Sentence Patterns and Situational Dialogues

Good evening and welcome to the third lesson of the series Mandarin Chinese lessons podcast . My name is Serge and today we will talk expressing basic needs in Mandarin Chinese . But before we start, I'd like to check how you remember Chinese tones and the vocabulary of the previous lesson . So when we greet somebody in Chinese , what do we say to him or to her ? That's right , we say Nee Ha Ne ha and if someone is saying hello to you, how do you answer ? Great . The answer is also Ni ha . Now we haven't seen somebody for ages and then we suddenly bump into this person on the street . What do we say first ? Ha Jo Bujin Ni hao Ma o Jiu Bujin Niha Ma o Jiu Bujin Ni hao Ma what will be the answer to this question Wa Henhao Se Hen Haw Si ina Wa Hen Hao Si Nina Fantastic Now let's learn some new words from this lesson . Pung Yo friend Pung Yo pungyo Pung Yo Pung Yo Pung Yo Nan Pung Yo boyfriend Nan Pongyo Nan Pongyo Nan Pongyo Ni Pongyo girlfriend New Pung Yo New Pong Yo New Pung Yo New Pun Yo Nan means a man none Nan means a woman Need Net Sure To be E R , M , etc Sh Chi to go somewhere ch i Eat sea together Eat sea Eat it Eat See Mang Bizzy Mang Ta he or she , him her Ta Ta Ta Excellent . Tamen they Tam en They Tamen Warmen we armen Warmen We Warmen Niem , you guys Nieman Nieman Nieman Do To all or both do want something Ya Cha a Cha Ch drink Huh to eat ch i Chu fan to have a meal , to eat , literally to eat rice . Chu fan Chufan Chu Fan . Fan means rice . Fan Fun Ca fe Coffee Ka fe Kafe Alright, excellent job everybody . Now let's learn some common sentence patterns . If you want anything , you would say wa want War Ya War Ya War poo ya I don't want Ust if you don't want anything War boo ya wa poo ya for example Wa chu Fan I want to eat Wa Chu Fan or Wa I want to drink tea Wa Cha Very good Ni Mangma are you busy ? Ni mang are you busy Ni mang chi chi go together literally together go chi For example , woman eats Chi an Literally We together go to have a meal Let's go to eat together . Woman eatsy chew cher fan woman eatsy Too chew fine . Excellent job everybody. Now let's listen to our first situational dialogue A knee ha llo knee ha Hello Ni ha Ni Mang Are you busy ? Ni ang m ma Poo Mang Ni Na I'm not Disy you poo mang Nina A Wa Poo Mang I'm not busy either Wa Poo Mum woman eats Chi Chufan Let's go eat together . Woman eats each fan HA How Niha Niha Ni Manga Wa Bum Nina Wyab Man Woman Eaty two Ch Ha situational dialogue two A Jian Long time no s chio Pujian Bi Niha Ma how are you doing ? Nihao Ma han Haw I'm very good War Hen Ha Shu she is Ta shu Ta Shu New Pong Yo she is my girlfriend O Tash Woni Pongyo Ni Yo ka Fama do you want to drink coffee ? ao ka f si ya Kafe cha ma Thank you I don't want to drink coffee I drink tea, okay ? Si Wa iao Kafe ah Cha Ha Ma HO ood, good drink tea drink tea How How cha Hur essini HO KAFE Thank you I drink coffee . Si eni W cafe Hajo Putian Nihama Wuhan Ha Tashu Tashu Won Yi Pongyo Niya Kafama el Wahu will brying out her kfae her child Hama her child her child Susanny were her kafe Notes War New Pung Yo , my girlfriend War New Pung Yo Ni Nan Pung Yo, your boyfriend Ni Nan pongyo . Particle Ma is used to change a statement a question for example, Ni mang , you are busy Ni Mang Ni Mang Ma Are you busy ? Ni mang ma Ni Ya Kafe you want to drink coffee a statement Ni Ya Kafe Ni Kafe Ma do you want to drink coffee? A question Ni ka understand ? Very good . One of the characteristics of Chinese language is that it doesn't have morphological changes in person , tense , gender , number , and case . However , the word order is very important to express differences in meaning . The subject in the sentence is usually placed before the predicate . For example , Nih , here knee is subject H ere is predicate Wa mang Wa Here is subject Boom Predicate . Alright, excellent job everybody. This is the end of lesson three. Please stay tuned and you can also sign up for full PDF lesson transcripts and worksheets on W W W dot malnix . com Bye bye Ti en.