ni and nin

shadow22
 June 23, 2011, 03:02 PM posted in General Discussion

I would like someone to help explain the difference between using 你ni or 您 nin.

is nin more personal?

xie xie

also I would like to mention that I spend an hour on chinese pod every day, I am quite enjoying my subscription.

我爱中国 (pod???)

wo ai Zhongguo (pod???)

Cody

 

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bodawei
 June 23, 2011, 04:13 PM

Hi Cody

It's 中国播客 zhōngguóbōkè (ChinesePod) 

您 nǐn is more formal than 你 - you would use 您 speaking to people you don't know, or to people older than yourself.   

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zhenlijiang

Hi Cody, Bodawei meant 中文播客 Zhong1wen2 bo1ke4.

中国 is China. Chinese in this case is Chinese the language, 中文.

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bodawei

Oh yeah, thnks zhenlijiang, I really should go to bed! Way too late. :)

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shadow22

awsome, thankyou both! and I really like the way you indicate the the tones in pinyin words, very cool!

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zhenlijiang

晚安~ Already too late for me to get any beauty sleep.

You're welcome Cody. Oh, and wan3'an1 (Good night)