Archive for November, 2007

How to say “Monday, Tuesday…” in Chinese

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Based on the basic numbers, it is easy to learn the weekdays.
First, we need to learn the word “week”. In Chinese, it is 星期(xīng qī ). The next is easy.
For Monday, it is week(day) one — 星期一(xīng […]

Chinese Song: Wishing We Last Forever

It is a famous 宋词(sòng  cí ) written by a great poet, 苏轼(sū  shì ) Su Shi, also commonly known as 苏东坡(sū  dōng  pō ) Su Dongpo (1037-1101). It is a poem about moon, about love, about life.
In 1983, 梁弘志 (liáng hóng zhì ) Liang Hongzhi composed this poem into an song entitled […]

Learn Chinese with SWR Radio Program

Friedrich, my German colleague, kindly introduced me to a Chinese program offered by SWR SouthWest Radio station. It is a program for beginners, with the aim preparing Germans for the Olympic Games Beijing 2008.
The program is detailed as below:

The radio programs can be downloaded as mp3 files. So it is really handy for anyone who […]

10 American Indian Little Children

This song helps kids to count from 1 to 10. Here is one video clip featuring this song.

Proactive and Reactive Ways of learning Chinese

Albert Wolfe, an English teacher in Guangzhou, China, has spent 3 years in China. He has shared his Chinese learning experiences on his blog, Laowai Chinese. Today he posted another informative post, titled “Language Learning is Messy III: Learn What You Need“.
For learning any language, the most challenging part is to memorize the vocabulary. […]

Numbers in Chinese

Numbers in Chinese are comparatively easy. Once a person learns 1-10, it is easy for him/her to learn 11-99.
Learning the number one to ten Chinese is the most useful lesson. Once they are mastered, you will be able to
count higher
learn the weekdays, dates of a month, months of a year, etc.
tell prices
tell the time
The ten […]