Newbie lesson: Ahma's poem

azerdocmom
August 14, 2007, 10:30 PM posted in General Discussion
I'm back! With a Newbie lesson, and it's a fun one : ) This is Ahma, reciting a common children's poem. Push pause after hearing, "What does that mean?" and test yourself. Try and figure it out then play the rest of it. Have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbVBbiheB-E
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man2toe
August 15, 2007, 04:08 AM

Who is your friend in the video? She has a fun spirit about her. Glad you are back Doc. Ahma=阿媽 or 阿姨?

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azerdocmom
April 26, 2009, 08:42 PM

tvan, 谢谢你!

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eileen
August 15, 2007, 04:44 AM

Hi Alice, I'm guessing that that's your mom in the background... the 阿媽 gives it away since I call my paternal grandmother that too. :-)

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dave
August 15, 2007, 04:52 AM

That was really funny.

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lunetta
August 15, 2007, 06:45 AM

Good to have to you back!

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azerdocmom
August 15, 2007, 12:01 PM

Thanks Dave, Lunetta : ) I thought it was hilarious, so had to tape it and share it! Eileen, you are right! Since my kids were born after 我的 大哥的小孩子, it was just easier to have them call my mom 阿媽 also, even though it is technically incorrect : )

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daizi
August 15, 2007, 02:22 PM

大头大头 Dàtóu dàtóu 下雨不愁 xiàyǔ bù chóu 人家有伞 rénjiā yǒusǎn 我有大头 wǒ yǒu dàtóu. 谢谢。太可爱了。

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azerdocmom
August 16, 2007, 12:35 AM

That's right, xiaodai! You have the entire poem down. Are you really only 7 years old?

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azerdocmom
August 15, 2007, 04:23 AM

Man2Toe I chuckle everytime I watch it : O I think it's 阿媽; that's a hint to who she is. Here's another hint: my brother's kids first started calling her 阿媽...perhaps the lesson below is relevent... http://chinesepod.com/learnchinese/introducing-oneself-to-the-family/discussion

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henning
August 16, 2007, 01:08 PM

dai, please morph back to our generation. Do you think your students will take a nihilistic 6-year-old seriously? ;)

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daizi
August 16, 2007, 02:41 PM

Ok, Henning. You win.

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azerdocmom
August 16, 2007, 04:52 PM

A-ha! I thought you sounded older than a 2nd grader : )

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daizi
August 16, 2007, 06:07 PM

That's not what my wife says.

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azerdocmom
August 18, 2007, 11:29 PM

太好笑了!!!

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azerdocmom
April 26, 2009, 04:36 PM

I thought I'd drag this out of the lost and found and share...it's my mom with whom I will be visiting Taiwan this week. See if you understand what she says...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbVBbiheB-E

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tvan
April 26, 2009, 07:42 PM

Here's the video embedded with the media tool added since the original posting.

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daizi
August 16, 2007, 12:48 PM

Not 'til October 30.