Chinese for Beginners: Mandarin Learning course

In this video you will know WHY Chinese pronunciation is so important and start your Chinese Learning process!

My Assistant Sun Wukong will explain you what "tone" is and how to use it in Mandarin Chinese.

Sun Wukong is a legendary figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West (西游记) and many later stories and adaptations.

After this video you can practice all 4 tones in exercises (Downloadable materials: Section 1. EX1. TONES). Moreover, you can use the following recourses to practice your pronunciation:

1) JTC Chinese learning https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jtc-learn-mandarin-chinese/id1474067517

2) https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

Please choose the syllable with the correct tone!

PINYIN is the special system which is used by people to learn Mandarin pronunciation. PINYIN transcribes the Chinese characters so people can see how to pronounce it. You can use PINYIN to type Chinese characters on a computer or your smartphone.

The common Chinese greeting 你好 using PINYIN will look like “nǐ hǎo”. So pinyin helps you to read Chinese characters.

In this video you will learn:

1) What exactly Pinyin is;

2) How to pronounce the sounds from Pinyin system.

In this lecture you will meet Chinese characters and learn their peculiarities!

At the end of the lecture you can download a PDF File and write your first  Chinese characters!

Do not be afraid and start to write characters everyday!

All phrases which you will meet in this course are available for additional practice in JTC Chinese learning APP!

Currently application is only available for IOS users that is why after every lesson you will find additional WORKBOOK materials and quizes to Practice more and more!

Wish you good luck in mastering Chinese Language!

In this lecture we will learn how to greet people and ask the question "How are you".

"你好" and  "你好吗?" will no longer give you any difficulties.

Please download file and finish given exercises to repeat all previously learnt material.

Have you learnt all words in this section? Are you ready to move further? Let's check yourself in this small quiz!

Now as you have learnt how to greet people it is time to learn how to say "What is your name?" in Chinese and introduce yourself.

你叫什么名字？nǐ jiào shén me míng zì?

After this video please download PDF Files to do exercises and write new characters.

In this video you will learn how to ask age in Chinese. Moreover, we will start to learn numbers.

你几岁？nǐ jǐ suì?

你多大？nǐ duō dà?

It is time to ask "What is this?" and answer this question!

Ask the question and answer it according to the given pictures!

这是什么？Zhè shì shén me?

Complete exercises after video lesson and write new characters!

Make your Chinese better everyday!

In this video we are going to learn how to ask and answer the question "Where are you from?"

你是哪国人？nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

Moreover, we will learn the name of some countries and nationalities.

Do not forget to complete exercises in PDF files and write new characters!

In this video we will learn how to say "he" and "she" in Chinese!

So “he” in Chinese is 他 tā

And “she”is Chinese is 她 tā

Please Pay attention that their pronunciation is just the same!

We will also cover new grammer point about how to create PLURAL.

们 men is a suffix mainly used to form plural personal pronouns.

Please do not forget to do all exercises to form strong knowledge!

In this video we continue to talk about the question “Where are you from?”.

Moreover, we are going to cover some grammar points such as how to ask the simple question using the interrogative word 吗 “ma” and how to deny the statement with the help of the word 不 "bù".

PLEASE NOTE that originnaly the word “不” bù is pronounced with 4th tone BUT if the following word is also pronounced with  the 4th tone you should pronounce the word 不 bù with the 2nd tone.  

For example: 不是. 我不是  Búshì. Wǒ búshì.

This video covers the topic of work. After this lesson you will be able to explain what do you do, and ask people about their occupation.

你做什么工作？Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò? What do you do?

In Chinese Language  each noun requires a measure word.

For example, in English, we can simply say “five books.”

In Chinese, we have to say “five (measure word) books”.

Please note the following formula “number + measure word + noun”.

You already know what measure word is.

There are plenty of measure words in Mandarin Chinese.

Using not only the universal measure word 个 ge will make your speech sound more authentic.

Please note the following formula “number + measure word + noun”

Now it will be logical if now you want to know how to say THIS book or THAT book in Chinese.

So word “THIS” we have learnt before when we studied the phrase

‘这是什么?’ Zhè shì shénme? “What is this”

So “THIS” in Chinese is 这 Zhè。

If  we want to say “THIS BOOK” you can say 这本书 Zhè běn shū.

If you want to say  “This table” we just say 这张桌子 Zhè zhāng zhuōzi

Please do not forget to use a measure word before noun.

In this video we will learn how to say “How much is it?”

多少钱 duō shǎo qián?

多 “duō” means “much, many”

少 “shǎo”  means “less, few”.

多少 “duō shǎo” means “how much”

钱  qián means "money"

Here we will learn how to require about the price of an object you need.

How much is an apple?      苹果多少钱？Píngguǒ duōshǎo qián?

How much is the pen?        笔多少钱？Bǐ duōshǎo qián?

How much is watermelon?  西瓜多少钱？Xīguā duōshǎo qián?

You can learn and practice more words in JTC Chinese Learning APP!

There you will find games to practice  both speaking and memory skills!

In this video we will learn how to say item's price!

You can simply use the following formula:

something + number + 块 + (钱)

Apple costs 3 RMB  苹果三块钱。Píngguǒ sān kuài qián.

DO NOT FORGET to practice after this lesson!

Here you will learn the second way how to ask price in Chinese！

Here we will use the interrogative word 几 jǐ. We have met it before when we asked age in Chinese

你几岁了？ Nǐ jǐ suìle?

Please remember that 几 jǐ refers to an uncertain number which is roughly under 10. So if you are not sure about price but you know it's small you can use the following structure:

几 + 块 + 钱 Jǐ + kuài + qián

For example, if you want to ask “How much is the pen” you can say:

笔几块钱？bǐ jǐ kuài qián?

Learn new words and do not forget to repeat previously learned one!

Let’s learn how to ask the question “How many people are there in you family”

你家有几口人？Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?

Please remember that 几 jǐ is an interagotive word  which helps us to us “how many” and it is put where the answer should be.

For example:

你家有几口人？Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?

我家有三口人。Wǒ jiā yǒu sānkǒu rén.

I have a family of 3.

The Chinese particle “de” (的) is most commonly used as a possessive modifier.

的 de works for nouns in general, including pronouns, people, places and objects. You can simply insert the “的” de between two nouns or subjects where first subject modifies the second.

So now as your Chinese improves day by day, adding complexity to your sentences can be tricky a bit difficult without the proper grammar. Now we are going to learn how to show possession in Chinese with a help of modifier “的”。

The Chinese particle “de” (的) is most commonly used as a possessive modifier.

我的朋友. Wǒ de péngyou. My friend.