Week 2: Online Class

大家好！(Da jia hao)
Hello, everybody!

 So for this week which is on Monday, we had an online class. We had to watch videos and write a summary based on it. 

 So here is my summary on the videos. 
1. The first video explains on how the chinese characters come into place. The come from the bone oracle script which is also known as the 甲骨文 (Jia Gu Wen). 

 2. Pinyin consists of:-

  • initial
  • final
  • tone


source: http://www.meetmandarin.com/articles/chinese-pronunciation-guide.html

3. To write Chinese characters 汉子 (Hanzi), is from top to bottom, left to right.
4. Combining two different syllables to get a new character with it's own meaning:
  • 日rì= Sun
  • 月yuè= Moon
  • 日＋月＝明 míng (bright/brilliant)
  • explanation: Sun is brightest in the day, Moon is brightest in the night. Add together, you will get BRIGHT (aka brilliant)

5. All Chinese characters are monosyllable (one sound for one characters). 3000-4000 mandarin characters are needed to be known and understood for daily usage.
6. One different stroke on a Chinese character can change the meaning
  • 人 rén (human)－－》大 dà (big) －－》天 tīan (day)
7. Combining two characters will make a new word with new meaning:
  • 明 míng= bright
  • 天 tīan= day
  • míng+ dīan= 明天 tomorrow
  • explanation: the next day is another bright day when the Sun rises. 
This is the summary for the first video. There are like 4 videos altogether tho..
I'll give the summary for the rest one day :>

That is all from me~
谢谢 Xiexie ni (Thank you)
p.s. EH WHAT THE. THE CHINESE CHARACTER FOR "THANK YOU" IS SO COMPLICATED WHYYYY


Sabrina 上

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