I Love Learning Chinese

Happy Chinese New Year also known as Spring Festival!  For many of the Chinese this is truly when the new year begins.  Usually families and friends gather around make a lot of dishes such as dumplings and rice cakes and watch the special performance program that counts down to the new year.  How fitting that we should end level 2 at this time.  Please review all the lessons and try to be up to speed as we move on to level 3.   Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson in conjunction with this PDF and review as much as you can.  If you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher.

Insane number of Chinese students are coming from China to the US to study.  With the rise in of wealth in China many are investing their kids education in America for college.  Find a student and learn Chinese from them, I’m sure they’ll want to learn English from you.  In this lesson we will focus on 从…到…= from…to….   Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson in conjunction with this PDF and review as much as you can.  If you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher.

A news report supposedly said that drinking 5 cups of coffee is actually not to bad idea for the American diet. It’s supposed to help with cardiovascular and heart disease. I wonder if there are similar or better results with tea.  I think one cup of coffee is plenty for me, but how about  you?  Here we will use 或者 to answer 还是 questions that are used in sentences about options.  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and review as much as you can.  If you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher.

Where do you prefer to eat your fries? Dennis? Great Steak and Potato co? McDonald fries anyone?  Well, I don’t like fries and maybe it’s because I didn’t grow up eating it.  I like to eat healthy food.  Are they even made of potato? Anyway onto our lesson.  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and review as much as you can.  If you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher.

Not long ago a new movie came out that had theaters being sold out.  It was the sensation this past holiday.  Did you get to watch it?  In this lesson you learn about using 快要…了 to describe something about to happen.  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and review as much as you can.  If you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher.

It is the end of the year and there is bound to be plenty of celebrations.  You’ve made it through another year, congratulations! We at ilovelearningchinese.com are excited for 2016 as we try to continue to roll out more Chinese resources for your learning pleasure.  As always the 5th lesson will be a summary of the previous four lessons with a twist.   Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and rate us! If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

Chinese is not hard to learn, see you are already fluent.  You may think it is hard to learn but like with most things, just a little effort and time, you will look back and see how easy it was to learn.  This lesson might be easy to understand but its very important way to express “easy to” and “difficult to.”     Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

Christmas and New Year is right around the corner so I hope you got all your shopping done before because it’s probably pr etty crowded in shopping centers.  As I write this it is 75 F here in Savannah which isn’t really winter weather.  But wherever you are stay safe in this season.     Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

If you’ve been studying with us continuously from the beginning, that’s great!  In this lesson we’ll study this adverb and how it’s used in Chinese.  Thanks!  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook  

If you’ve been studying with us continuously from the beginning, that’s great!  In this lesson we’ll study this adverb and how it’s used in Chinese.  Thanks!  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

Welcome to our review lesson of what we learned in the last five lessons.  Everyone’s busy but take the time to learn a little more Chinese today with us. Thanks!  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

How come the moon is red?  Hopefully you got to experience the interesting look the moon had this past weekend.  Here we will return to 怎么 and show its other uses with examples.  Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

Growing up in China I did not have to drive and neither did I want to since public transportation was so readily available.  But here where I live now, a car is a necessity if you want to get around anywhere.  I have never driven a car until I got to USA.  What have you never done?  In this lesson you will learn how to use “never done…”   Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

The weather here is raining one day and sunny the next almost everyday this month.  Sometimes its hard to predict the weather, but its been pretty consistent this month. Whether your learning Chinese or playing outside enjoy this lesson.   Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook

There are many things I would like to do.  Whether it be long term goals or thinking about what I would like to eat tonight.  Would you like to start this next lesson then? Be sure to listen to our Chinese podcast lesson and if you haven’t yet, subscribe to our Chinese itunes podcast or hear us on Stitcher  and leave a comment. If you liked this lesson please give us a thumbs up on facebook