably 80% of it right there. Which includes the willingness and bravery to go up to a Chinese native and speak to them or attend social gatherings or clubs that are predominantly conducted in Mandarin. The rest is material and method Thanks again so much for communicating with me about this. As much as I probably have encouraged you in your studies, I believe comments like yours really encourages me to keep making this content. Just knowing it is helping someone 😁🙏❤️
@Reddheade9 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarinYour pronunciation is soooo good!! Along with my writing and typing your charts, I listen to audios of your lessons in my car. In class at UVA the Professor did a little of this work but not in the way you have, SO many options to build sentences. RESPECT! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@Reddheade9 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin A little bit more about me and my passion for language and culture. Here is a link to our National Chinese Expo submission that has been accepted for publication which is an honor. Especially to me because this is an all Chinese event and I was worried about my pronunciation under such scrutiny but it seems to be acceptable. I have 3 Chinese songs on my channel ( I sang the Moon Represents for the UVA language dept at an event) a Korean song and several "Merican" (hahaha) songs back in the day. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKPQcn-rZdZohaM. Thank you again 老师🙏
@dashumandarin8 ай бұрын
超棒的视频,特别清晰易懂!
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
非常感谢你!你们的频道也真好! 🤠👍🏻🙏
@brownnup978210 ай бұрын
1. wo genben bu xiang qu 2. ni jihu bu xiang zuo zuoye 3. tamen zuo wan le ma
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
第一和第三是对的,第二应该要说 “你根本不想去”
@brownnup978210 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin 好的, 多谢。因为几乎 is more “almost” compared to "pretty much"?
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
@@brownnup9782 And can be used with 没有 to become "pretty much doesn't". Whereas it isn't used with 不 in this video. But if I said 他几乎不来, I’m saying “he pretty much doesn’t ever come” or “he hardly ever comes “ something like that. However, when paired up with a verb (like 做) and then 完了 it becomes "almost"😉 I try not to explain too many rules in the videos, because sometimes you can get bogged down by too much grammar and it becomes hard to get a sentence out. Hopefully that helps 😊👍
@TheLegalCriminal-rp7cf10 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin That makes sense. I've heard it used that way too.
@cassiuslives48079 ай бұрын
Very clever
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
谢谢🙏
@valentinapaziy8 ай бұрын
лучший вариант обучения, что мне попадался. Спасибо!
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
No problem 😉 thank you 😊🙏
@pushpalathamanchukonda-ht9dv10 ай бұрын
Wow… u can make more than hundred sentences and or questions using this pattern.. really cool..
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
That's what I love about this method ✌️😁
@schinsky68339 ай бұрын
"But since this is how they say it, we´re going to say it that way". Chinese grammar in a nutshell :D
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 ain’t that the truth 😉😁
@VRodz-1110 ай бұрын
Subscribe button smashed 🎉. Great way to learn vocabulary and sentence formation. Learn Mandarin to be able to speak with my co- worker (though she's fluent in English, there's nothing like being able to speak your mother tongue with someone else).
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
😁😁😁 thank you so much! I’m glad you like it. 👍🏻
@Xsksnssjccxghb9 ай бұрын
I BASIUCALLY ALMOST HAVE NO FRIENDS.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I think we all feel that way sometimes. 😔
@nurerd45059 ай бұрын
Hi, I must say this is a great source. I have recently started learning Mandarin. Just for the future if words have the english meaning that would be great, I would like to make a note from these but keep forgetting the words meaning. Even if there is not, not an issue I can find while I write or relisten.Thank you so much for this content
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
At first it’ll be hard to remember, but as you exercise your ability to retrieve the words you’re trying to remember, it’ll get easier and easier. 一开始会很难。但你继续努力学习,你会增强你的记忆力。会越来越容易。我答应你肯定会成功。加油! 😁👍🏻
@nurerd45059 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin thank you~
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
@@nurerd4505不客气😉
@HeckYeahProductions11 ай бұрын
Estoy aprendiendo mucho chino gracias a tus videos.
我沒有錢也沒有朋友。。 也= also ye也 is a conjunction between no money and friend.
@SmellyBodega10 ай бұрын
i ve been a casual learner for a year now, maybe and honest 1-3 hours of study / audiobooks and this video is such a solid recap
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
❤ thank you so much. I really appreciate the compliment. 🙏😊 hopefully this helps you on a path to fluency. I would also check out liaodan. She doesn’t speak English in any of her videos. But she has amazing pronunciation and teaches only one to two grammar points each lesson. Great for listening comprehension. 👍🏻
@詹老-j5r10 ай бұрын
Hey, love the video and could you drop the link to the Liaodan channel since i could not find it @learnpromandarin
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Here you go ✌🏻 youtube.com/@DANLIAOFreeToLearnChinese?si=Noi1nSXoSxdANEF2
@appletvaccount136410 ай бұрын
After about 4000 hours(wild guess, it’s been 15 years) of learning Mandarin Chinese I’ve seen it all. I’m still not conversational but actually what you show is a fun way to do busy work in Starbucks and be creative with sentences. You can do it with any sentence. I’ve filled one or the other 40 page notebook with splitting up sentences like this. Just make sure it’s a legit sentence from a real conversation or a real book, and not the artificial 💩 you get from school books. If you download Chinese Text Analyser you will see for yourself that 30-60% of real life Mandarin Chinese (like a conversation about buying stuff in the supermarket) is NOT covered by HSK1-6. So basically HSK is a waste of time (or a great business, depends on your viewpoint) but studying and playing with real sentences like shown in this video will help you more. I guess.
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
That is really well put. Same with those learning English. How many textbooks in the US, or California anyway, say “imunna get su’m tuh eat”. None, they’ll say “I’m going to (or gonna) get something to eat.” And that’ll work for most people. But then most people over here don’t say it textbook style with perfect pronunciation and grammar, and somehow everyone still understands each other 🤔 Welp, that’s my observation of Chinese. I do learn some things from HSK textbooks every now and then, but mostly it’s an explanation of words I already learned from just speaking with Chinese, and then they proceed to break all the rules 🤣 Thank you for your comment 🙏 I hope to provide value to all those learning Mandarin. Your words are encouraging.
@zeebest100410 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin New beginner, I’m thinking LISTENING is the most important skill. But I’m a monoglot American so what do I know?
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
@zeebest1004 I’ve heard of this theory. There’s a lot of debate as to which way is best 🤔 Well, I’d say all of them lol. Just put in the work and you’ll become fluent 😉 Now, I do agree with you. In fact, I highly recommend at least two other channels to watch with which I have no affiliation, but think everyone would benefit. Tons of amazing listening comprehension. LiaoDan is an amazing teacher and her pronunciation is the closest thing to perfect. Not all natives have a perfectly clear and standard “Mandarin “ pronunciation. Chinese natives even discuss this issue all the time (their own pronunciation). I pinned the links in my comment at the top. The other is a channel with 3 Chinese natives that discuss a variety of topics. Both excellent channels. Now, couple that with the ability to construct your own sentences that mimic the native, as well as a short period of time (I’d say 6 months to a year) and voila! You’re fluent. When I say fluent, I don’t mean perfect. But you’ll be able to and have the confidence to speak on a variety of topics fluently. Good luck! 加油!😊👍🏻❤️
@Soreto2310 ай бұрын
You've been learning Chinese for 15 years and you're not fluent? I guess you have to have talent to not be conversational after 15 years with so many learning tools these days
@WhatIsThis-zq4hk10 ай бұрын
If you can't even hold a conversation after 15 years, then you are doing something wrong. I know people who are conversational in under 6 months. You desperately need real immersion and not grammar drills in notebooks
@mdr80629 ай бұрын
We have the same accent 🥰
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
In English or Chinese? Or both? 😉😁
@okay47099 ай бұрын
ni genben bu xiangqu ni genben bu xiang zuo zuoye ta men zuo wanle ma --> tamen jihu wanle
Thank you. Honestly though, I don’t feel too smart, but I do appreciate the compliment 😊 I feel like sharing whatever knowledge I have, so we can all benefit. ❤️
@doer-knower9 ай бұрын
Beware of that compliment. I've heard it many times over a long life, whenever I pronounce a few sentences in one language. That compliment is to be answered by "Where?" In Chinese. You can make a video 2min long to explain it. It's basically as if in one particular culture it was deemed forbidden to acknowledge one's skill (superiority, competency, etc) so you ask Where? Where That Other Person is, who is being pointed at. If the same notion existed in the Bible it'd be "Thou Shalt Not feel better than your others and Thou Shalt also Not Show any feeling better than others either" When you hear that compliment, your spider sense should tingle because it's a test of your egocentered-ness, a simple litmus test coming from the outside world. Responding by Talking about your Relative Merit is not the way to pass that test. Hope this input helps in general. I subscribed. Tks @learnpromandarin !
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
@@doer-knower That's very true. Interesting the difference in cultures. But you're right 哪里 is definitely one of the most commons ways to respond to that. Thank you for the sub! 😊🙏
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
@@doer-knower Another one when I first started learning Chinese, I'd say "你好,你会说中文吗?" They'd respond ”你的中文说得太好了“ or ”你的中文怎么那么好!" 😆The culture is just extremely polite to foreigners who are barely starting to learn Chinese. Which is encouraging at the beginning. ❤ But once they get to really know you, or your Chinese passes a certain level. They might be surprised at first, but then they'll treat you just like anyone else. The compliments aren't as grandiose
@AS-wi6hr11 ай бұрын
This is the first video of yours I'm watching, and you're doing an amazing job! (I'm almost at 10 minutes point) it reminds me of the method used in 'English Grammar in Use' (A self-study reference and practice book for learners of English, by Raymond Murphy) I learned English using that book on my own (well obviously I kept reading and reading and used dictionaries) I wish there was a book like that for other languages. Outlining the [grammatical] structure of a language, after that it just filling in the details which is basically more reading. I hope you have videos like this one for Chinese grammar. The English book I mentioned started simple (but with a roadmap in mind and very good break down of the whole thing) things like present simple, present continuous, past, past continuous, future, etc. ... obviously now that I'm thinking of it "if" comes to mind, "passive" (was done/were done) comes to mind and so on ... if you haven't yet, hope you go to that direction of teaching, it's very effective.
@learnpromandarin11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the comment. I will check out that book now. I learned this style of teaching from “Learn Spanish” KZbin channel. It is a British guy who teaches Castilian Spanish. He does an excellent job, so I decided to give it a try and I learned Spanish faster that way than I ever did in high school or college. I stopped studying Spanish, because I decided to focus in this channel, and using the same method. It really works! Btw, what is your mother tongue, if you don’t mind me asking? Again, thank you for the book recommendation. 😊🙏
@AS-wi6hr11 ай бұрын
I was born in an Armenian family, in Tehran, Iran. So we spoke Armenian at home. Also the neighborhood has a lot of Armenians living, so I spoke the language with them too. Persian ('lingua franca' and also the official language of Iran), obviously I learned it first on the streets as a kid, then the school and university material were in Persian. I also lived in Armenia for more than 10 years. So I speak both of the languages quite fluently (like a native's first language) but I would consider my 'mother tongue' to be Armenian, cause I remember as I kid I noticed I had to learn 'a new tonality' for sentences in Persian to make questions, express surprise, etc (on top of new vocabulary and grammar, but changing the tonality [accent] from the 'default (Armenian)' one was tricky 😋😅.) About the book, most welcome, don't mention it cause I guess it's one of the most famous books (if not the most famous.) That's the only book I read for English grammar and after that I just kept reading things in English (I was a computer science major, the good stuff was in English) The book does a very good job of outlining the grammar structure of English language, also it is written for being self studied.@@learnpromandarin
@learnpromandarin11 ай бұрын
@@AS-wi6hr This is what I love about the online language learning community. There are so many resources and there’s many willing to share their knowledge and resources. I love hearing about experiences and love for language learning. I wish I had learned more languages. But learning Mandarin as well as a little bit of Spanish. I can say that I’m fascinated with each language’s ability to express yourself. Each language is unique and helps open your understanding to new ideas and ways of thinking, both in the language and the culture of the speakers. Btw, when I started this channel, I thought I was only reaching out to Americans because of my perspective of teaching the language. I was completely surprised to see people from all over the world viewing and subscribing to this channel. It makes me think that we all belong to this awesome community and have common interests. My ultimate goal is to freely give whatever info and understanding I have of Mandarin through 18 years of speaking it (off and on). Thank you so much for your comments. I really do appreciate it. Also if you have any topics you’d like to cover. Any grammar that’s confusing or anything, lemme know 😊👍🏻
@AS-wi6hr11 ай бұрын
As I'm thinking about my 'soon to be posted' comment (cause you touched many subjects that's also interesting for me, and also makes me think, the comment is going to be long) but before that how can we contact each other outside of this 'comment box' I had never before felt like I need to directly write to the creator of a KZbin channel, is there a gmail email associated with the channel. I could write my email here, but kind of it's a public place and thousands will see my email, but the same thing is true for your personal contact info, so what's the solution to this @@learnpromandarin 😕
@AS-wi6hr11 ай бұрын
"This is what I love about the online language learning community. There are so many resources and there’s many willing to share their knowledge and resources." Oh this actually goes beyond just 'language learning community' ... I would categorize them as 'really cool people' who like/enjoy sharing their knowledge, teach and help others, generally they are 'learners' too, meaning they enjoy learning new stuff. And it's not limited to 'language learning community,' computer science, physics, mathematics, languages [obviously] it happens in all fields.{Actually I guess computer programmers (geeks) started it, having said that, I also must say, not because of any special merit, but because the technology wasn't there for other things (internet was difficult to use, bandwidth was not there, sound quality was not there, reach was not there (computers were expensive, computers were text only, and on and on) ... so about you wishing you had learned more languages, I guess I have good news for you, now it's the best time to learn languages. When I was 19, 20 who could imagine having a Russian language class with a native Russian teacher, and immediately after that another class with a native Chinese speaker, and another class with a native Italian (all on italki) {it was during the pandemic, so I thought let me try making the quarantine a little bit more interesting and except for the Russian teacher I told the rest I'm just bored and I'm not a student, but I would like to know more about your languages} so you're right on time actually, the ship that went threw a lot of storms shipped and you missed it, the weather is right for a smooth sail now {enjoyable, efficient, never seen before learning experience ... by the way talking Chinese 17, 18 years [ib and off] 😲 ... I was surprised to read that! ... I'm not a language learner, I approach Chinese like I approach Sudoku, I play around with when I'm bored and I want to take my mind off other things. But certainly I'll keep in touch! Or who knows in a comment I might write down, from a learner's perspective, what I could really use as a learner (and haven't seen it yet, cause otherwise I would have certainly followed it up) @@learnpromandarin
@swanepoel471410 ай бұрын
thx
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
NP 😉
@Being_33310 ай бұрын
I need some content to practice my listening but I didn’t know what I should watch/listen to can someone recommend something?
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
This is an amazing channel. I love her content. Perfect pronunciation too. youtube.com/@DANLIAOFreeToLearnChinese?si=hK3rgjw7yvDJlSq5
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
These guys interview a lot of people. It’s a podcast that has characters and pinyin as well. Great content youtube.com/@DashuMandarin?si=uuJEbAb-PVQUArx5
@Zikr-ul-Islam10 ай бұрын
Very good and effective way I like it very much
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Awesome! I’m glad you liked the video. 谢谢!我希望这种方法会帮助很多人把中文学会得快点。 😁🙏
@Y先生-s4o10 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Very practical for listening & speaking. The 儿 was explained spot on! I see “完了” as 完 = finish/end and 了 = -ed, thus 完了 = finished/ended 😉
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 🙏 These explanations will definitely help out other Mandarin learners. Any extra help or explanations are always welcome 🤗
@albertorodriguez70249 ай бұрын
fantastic ◇
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
谢谢你🙏
@13hehe9 ай бұрын
I learned to speak French by throwing myself and my broken French at French people in France for 3 months. Nice thing is the French correct me and they do not speak English well. Now, I can speak French more fluidly than people who actually took years of school French classes. So NOW, I learn the grammar and it's less painful.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I agree. Same here with Chinese. I don’t like teaching grammar rules, because it makes it harder to speak the language. I like teaching it this way, because it’s like having a friend just telling you how to say, not why it makes sense or the rules behind it. 😁 Thanks for the comment. You’re right on 🙏😊👍🏻
@13hehe9 ай бұрын
Thank YOU! Chinese is my native tongue, and I admire the earnest efforts to learn it. It is quite unlike the process for an English speaker learning French or Italian for example. It's a whole new system... I find the KZbin language learning videos in general to be more stimulating than school language lessons, where the former is actually intended for you to use the language as it is alive and lived in, rather than a rigid test... @@learnpromandarin
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
@@13hehe that is so cool. It sounds like you are at least trilingual now 😁 I eventually need to go back to working on my Spanish, but sometimes I feel like my Chinese needs a lot of work 😬 No matter how much I learn, I always feel there’s room for improvement. Honestly though, I believe your method of throwing yourself in there is the best. When I lived in China, my Chinese improved the fastest. I even felt weird speaking English when I came back to the US 😂
@Sk0lzky9 ай бұрын
I have no patience to do my mandarin homework since middle school when I tried first time. I'm 28😂
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
😂 yep, It’s tough for sure. I stopped using/studying for a long time myself. I picked it back up again, because I have a reason to use it now. That’s the driving factor.
@mintsjams886210 ай бұрын
Great video, man! Where are you from? You have a similar accent to me and I live in Tennessee 👍
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
lol 😂 no way! I live in southern California. Maybe it’s because I do line work for a living. I’ve worked with dudes all over the country, including Tennessee, Arkansas, etc Lot of good dudes from those places.
@@baikamara1041 谢谢你回复我。不好意思,我刚才看到了。KZbin把你的评论藏起来 😬 我通过KZbin Studio 才发现你十一天前回复了我上面的问题。要不我肯定会早一点感谢你😊🙏
@someoneelse69348 ай бұрын
I have often thought that doing something like this would make a fanatic language app. Load with various parts of speech and then have it generate sentences to quiz you with. Does anyone know if anything like this exists?
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
That would be awesome 😎 Honestly one of the main reasons I made this channel is because no one else doing this already. An app would be way more efficient 👍🏻
@Umaykalamay10 ай бұрын
i lik this new subscriber here
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
谢谢 ☺️🙏
@FFFF-ct6oj10 ай бұрын
in part 3, you can also say 我快做完了。 快.....了 structure
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
That’s true. I love it. There’s so many ways to say the same thing in Chinese. I’ll pin this to the top. Thanks these comments, they’re really helpful 😁
@Julez1088 ай бұрын
You got me with that clickbait shit brah
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
Somehow I feel like that's a compliment 😂😂 Thanks
@Julez1088 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin 間違いない
@LingGuzman10 ай бұрын
exercice (i can't put the accent tones sorry ) 1- wo genbenbu shi qu 2- ta genben bushi zuo zuoye 3- tamen zuo le ma ? 4- chabuduo or chabuduo zuo la (ainting for any correction or tips)
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
Awesome! I will put up a video showing how to type in Chinese on the phone and on the computer soon 😊 Characters or pinyin (with or without tones) are all acceptable 😉 Below are the answers in characters 1- 我根本不想去 2- 你根本不想做作业 3- 他们做完了吗? 4- 他们几乎做完了, 他们差不多做完了,or 他们马上做完了。 Any one of those would be correct. In an earlier comment, a Chinese viewer mentioned that you could also say 他们快做完了。 All of these would be correct, and I’m sure there’s even more ways than that. 😉 At first it might seem daunting, but after a while, it is fun to learn all these ways. I promise you’ll enjoy it. Hopefully this helps and keep it up! 继续努力!加油! ❤
@justinstorm9 ай бұрын
Kinda reminds me of Michel Thomas
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Wow! I had never heard of that before. I just watched a video on that. Thanks 🙏
@Saolong886 ай бұрын
没有多少朋友=don’t have many(not any) friends,= 很少的朋友=few friends. In this sentence 多少=很多=many=or how many /much
are you sure that Lai as in "in order to" is written with that character? Isn't it supposed to be 为了
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
Good question. 为了 means in order to at the beginning of a sentence. 来 has more meaning than just “to” or “in order to”, but in this sentence that’s the closest translation you’re going to get. You will find in the Pleco app that there are at least 36 different usages for the character 来 and how they can be used in English. So if I said “in order to study Chinese, I use a dictionary.” 为了学中文,我用一个词典。Therefore I use 为了 at the beginning of the sentence. But if I say “I use a dictionary in order to study Chinese.” Or “I use a dictionary to study Chinese” which means the same thing, I can use 来 in this case 我用词典来学中文。 And I place it in the middle of the sentence before the verb. Idk if you’ve studied other European languages like Spanish, they use “para” as in “in order to” before a verb in the middle of a sentence for the same reason. Hopefully this helps. Thanks for the question. 😊🙏👍🏻
@PagliaCappello8 ай бұрын
Wow that's a good answer. Thank you!! @@learnpromandarin
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
@@PagliaCappello Thank you. Anything I can do to help, I'll do my best 😊
@Liu_667 ай бұрын
I am Chinese native speaker and I just want to say this is completely the way that how I learn English😂
@learnpromandarin7 ай бұрын
That is awesome 😎 it really can be applied to any language 😉
@alexanderramos30268 ай бұрын
我跟你說,你的中文很好 😮
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
谢谢。我最主要的目的是帮助别人快点的提高他们中文。 😊
@alexanderramos30268 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin 非常感謝 ,如何學好中文 yo he aprendido algunas cosas como saludos otras expresiones lo que me cuesta es el tono me gustó tu método es muy bueno pero no entiendo mucho el ingles soy de Honduras y no tengo como pagar un curso de ningún idioma solo se que todo lo que te escribo en mandarín lo he aprendido solo y se como escribir y pronunciar muchas gracias eres el primero que me presta su atención te felicito
@alexanderramos30268 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin se que ayudas mucho así
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
谢谢。我想要帮忙。我以后慢慢的提供更多用西班牙语的课程来教普通话
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
Discúlpeme por favor. No te he respondido últimamente. Voy a tratar de enseñar mandarín en español más a menudo. Muchísimas gracias 😊🙏
@randomjeff31419 ай бұрын
你在中国多年了? 你的发音很好啊!👍
@Revhead889 ай бұрын
I lold at the pronoun joke. Subtle but I caught it.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
😂 it’s hard for people to figure these things out nowadays…not sure why 😉
@ねこ-p1b7o8 ай бұрын
It seems like just an application of all the vocabulary and grammar you've learnt to think of new sentences. But in order to do that, you need to learn those grammars and vocabs individually first anyway. This probably isn't beginner friendly, probably for those who already know quite a few things already.
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
That’s quite true for this video. Other videos start off with simpler vocabulary and grammar. That said, it saves sooo much time for others that haven’t come across similar vocabulary or sentence structures. I learned Spanish this way and was sooo much faster than my college Spanish class. I was able to construct my own sentences without having to think about grammar rules. This method is so powerful, if you’re learning any language. Thanks for the comment
@asmaaezzat782911 ай бұрын
我基本上不想去 你根本不想做作业 他们做完了吗? 差不多做完了 Are my answers correct ?
do stabdard chinese speakers use 它 as it for animals?
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Yes. It is used for 东西 and for 事情. They just don’t use it nearly as much as we do in English. For example, 是昨天买的。 “Was yesterday bought.” Makes no sense in English, but it does in Chinese. If you put “it” at the beginning of the sentence, then it would make more “It was bought yesterday.” Of course there’s the difference in word order. But in this case, “it” or any noun that is known to the speaker and listener can be omitted. For us we have to say “it”
@sakesaurus9 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin oh it's like dropping I/me in certain sentences it's something i don't quite know yet
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Yep as well as “you” in imperative sentences or when giving suggestions. You could use it, but they hardly ever do. I was talking to my mother-in-law about 它 I said you guys hardly ever use it. She responded, no we always use it 😂😂😂 That’s why I’m teaching Chinese, because foreigners to the language, like you and I, notice more what they do and don’t do more than they notice. When I was young, my parents always had foreign exchange students living with us. They always noticed more about how we said things in English than me or my brothers. We don’t think about how we say stuff in our native language, we just say it. After I gave my mother-in-law a couple examples, she realized that they hardly use 它 😉😂
@sakesaurus9 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin of course. It's like your nose. It's always in your sight so you tend not to see it.
@tak3xshi128 ай бұрын
Isn't 作业 a verb of its own?
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
Good question. Interestingly enough, a lot of verbs can become nouns, and adverbs can become adjectives and vice versa. The Chinese language is very 灵活 (flexible) when it comes to this. So in this case when you say 做作业 it means to do homework/assignment. I looked up what possible verbs it could be, the examples actually all sound like nouns as well, ie field “operations”, or field “work” as in 野外作业. Or underwater operation as in 水下作业. But personally, I’ve never heard of these nouns before anyway. Or it’s just not as common in day to day conversation. It does look like it can mean to “operate”, but not in the medical sense, that would be 手术. Maybe more like operate machinery or something like that. If you know of any or could give me any examples of when it is used as a verb, I’d be interested. Thanks. 🙏
@garrisonshurtliff565311 ай бұрын
Awesome lesson! 我根本不想继续学习中文! lol jk jk 🤣
@learnpromandarin11 ай бұрын
不要放弃🙏😉😂
@garrisonshurtliff565310 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin lol 行!
@manduul.bakhdal9 ай бұрын
我根本沒有多少女朋友
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 love it!
@InspectorA-r2e10 ай бұрын
Wow
@awc72798 ай бұрын
It is interesting that I hear a Cantonese accent from you
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
lol 😂 really? My in-laws are from 东北. Most people say I have more of that accent. It’s possible that with some words I have that kind of accent.
@alexanderramos30268 ай бұрын
Lastima no entiendo inglés
@learnpromandarin8 ай бұрын
不好意思。我打算继续把更多我用英文教中文翻译成西班牙语,希望这样讲西班牙语的人也能学点中文。😉
@alexanderramos30268 ай бұрын
@@learnpromandarin don't worry i understand no te disculpes agradezco tu dedicación no sabes cómo anhelo aprender por un tema de conocimiento y que la cultura china es genial sería excelente ver tu trabajo al español 謝謝 我不知道為什麼,我喜歡國語 還是普通話
@salj.54599 ай бұрын
The best way to learn Chinese is to get the textbook series called Integrated Chinese. Outstanding book
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I’ll check it out 😉😁 Probably that book, and/or the HSK series from Confucius Institute and talking a lot to Chinese (which includes a lot listening to them) 😉 Thanks for the comment.
@eyeofthasky9 ай бұрын
11:10 the le is not redundant since it is the old word liao "finish" grammaticalized to an aspect marker that indicates a final state. without it what u say could also be interpreted as a very (c)rude imperative sentence instead of describing the actual state of affairs right now
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
…but since this is how they say it. We’re gonna say it that way 😉
@antediluvianclockwork97699 ай бұрын
Interesting setup, but who actually uses that type of sentence on a daily basis? It would have been better to use more effective examples.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Good question. It is used everyday, or at least very frequently. The idea here is to understand how to express yourself like a native. It may not be those exact examples, however I’ve heard natives exaggerate with those exact phrases 😉 他根本没有多少钱。 In each video, which are stand-alone lessons, I stray from beginner in the particular phrases I’m teaching and move to intermediate level sentences. All of which are practical, common ways of speaking. Used quite frequently. Hopefully this helps. Thanks for the question 😊🙏
@maxxie62759 ай бұрын
As a native speaker, it depends on context too. For example, even though 根本means pretty much, if you want to say "I pretty much don't have a lot of friends", 基本上 and 几乎fit a lot better. If you were to use 根本:"我根本没多小朋友", it just sounds off. Not sure how to explain it but it's one of those things that you just have to keep practicing to differentiate.
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I understand what you mean. Kinda like saying “grab me one of them tools” but plenty of people say it throughout the United States. I feel more comfortable saying “grab me one of those tools”. Hearing “them” used that way at first sounded weird to me, but then I got used to it. Using 根本 in the way I mentioned it, as a person that lives with natives 😉, I’d say sounds natural to me. I can’t explain it, except I know they use it that way to exaggerate. Do you think it’s possible, that you’re from a different area of China? I don’t want to discount your opinion, but since I’ve heard this usage first hand, I don’t want to discount their Mandarin speaking ability. Naw mean? 😉 希望我说的有道理。我明白大家都有他们自己表达方式,不管是哪个语言。 谢谢你的评论。 😁🙏
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
Btw, i really appreciate your politeness. 😎👍🏻
@janainatemis229810 ай бұрын
there's not only one way to learn this language
@learnpromandarin10 ай бұрын
That is very true! ❤😅 Catchy title though. 😉 Honestly, there’s a lot of amazing teachers on KZbin both native and non-native, and they all have different styles. I agree. 😊👍🏻 For Mandarin, there’s “Everyday Chinese” and “每日中文课 Free To Learn Chinese ” that I highly recommend. Excellent material that I can’t even begin to touch on.
@yurichang30569 ай бұрын
Too correct a little mistake here: 我没有多少钱/朋友 does not really equal to "I have no money/friends at all", rather, it means "I don't have a lot of money/friends" or "I don't have that much money/many friends". But amazing work. Respect
@learnpromandarin9 ай бұрын
I appreciate the correction. You’re right. I wish I could go back to correct it, but KZbin won’t let me make those kinds of corrections. 🤦♂️ I might do an update video here in the future. 😉 The main point of the lesson was to figure out how to use 根本,基本上,吃不多,等等 I appreciate your compliment 😊🙏🙏🙏❤️
@yurichang30569 ай бұрын
hahaha no worries mate. I'm a native speaker so it sounds a bit subtle to me but still I really appreciate your amazing work. You definitely speak great Chinese. Cheers! @@learnpromandarin