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Hi！I am Sylvia, your native mandairn teacher from China.
Are you confused with the expression of "a little bit" in mandrain?
Why can't you just say "一点儿“ in mandarin to show all the "a little”?

Hope you will understand how to say the  correct " a little" after listening this audio!

Welcome to leave your comments if you have any questions!
 

Sylva Mandarin

一点儿VS有点儿VS一下儿， how do we say “a little” in mandarin？

Hi！I am Sylvia, your native Mandarin teacher from China！
Today, we will learn an easy part of the Chinese Grammar, 数词 the numbers.
After listening this audio, you will be able to count almost all the numbers in Mandarin~

Here are basic numbers for you:
línɡ 
零   zero
yī 、 èr 、 sān 、 sì 、 wǔ 
一 、 二 、 三  、 四 、 五  (1,2,3,,4,5)
liù 、 qī 、 bā 、 jiǔ 、 shí 
六  、 七 、 八 、 九  、 十  (6,7,8,9,10)
dì yī 
第 一  first
bǎi fēn zhī shí 
百  分  之  十   10%

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Looking forward to you starting the journey of mandarin learning with me!

Skype: ❀Teacher Sylvia❀

How do we say numbers in Mandairn?

Hi! I am Sylvia, your native mandarin teacher from China~
I would like to share you an excellent and funny Chinese animaition today! You could find out the Chinese culture and Chinese daily life in this animation.
while you are listening the introduction of this show, I will share you some useful words in Mandarin!
Hope you could learn with fun!!!

Please check today's vocabularies:
tuī jiàn
推 荐 recommend; recommendation
nǐ tuī jiàn chī shén me ？
你 推 荐 吃 什 么 ？ What do you recommend to eat？

dònɡ huà
动 画 animation; cartoon
wǒ xǐ huɑn zhè ɡe dònɡ huà 。
我 喜 欢 这 个 动 画 。 I like this animation.

lèi xínɡ
类 型 type
nǐ xǐ huɑn shén me lèi xínɡ de dònɡ huà ？
你 喜 欢 什 么 类 型 的 动 画 ？ What type of animation do you like?

xǐ jù
喜 剧 comedy
zhè ɡe xǐ jù hěn yǒu qù ！
这 个 喜 剧 很 有 趣 ！ This comedy is funny!

rì chánɡ
日 常 daily
wǒ de rì chánɡ shēnɡ huó hěn jiǎn dān 。
我 的 日 常 生 活 很 简 单 。 My daily life is simple.

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Welcome to contact me to start your jouney of learning!~
Skype: ❀ Teacher Sylvia❀


Learn some words with Chinese animation

Instead of saying “你好！” or "你好吗？“， we have another more authentic way to greet.

Click the podcast and know how the Chinese say, learn some short sentences and basic grammar here! 

Please check the comment, I will put the words and sentences there for you to practice.
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