Who, What, Where, When, Why in Chinese! | Learn Chinese Now

This week learn 5 important words in Mandarin Chinese: Who, what, where, when, why.
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[@coldhank]

After all these years, this is still one of the best Chinese learning video I've ever watched.

[@secretdt704]

It always makes me sooo happy when people include Taiwan when saying something about mandarin....usually people forget about Taiwan and only say China.... :D

[@sheldonho331]

Your Chinese is very good, 我是澳門人:)

[@hvadhvem6138]

You're funny, handsome and teaching Mandarin, so : you're awesome. Seriously, I appreciate the small dialogues, they really help me grasp the natural way of speaking Chinese :)

[@coldhank]

Hvad Hvem I really love those quirky small chats.

[@subhun8191]

Truly smart faces and smart style to learn chinese!!! Thank you foruploading this video. This complimentary message is from Hunza, GB, Pakistan --- a closer area to China. We love chinese too much, frankly speaking. This guy is chinese or having any other nationality, I am not sure. However once again thank you to inspire me. I had started to learn chinese, a couple of months back but didn't find time and unable to continue it. Yet your style of teaching chinese is truly inspiring thus against started to learn it.

[@josieluu9280]

Thanks for including the differences between dialects , helps a lot ! :D

[@polyglotcitizen9960]

I love your lesson. I really like the fact that you use both traditional and non-traditional 　　漢字。 It helps out a lot. And I gave you a like because you punched that toy! (She deserved it anyway) Bruce Lee style, yo! watta-! 笑

[@Yod12]

Hey, stoked to hear you mention italki. I was leary at first - their site says "iTalki has an impressive social media presence", but I searched for reviews and see hardly any. Been listening to Pimsleur for over a year but need to practice.

[@dfn28]

What a great plush! I love it.

[@suseirym5826]

You make Chinese look fun and easy, thanks!

[@FilipeVasconcelosTV]

Awesome video, guys! Thks

[@MsDiane182]

I'm Irish learning Chinese love it

[@joelperez7608]

Hi Guys.. Thanks for the excellent videos. I want to highlight something.. I do not know why most of videos about learning chinese they are pawned in speaking fast as if speaking fast is a synonym of high level.. when people speak fast a language and overall Chinese sacrifice in some sense clarity and elegance to its interlocutor. If you can, try to speak a little bit more slow but with more elegance the dialogue and I'm pretty sure people can realize better your pronunciation. Thanks Joel Pérez

[@whitediamond2695]

Thank you a lot:)

[@실실주]

perfect video. I like your logical explanation about sentence. thank you ben!

[@manifestasisanubari]

I think 'why' is universal in saying 'for what'... Mandarin - Wei shenme Spanish - Porque French - Pourquoi Portuguese - Por quê Malay - Kenapa(Kerana apa) Arabic - Li maza Hebrew - Li ma Japanese - Nan de Turkey - Neden

[@Salli1026]

Actually the Swedish word for why, "varför" translates to "where for" like Juliet says in Shakespeare "Wherefore art thou"

[@manifestasisanubari]

+Salli1026 wow! Didn't know that!

[@im.onalei]

in spanish "why" is "por qué" not "porque" (this means "because")

[@manifestasisanubari]

Ona Lei ah, yes! Thanks for correcting :)

[@Katerina111111000]

greek: Γιατί? = για(for) + τι(what)

[@michaelajam8266]

谢谢。

[@rosemarie444]

Thanks so much! I was learning that shei was pronounced like shay. Then the girl at the restaurant told me to say it as schway. The pinyin chart says like shay. The translator says like schway. Wow! I didn't know what to do! Thanks for clearing that up!

[@ricbell6015]

I love your humor. You guys are so funny. Great video!!!

[@KillerTacos54]

What a fantastic video! Where have you gone though??

[@iantabor3276]

Looks more like a guide to how your relationships END

[@richardfila]

Love it!

[@xingou6345]

Most useful video ever.

[@pwpsjoker]

***** i agree with you to teach Cantonese and traditional chinese writing(繁體字) as both of these have kept the historical syllables and writing stoke . Therefore, i suppose foreigners if they want to learn"文言文", they should learn with Cantonese and in 繁體字。 P.s even if I am a Hong kong people , i still appreciate your teaching. KEEP IT!

[@Cristarli]

哈哈 I really love this video, I love the examples you all gave, they were quite funny! 謝謝！

[@TheDrakon]

I don't suppose italki will let you mention that you can sign up and chat with other language exchange seekers for free. I recently found out about that from a video posted by rachel and jun. In one day I signed up and managed to have 2 fun language exchanges with people in Taiwan. I'm a Beijing pirate, naer!

[@JayFolipurba]

There are plenty of pen pal websites with equally qualified people and regular people as well.

[@worldtravel101]

TheDrakon LOL@ naer

[@TheDrakon]

World Traveler东北 (at home) Couldn't help myself with the naer thing.

[@jennigaffney1767]

+TheDrakon Thank you for the info!

[@TheDrakon]

+Jenni Gaffney No problem. Lately I've been spending most of my time on the hellotalk app which was only mentioned briefly in these videos. Maybe he lost their sponsorship but it's a great app.

[@TennisGvy]

Good ep!

[@guylenepokamtakukam2141]

You speak Chinese so fluently

[@farooqsahil1732]

good job

[@trommelbiel]

Really cool video.

[@adrianafrench7061]

Great videos Fun to watch Love learning Chinese with your easy learning methods Keep up the great work Awesome 😊😊😊

[@jayramdahal3799]

this video is nice... I'm from I like to really lean chinese .

[@soumiafeddad359]

謝謝老師。

[@animewatchergirl1]

Your Chinese pronunciation is way better than me even though I'm ABC. T^T I'm so shameful.

[@jennigaffney1767]

+TapiocaPearl You're not the only one. I wish I could even get BY when speaking Chinese with slightly impatient people.

[@bigfoot5092]

TapiocaPearl You are no more shameful than anyone else. You can always learn, if you want.

[@enriquejaramillo4244]

TapiocaPearl iam ABC too asian born cuban too.

[@leem.7565]

When you have the dialogue portion with dramatization, it would be helpful to have the text bigger or on a white background with black text.

[@nasugbubatangas]

In the Philippines, if someone says "Your girlfriend is beautiful." and you answer "哪裡? 哪裡?", the girl might consider it offensive. hahaha

[@fel9ne]

why

[@ai_zj]

​@@fel9neIt's as though the boyfriend is asking which part of her is beautiful. This implies that nothing about her is beautiful. Hence, the reason why they get mad.

[@samteejaykay]

You can use a simpler 几时 (which time) for 'when'.

[@tarekrahou6529]

谢谢多

[@eluna34]

Do you have worksheets to go along with these mini videos? I would love to have something where I could practice and make mistakes and then be able to compare it to an answer key to better retain the concept.

[@Mr_Wiley]

So helpful, and entertaining on top of that! You have a fun chemistry between you :3

[@matthewproctor4894]

Two questions. Can't the "候" be replaced with 间? Also, when I want to ask "why?", can't i also add 呢 at the end as well?

[@中共是最大汉奸]

we usually use 什么时候rather than什么时间.时间 means time，which is always taken as subject.e.g. 时间 is more valuable than money.

[@jl25735]

Nice video! you made those words look more logical to me :) but I must confess the beat part of the video was the pillow! it stole the show :P

[@puiyuching7346]

我很喜歡吃培根 ：）

[@miladsadeqi1206]

Please repeat and explain the sentences and words more thank you so much

[@curo5]

I like the BiangBiang miantiao reference!

😲 The character at 1:45 is the character for biang biang noodles!!

[@breadcrumbs02]

if only possible can you also place the modern characters in the subtitles with the traditional one?

[@truezyf]

it is not hard to read, they all look similar. like 裡 里，飯 饭

[@davidalen9279]

Lovely

[@coldhank]

What did the girl say before the "Zaijien"?

[@samteejaykay]

谢谢大家 thanks everyone 下次再见 next time meet again

[@coldhank]

@@samteejaykayThank you very much!

[@rw42000]

when are the different spelling of shen in shenme (什／甚) used? You seemed to used 什 with just 什麼 and 甚 with 甚麼時候 and 為甚麽.

[@learnchinesenow]

William Randall those two are both used in "Traditional" characters, yet one is technically a simplified version. 什 is used in Taiwan, while 甚 is common in Chinese newspapers published in the west.

[@rw42000]

***** Thank you! So a given person would only use one form based on where they're from, a person fromTaiwan would only use 什 and not both interchangeably?

[@rw42000]

+朱真明 Thank you!

[@truezyf]

+朱真明 no, in mainland, they r both ok, no one care. but for saving time, we use the simple one.

[@esamahmed5337]

great

[@SoTrueBabyBoy]

Hello, I was wondering if you could do a video on 罪有应得 . My Chinese friend told me it when I was explain a story. I really like the meaning and I was wondering if there was a story behind it. And hey, it's a four character saying! :D

[@mohamedalktif8874]

You're so funny, Great video :D

[@Yod12]

I signed up at italkie but the payment info says it'll be processed by skrill. Read too many *extremely* negative reviews of skrill. Backed out. Hope ok to post this here. Any input?

[@pilipineagle2428]

Hello.. I checked my dictionary and kong - 空 has 2 different tones, the 1st and the 4th tone (which you have used). If I use the 1st tone, would it still be understandable? thanks..

[@鬼蟹-b8z]

1st usually means empty or nothing, 4th usually means leisure.

[@nimazandian6354]

Please also write the subtitles in pinyin to understand what it says and what it means.

[@g-raffasaurus2350]

Really entertaining videos and some great content ;) :) Btw, Interested in how u guys met. Do u have any videos on that?

[@paul_bliven]

What's the difference between these words which basically all mean "to know" or "understand?" 理解 and 明白 and 知道 and 认识

[@learning2742]

Should Iearn Chinese or Japanese? Pls answer.

[@learnchinesenow]

Learning 한글 well we are a youtube channel that teaches Chinese so we will of course tell you to to learn Chinese. But it really depends which one you feel more of a relationship with. Do you have Chinese of Japanese friends? Who do you get on with better? You can also try watching subtitled versions of Chinese and Japanese movies, see which culture you prefer.

[@morganunfading3465]

Learning 한글 both, two very distinct asian cultures. The two most important languages in the region and both useful and interesting

[@ErtixPoke]

Better to learn traditional or simplified characters?

[@HorstChristophSchreiber]

1:45 - I know that character, I have it as a sticker in WeChat. It is from a North Chinese noodle food, right?

[@brunomunemassa8266]

Oh wow that character in the paper sheet at 1:45, oh jeez, oh god.

[@vinl3499]

So hilarious, guys! 🤣🤣

[@ayaswift1386]

What kind of editor you used for this video

[@pedroads7683]

how many are you learning Chinese?

[@MikhaillllKing]

guys, you are hilarious :D Thanks for useful lessons though :) girl is so beautiful ^__^

[@DanielLeoSimpson]

Wish the music was on the English instead of underneath the Mandarin. The part I want to hear and really nail the sounds is buried in the music. Put the music over the English - I already speak that real well :)

[@hahaLOLhaha72]

This is good, but how about "which"?

[@lomajhanica]

which = 那个/那一个

[@ramirosotto]

+Jhanica Loma doesn't that mean "that"? I studied only 1 lesson of Chinese and I remember those characters

[@lomajhanica]

+Ramiro Sotto I‘m sorry.. Now I‘m wondering why I typed the word 那个 lol

[@lomajhanica]

+Ramiro Sotto which=哪一个

[@lomajhanica]

+Ramiro Sotto I meant to say which = 哪个/哪一个 I typed the wrong character

[@shanmuchen3581]

Make more videos!

[@samfisher7363]

I have a friend from 河南, how does this accent differ from standard mandarin?

[@10chinesewords82]

Not so different.

[@yordvandamme]

Does “哪里哪里” translate to “哪儿那儿” in northern chinese?

[@yordvandamme]

Because in my Chinese class we learned “哪儿” as "where".

[@muhammadidrees3322]

make speed a bit slower, it will be useful then

[@adamkoi8028]

Hey Ben! Could you give me a link to the album which conists your "intro theme"?

[@gentlemangentleman3828]

please to explain very slowly for the beginer in the futur! ☺

[@Laivy]

Can you explain when to say "ma" for a question and when not to say it? And what's the difference between "Ni men dou" vs just "ni men"? (both meaning y'all)

[@后来海绵宝宝也哭了]

Two problems can be answered together,but there is no answer, because we Chinese will not distinguish between these words strictly .And the most important is the tone！

[@morganunfading3465]

immediately is litteraly, "over the horse"? I recognize the two characters from my studies of japanese. whats the etymology of this phrase, it sounds funny to me

[@learnchinesenow]

morgan unfading it is not over the horse, it is "on a horse". Since in ancient times if you went somewhere on a horse, that was the fastest mode of transport.

[@ChinaMaike]

+Learn Chinese Now The use of masheng to mean immediately has a direct correlation to the North American phrases "Get on your horse" & "Hold your horses" to mean hurry up & slow down. A nice example of parallel evolution of language development. It also nicely demonstrates how as humans we culturally all think in very similar ways [These terms in Chinese and English developed centuries apart and completely independent of one another.]

[@pilipineagle2428]

You are right Mike! but, it's actually MA SHANG not SHENG

[@truezyf]

since south america have no horse, i wonder how Maya said it. "on ur feet"?

[@ChinaMaike]

Pilipin Eagle you're also right. My mistake. However in my defense, I blame the auto correct feature on my cell phone for the spelling error. Technology isn't as smart as it thinks it is.

[@Kisameeo]

4:32

[@gpej0_228]

Loas done very well ;-;

[@K.R-t5n]

I slowed this down to hear all

[@kalarjianto3381]

If Chanel have only Taiwan so good

[@calvintong7795]

2:54 she ain’t loyal

[@usablefiber]

I think we all know the guy wearing the wig from the yes/no video was getting down at that party. That guy looks like he knows how to have a good time.

[@RealMe-zo1ny]

Your so cute when u talk in chinese

[@fuzzypenguino]

how do u say mud grass horse

[@鬼蟹-b8z]

Officially:羊駝 but in the casual way we like to say 草(grass)泥(mud)馬(horse)

[@fel9ne]

hehe thanks

[@guylenepokamtakukam2141]

Even though you are not a native

[@sorg3ns]

I thought 谁 was first tone?

[@ting8157]

No, 誰is 2tone

[@lolz_pete3242]

要磨桿

[@strategoscastaneda9095]

Long time since the last publication on this channel, huh? What's up?

[@guylenepokamtakukam2141]

Ni de han yu shuo de gen zhong guo ren yi yang hao 😊

[@ckr5166]

Biang! I saw the biggest Chinese character, biang!

[@linkinduck94]

1:47 what on earth is that?

[@55runescaper]

You guys got any more videos on grammar? I don't know how sentences are built in chinese.

[@brod2man]

Is it really seen as modest to reply with 哪里哪里 when someone says your Chinese is good? In China it's very common for people to say your Chinese is amazing, even if you have only said 你好. So sometimes I'm not sure if it's always appropriate to follow up with 哪里. I think in English I'd only say, 'no, no, no'. Then change the subject. Rather than saying, "It's not that good". Not sure which one 哪里 would be compared to.

[@rorykwan8678]

brod2man try Fiona Tian's video. Just look up ways to say thank you on her channel, it should come up

[@sz6428]

What about 何，為何，何在，何處，何人，何故

[@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel2490]

普通話 word for "How": 怎麼 普通話 word for "How many/much": 多少 普通話 word for "Which": 哪一個

[@truezyf]

如何 怎样

[@JenniferMartinez-fe5cy]

How do you pronounce them!?

[@sibusisomngadi7538]

SLOW DOWN...

[@redparada7756]

Credit and Chinese god

[@calebislesdavid2755]

韩国语字母之一

[@johnfreitas9450]

What does she say at the end ????????? xia ci zai jian? the last part is "see you next time",but before that no clue XieXie. also Benn have you ever got back to your roots,I mean learning more canto? Do ze

[@grassina3]

John freitas You heard it right, it's “下次再见!" which basically means "Next time see you again"

[@johnfreitas9450]

grassina3 Thankyou,but that part i knew ,but I was askingfor what she said just before that..Thanks

[@grassina3]

John freitas Oh, you mean "谢谢大家!" That means "Thank you everybody!"

[@johnfreitas9450]

grassina3 XieXie da jia,that's it thankyou. When Benn speaks it's very articulated,he enunciates everything which make it easier to understand.

[@grassina3]

Yeah, she speaks just like my Chinese prof, super fast! lol