How old are you?

sballa
February 29, 2008, 02:50 PM posted in General Discussion

No, I'm not asking everyone reveal their age!  This is just a question my kids get right away, once native speakers find out that they know some Mandarin.  Unfortunately, they don't know to respond fluently.  Sure, they know their numbers, but not the vocab and expressions that go around these numbers.  So what is some basic language that can used in conversations like this?  Any suggestions?  I did some searches and didn't come up with any hits suggesting that such a lesson already exists.  If it doesn't, perhaps this could be a future newbie or ele...

 

Steve 

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lunetta
February 29, 2008, 03:02 PM

Hi Steve, you might want to try this lesson: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/little-friends/dialogue

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trieutuan1982
February 29, 2008, 03:10 PM

大家好。我 很 想 学 汉 语,今 年 我 二 十 六 岁,我 之 起 学 汉 语 学了 一 年 但是 还 差 。 请 你 们 叫 我 谢 谢

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sballa
February 29, 2008, 03:24 PM

Thanks Lunetta! Somehow I missed that one when searching (bad researcher!). It looks like it will be a good start...we'll have to listen to it in the car when we're going somewhere this weekend... Steve