Slow & Clear Chinese Listening Practice - Late for Work

[@DataData1000]

I have been studying Chinese for more than ten years. This series probably has the most useful and helpful videos I have seen. If I could have seen these videos ten years ago, my Chinese would have improved much faster. Again, these videos are great. The only thing I would prefer to be different is if the English translations were a little more direct. For example, in this video "jixu shuijiao" 继续睡觉 is translated to "go back to bed". The direct translation is “continue to sleep".

[@chinesepodcast]

Steve D good suggestions!

[@allmendoubt4784]

去睡觉 means go to bed to sleep, as opposed to 去上床 which means get into bed. There are few direct translations to rely on. Phrases hold the key meanings, not direct vocab, and Chinese is less exact than English, its a cultural thing, continue v return.... I see your point entirely. If you're interested in classes in China with some side work I could put you in touch...

[@ngawangck7887]

Thank you so much deeply my heart. I’m a Tibetan medicine doctor and my many of patients from China so it is very very benefit for me.

[@nounardou]

Great work. listening chinese is the hardest. So please continue to provide thess videos.

[@chinesepodcast]

nounou hanzi is also hard to teach

[@jugzster]

Very funny story! I learned a lot. Hope you come back and make more. 多谢！

[@IslamBenfifi]

Please never ever stop!

[@garygreen5670]

It's good to see you're back again. Thanks!

[@Goooogle]

Good video by the way, please don't stop making them :)

[@JaneenHassan]

This is very helpful...i hope i can find more videos like this♥️♥️

[@venugopalnair7597]

I love these videos. listening was the most challenging part for me in the Chinese learning process. These videos help me a lot. I hope that you could make many more such videos. All the best and thank you very much.

[@tuongvantiengtrungphonthe1469]

你的频道很棒！很有用， 感谢您！

[@samanunited555]

this is the best clip for me to make my Chinese class so easy.

[@arnenq5827]

Great content. It's super helpful! Thank you so much!

[@basilerasidy]

Please do more it's so useful ! 很谢谢你

[@03unnati]

感谢老师，你的视频很好。你教方法很好，我懂了都个视频又谢谢老师

[@mmvbat]

多谢了 Thanks for your work!

[@JohnMorrisonmindsmart]

Another great video. I like the pace and quality of your lessons.

[@davidscottkrause1]

That was funny. Even though I've been retired for years, I sometimes have bad dreams that I am late for work and I can't get in the building!

[@techleang8814]

Thank you very much ,all videos are very hopeful

[@techleang8814]

谢谢 你是我们的好老师 我爱你

[@محمدسعد-ع9ح]

谢谢您

[@hlaingminn]

Thanks a lot. It is truly helpful.

[@polygot.m2278]

谢谢我们的老师

[@djamesfrancis]

Hi, great stories / lessons on this channel. What level of HSK do they approximately correspond to? Thanks

[@immersivechinese]

Maybe HSK 3/4? I'm not a big fan of HSK so I don't really pay any attention to it.

[@uchang4522]

thanks

[@rameezshah8227]

i am wondering if there are audios of these videos available? would be very helpful

[@basicinfo6816]

Laoshi Please upload more videos daily :) very interesting videos. xiexie nin.

[@chinesepodcast]

Positive Learner making videos really waste her a lot of time and energy

[@niamhkelly6018]

Hello! Thank you for such helpful videos, I love these! I am wondering wǒ méi tīngjiàn - is the “jiàn” a complement like gěi, wán and dào? And what verbs is it used with? 😃🤔

[@immersivechinese]

Yes, jiàn (见/見) is a compliment, but not a general purpose one. Basically it can only be used with kàn and tīng. It seems weird that sound can be "seen", but tīngjiàn probably developed as a natural pair with the more logical kànjiàn.

[@niamhkelly6018]

Slow & Clear Chinese Thank you so much you’re and excellent lǎoshī 😃

[@zerotzero3550]

谢谢你

[@bartholomeosphinx4382]

太好了

[@vasilepaduret2275]

Que bueno!!! Sigue

[@徐伟英]

These are really helpful jiayou！！！

[@jerrysworld6165]

3:52 4:32 5:05

[@sagadabeans]

0:13 Slow 3:53 Regular Speed

[@hanafitan7731]

if we download every chinese news / movie on youtube channel and then using software to make it slower ? will it work ?

[@immersivechinese]

No, it will sound robotic and weird. That's why I use separate recordings for normal and slow in both the videos and the app.

[@uchang4522]

good, good

[@johnroekoek12345]

Very, very good. I also like to repeat the combinations you say like da4 jia1 hao3. As a Western I can memorize those tones and don't have to remember them separately, cause these tones are unnatural for us. This because we have to block our own tones in which we express our emotions.

[@sabrina3138]

These are amazing! But I have so many questions about grammar that completely contradict all the other grammar I have learned. Could someone fluent in both Mandarin and English or have a high level of Mandarin help me?

[@immersivechinese]

Sure, what questions do you have?

[@sabrina3138]

First one: zai zuihou yitian buguan zenmeyang, wo bu neng zai chidao What is the use of " zai4 " in the sentence? Is it for again? Second one: ruguo, yige yue chidao wu ci yishang jiu fa ni yitian de gongzi. Why is the subject not in this sentence? Is it because it was mentioned before. Also, why is this sentence structured so weirdly? I have studied the structure of basic sentences like with Time, Manner, Time duration and stuff. In a sentence of Subject, time when, manner, location, instrument, target, verb phrase, time duration (this is in order of the actual structure), where would the number of times the verb is done fit into this. 抱歉, 我没有个老师。I have to study on my own, so the questions end up building up. I have more questions for later!😂

[@immersivechinese]

1. Yes, here zài (再) means "again". Zài is a pretty complex word actually and doesn't always correspond to "again" in English, although in this particular case it does. A similar example would be "bú yào zài zuò" (不要再做, don't do it again). I have an app by the way (called "Immersive Chinese") which covers 再 and 又 extensively in lesson 52, you might find it helpful. 2. As for the second one, it's a standard 如果...就 structure, similar to “rúguǒ nǐ qù, wǒ jiù bú qù le" (如果你去，我就不去了, if you go, then I won't go). As you identified, the example in the story is missing a subject. Chinese is a "pro-drop" language, meaning the subject is often dropped where context allows. The full sentence without any dropping would look like: 如果(你)一个月迟到五次以上，(公司)就会罚你一天的工资 (if in one month you are late five times or more, then the company will fine you a day's wages). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language Regards the rest of the sentence, I'm not sure specifically which parts you find confusing. The first part, "yí gè yuè chídào wǔ cì yǐshàng" (一个月迟到五次以上) is normal, similar to yì tiān chī sān dùn fàn" (一天吃三顿饭, eat three meals a day) or yí gè xīngqī shàng wǔ cì kè (一个星期上五次课, have five classes a week). As general advice, I would say it isn't a good idea to analyse Chinese sentences too closely from a grammatical perspective. Applying the logic of European languages to Chinese will drive you mad! It's best just to expose yourself to as much of the language as possible and mimic what you hear, rather than trying to form sentences according to a formula.

[@sabrina3138]

@Slow & Clear Chinese Oh my god! Thank you!

[@annalim3050]

Great work, but I think you miss 2 or 3 words in English translations.

[@Mike-sb3uc]

Does 不管怎么样 mean "no matter what"?

[@immersivechinese]

Yes, "no matter what", "regardless". "in any case", something like that.

[@Goooogle]

This will be helpful for me lol

[@Katerina111111000]

great lesson !! at 3:00 is there a typo? is it supposed to be 8:59 instead of 8:50?

[@immersivechinese]

Oh no! Yes, it's a typo, annoyed that I let one slip through the net!

[@Katerina111111000]

No worries!! Your lessons are always amazing! They have been a great help for me!

[@chinesepodcast]

Katerina K. Still good job !

[@Rbcaul]

03:50 Normal speed

[@mluisaforatini7261]

在我🧝🔎看来，我们的这位朋友🧒🏻可能在晚饭时间呢，他就太多吃饭了，或是吃太重菜🍖! 还是过于久⌛看看了电影📽️，就通宵🌃不睡了！ 难怪他那么常差点儿迟到工作了！幸好他工作的公司很进, 所以这次也就顺利的！ 他就可能必须得改变自己一些习惯了！ 要不然她需要和一位女人🪞(住)在一起🪟, 她就会多帮助🥗🛒🧮⚖️☂️🧷...💣💞.... 他！ （👍）

[@allmendoubt4784]

我就直接跑出门了 I just directly/immediately ran out the door...rush/hurry = 快一点

[@chineseforme9473]

good story lol

[@sniyut1037]

I almost never late.

[@chinesepodcast]

Somboon Niyutmethakul 👍

[@vonglon9741]

I am late for my flight today

[@chinesepodcast]

savong lon 👍

[@fbasquiroto]

迟到工作很尴尬！

[@maxjing61]

you better be fired immediately