Online Mandarin Course: Can you speak Chinese?
你说什么?[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401nishuoshenme.mp3″ title=””]
<Nǐ shuō shénme?>
You to say what?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
Translate: I SAY (that) THEIR DISHES ARE DELICIOUS.
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我说他们的菜很好吃。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401woshuotamendecaihenhaochi.mp3″ title=””]
<Wǒ shuō tāmen de cài hěn hǎochī.> [/expand]
他说汉语吗?[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401tashuohanyuma.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā shuō hànyǔ ma?>
DOES HE SPEAK CHINESE?
他不说汉语。。。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401tabushuohanyu.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā bù shuō hànyǔ. . .>
HE DOES NOT SPEAK CHINESE…
we place it IN FRONT OF THE VERB
。。。他只说英语。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401tazhishuoyingyu.mp3″ title=””]
<. . . tā zhǐ shuō yīngyǔ.>
…HE ONLY SPEAKS ENGLISH.
Translate: I BOUGHT JUST A RED TEA.
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我只买了红茶。
<Wǒ zhǐ mǎile hóngchá.> [/expand]
中文 <zhōngwén> CHINESE LANGUAGE
你会说中文吗?[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401nihuishuozhongwenma.mp3″ title=””]
<Nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ ma?>
CAN YOU SPEAK CHINESE?
Translate: CAN YOU COOK (to DO+FOOD)?
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你会做饭吗?
<Nǐ huì zuòfàn ma?> [/expand]
一点 <yīdiǎn> A BIT (used with something)
我会说一点中文。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401wohuishuoyidianzhongwen.mp3″ title=””]
<Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn zhōngwén.>
I CAN SPEAK LITTLE CHINESE.
一点点 <yīdiǎndian> A BIT (used alone)
我只会说一点点。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401wozhihuishuoyidiandian.mp3″ title=””]
<Wǒ zhǐ huì shuō yī diǎndiǎn.>
I only to be able to speak a little.
说话 <shuōhuà> to SPEAK (话 is an object here)
Translate: HE IS SPEAKING NOW.
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他现在说话。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401taxianzaishuohua.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā xiànzài shuōhuà.> [/expand]
Translate: HE LIKES TO SPEAK.
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他喜欢说话。[mp3j flow=”y” track=”http://chineseffect.com/audio/0401/0401taxihuanshuohua.mp3″ title=””]
<Tā xǐhuān shuōhuà.> [/expand]
There is a special visual for the word A BIT…