Newbie - How Many in Your Family
bill
November 20, 2007, 09:49 AM posted in General Discussion
Ah, the home front. Any self-respecting Mandarin learner has their work cut out for them in deciphering the who's who of a Chinese family. And don't think the one-child policy makes things any easier. So, line 'em up, and get them all straight in this podcast which will enlighten you on the members of a Chinese family.
urcto
March 16, 2009, 05:30 AMHi,bill. I can not open your lesson. However, do you know how many relations(member callings) among the Chinese family members?
Do you know who they are?
爷爷，奶奶，外公（姥爷），外婆（姥姥）
爸爸，伯伯，叔叔，姑妈，姑姑，妈妈，姨妈，阿姨，舅舅
哥哥，姐姐，弟弟，妹妹
儿子，女儿，媳妇，女婿
孙子，孙女，外孙子，外孙女，孙媳妇，孙女婿……
舅公，伯公，姑婆，婶婆……
伯母，婶婶，姑丈，姨丈，舅母……
堂兄，堂姐，堂弟，堂妹，表哥，表姐，表弟，表妹……
侄子，侄女，外甥子，外甥女……
……
Once, I watched a TV program about Chinese Charaters named <汉字五千年>, do you know that?A wonderful program. It mentioned there were over 300 kinds of family members in China. I can not enumerate each one even. All above are the common ones.
bill
March 16, 2009, 05:52 AMHi urcto,
Seems that link is extinct. On the other hand there is one that you might find more useful:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
我刚才找到它. （清，always correct my 汉字 如果你有诗).
I guess a lot. 现在要看度你的长家人但（?). Made that up.
Also, again, I'm happy to correct your compositions. I prefer email because this editor is very flaky. 你懂"flaky"马？
要不在这里很晚。我要睡觉 ...
星期一快乐，
Bill
bill
March 16, 2009, 06:02 AM睡觉以前: Once, I watched a TV program about Chinese Charaters named <汉字五千年>。
不认识那个纪录片 ... 我觉得我一定享用看它!
Bill
urcto
March 16, 2009, 06:08 AMHi, I know flaky, but I don't understand "
我刚才找到它. （清，always correct my 汉字 如果你有诗).
I guess a lot. 现在要看度你的长家人但（?). Made that up.
" clearly. Well, I know correcting a writing at e-mail will be more comfortable, I will send to you by email. Thank you ,bill,you are very kind.
bill
November 26, 2007, 08:52 PM你好，大家，
This lesson is the first of three for this week on family members. There are all newbie lessons and very basic. I like the following BBC small lesson set that is very good for beginners. It also has an intro to family members. You might take a look:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/
再见，
Bill