Dimsum Mandarin - Learn Mandarin Chinese
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Sinopsis
Through Dimsum Mandarin, you will learn practical Mandarin Chinese in dimsum-sized chunks at your convenience. Learn useful words and phrases, as well as the skills to confidently put together sentences for everyday situations.
Episodios
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Lesson 15 - Getting Directions - Main
20/11/2014In this episode: talk about distances of one place from another with 离(lí); learn to give directions; learn to use 怎么(zěnme) to find out how to do something; learn to use the 先(xiān)…然后(ránhòu) construction; and learn to use the adverb 才(cái).
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Lesson 14 - Locating a Place - Main
13/11/2014In this episode: form “there is” and “there are” existential sentences with 有(yǒu); use various directional nouns as the equivalents of English prepositions; modify nouns with adjectives using 的(de); and talk about the weather with existential sentences.
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Lesson 13 - Counting 11 to 99, Telling Time and Making Plans - Main
06/11/2014In this episode: learn the numbers from 11-99; learn to tell time and talk about routines; talk about when you are free or busy; form sentences with the 从(cóng)…到(dào) construction; and talk about intentions and plans with 想(xiǎng) and 打算(dǎsuàn).
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Lesson 12 - The Seasons and Your Moods - Main
30/10/2014In this episode, we learn: to construct simple subject-adjective sentences; the use of the question word 怎么样(zěnmeyàng); a number of useful adjectives; the adverbs 比较(bǐjiào), 挺(tǐng)…的(de), and 有点(儿)(yǒudiǎn(r)); and the conjunction 可是(kěshì).
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Lesson 11 - Your Weekly Routines - Main
23/10/2014In this episode, we learn: the days of the week and other temporal nouns (today, yesterday etc.); how to form sentences with the progressive (continuous tense) aspect particle 在(zài); how to form sentences for regular occurrences with the 每(měi)…都(dōu) construction; and the adverb 一般(yìbān).
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Announcement 15-Oct-2014 - Dimsum Mandarin
15/10/2014 Duración: 04minThis is a special announcement podcast (15-Oct-2014) for Dimsum Mandarin. October promotion code: pod_oct14 Link to survey: http://svy.mk/1rq4J86
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Lesson 10 - Review Module 1 - Main
22/09/2014In this episode: listen to a new dialogue and test your knowledge from the first nine lessons; learn the modal particle 啊 (a), and another use of 呢 (ne); learn the conjunction 那 (nà); and learn the adverbs 一共 (yígòng) and 还是 (háishi).
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Lesson 09 - Activities You Like - Main
12/09/2014In this episode, we learn: to use the verb 喜欢 (xǐhuān, to like) to talk about our preferred activities; a few important verbs and related activities; how to invite someone to an activity; how to ask for someone’s phone number; and how to read off strings of numbers such as those in a phone number.
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Lesson 08 - Things You Like - Main
08/09/2014In this episode, we learn: to talk about our likes and dislikes using the verb 喜欢 (xǐhuān, to like); a few adverbs to help convey different degrees of our likes and dislikes; the conjunction 还是 (háishi, or); the adverb 都 (dōu, all); and how to say “prefer” using 比较 (bǐjiào, quite).
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Lesson 07 - Your Work - Main
28/08/2014In this episode, we learn: to tell people what we work as; to tell people where we work; the directional noun 里 (lǐ, inside) the interrogative pronoun 哪里 (nǎlǐ, where); and the retroflex version of “where” (哪儿, nǎr).
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Lesson 06 - Counting 0 to 10, Using "to Have" - Main
19/08/2014In this episode, we learn: the numbers from zero to ten; the verb “to have”; how to negate the verb “to have”; the concept of measure words; how to form the plural personal pronouns; and the tone change rules for 一 (yī).
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Lesson 05 - Your Family Members - Main
13/08/2014In this episode, we learn: the words for immediate family members; how to form possessive adjectives (my, your etc.); the demonstrative pronouns “this” and “that”; and how to introduce our family members.
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Lesson 04 - Where You Live - Main
09/08/2014In this episode, we learn: how to ask simple “yes-no” 是 (shì) questions; how to negate simple 是 (shì) sentences; and how to tell people where you currently live.
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Lesson 03 - Your Nationality - Supplement (Sample)
04/08/2014In this supplement podcast, we will: practice the words and phrases we have learnt in the main podcast; learn two other ways to ask someone where they are from; and learn the names of a few other countries.
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Lesson 03 - Your Nationality - Main
04/08/2014In this episode, we learn: how to tell people what country you are from; how to ask people what country they are from; and the names of a few countries.
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Lesson 02 - Daily Greetings - Main
31/07/2014In this episode, we learn: greetings for different times of the day; various ways of saying goodbye; and a couple of ways to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome”.
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Lesson 01 - Self-Introductions - Main
27/07/2014In this episode, we learn: how to say hello in both casual and formal situations; how to introduce yourself; and how to ask for someone else’s name.
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Lesson 00 - Introduction - Dimsum Mandarin
23/06/2014 Duración: 13minIn this introduction, we will talk about: what the terms Chinese Language and Mandarin refer to; tones and Chinese characters, and why they may not be as challenging as you'd imagine; the aspects of Mandarin that are easy to learn; the structure of the Dimsum Mandarin series.