Greetings Steemit Community!
Its the 3rd week of 2018 & I went straight into the Goal Mode from where I left my last post. I signed up to learn Mandarin. Learning a new language it's a unique chapter.The foundation of communication is in a different structure from the language you mastered. The method of pronunciation, accent & style completely differ from the language you acquired. However, with time & practice you would be eventually able to speak the basics of all.
Image : Communication is a form of art. Take time to enjoy learning it! :)In this post, I will share some of the basics words on what I have learned. However, it is very important to learn the pronunciation method & for Mandarin, it is the Han Yu Pin Yin pronunciation. I strongly encourage to attend a class, tutor or online learning platform so you master the pronunciation, vowels, tones, consonants. This is because, the words may spelled similar, but it could have different pronunciation method & total different meaning.
Day 1:
Below are some of the useful greetings that I learned:
- Hello : Ni hao
- How are you : Ni hao Ma?
- I am well: Wo hen hao
- Thank you: Xie Xie
- You're welcome: Bu ke qi
- Welcome: Huan Ying
- See you again: Zai Jian
Identification:
- I/Me : Wo
- You: Ni
- He/She/It: Ta
- We: Wo men
- They: Ta men
- Everyone: Da jia
Day 2: I learned on how to pronounce occupations. Below are some of the common ones:
Employee: Yuan Gong
Nurse: Hu Shi
Doctor*: Yi Sheng
Teacher: Lao Shi
Cook/Chef: Chu Shi
Engineer: Gong Cheng Shi
Accountant: Kuai ji Shi
Manager: Jing Li
Boss: Lao Ban
Policeman: Jing Cha
Executive: Xing Zheng Ren Yuan
Student: Xue Sheng
Pilot: Fei Ji Shi
Driver: Shi Ji
Mechanic: ji Gong
Supplier: Gong Ying Sung
For my practice, I need to introduce myself in Mandarin. Below is how introductions may sound like:
English:
Hello everyone. My name is Omniknight. I am 26 years old. I live in Kuala Lumpur. I work as IT Executive
Mandarin:
Da jia, Ni How. We de ming zi shi Omniknight.Wo jin nian er shi liu shui. Wo zu zai Kuala Lumpur. Wo de gong zuo zhe IT Xing Zheng Ren Yuen
Useful Tips:
I began to understand why some of our Chinese friends would arrange their sentence oppositely on how we arrange when we speak in English. It is because of their word arrangements.
Mandarin Sentence Structure:
They would either start their sentence with either "Subject (Who)" or "Time (When)" first, then they would place the "Place (Where)" and the"Action (Verb-Object)".
I hope this inspires people out there who would like to try out new things.
Lets motivate each & other along the way.
Please share your knowledge / experience / view on this..
Alternatively, please share this to anyone that might be useful for them.
Cheers!
Omniknight :)
Do stay tune for my next article as it would be on my Diving Class
Pic Credit to user "quillau" from Pixabay.