#chinese sentences
In my last post about hello talk HERE
I discussed my experience with the app, all the useful phrases I had collected. From native speakers of the Chinese language. So I thought i’d compile another list, this time focusing on vocabulary around what the young people these days are using to text online, or say to each other!
So I was sick of being stuck behind my computer, learning and writing vocab, but not being able to talk to anyone in Chinese. I was looking around and thought i’d try this app called HELLO TALK. I’ve had it for two days so far!
Essentially it connects you with someone across the world who has your target language in their mother tongue. And ideally you’d have their target language as your mother tongue. And the language exchange begins!
Ofc there’s a bit of filtering to do, with people who aren’t willing to help you with your language and only want to speak in English. But once you find someone who has the same language learning goals as you it’s a matter of jumping straight into it. Try texting them in a mix of english/chinese and you can send back and forth voice memos to ask questions and improve eachother’s pronunciation :)
Here is some key vocab points and some of the things I got asked and discussed from my language exchange with a guy from Beijing and a girl from Hainan and many others :)
Even though there is a language translate function, it runs out after 15 goes if you have a free account. So I found myself forced to put things into google translate and look up things in the PLECO dictionary. Most, if not all of these sentences came from the native Chinese speakers on the app! So this is Chinese vocab in its most natural expression!
BONUS SENTENCES:
Asking your language partner to say things in English/Chinese
1. Please say this sentence in English/Chinese
请用英文/中文说这句话
Qǐng yòng yīngwén/zhōngwén shuō zhè jù huà
Setting a timeframe for your language exchange
1. Let’s talk for an hour!
一小时久 我们说吧！
Yī xiǎoshí jiǔ wǒmen shuō ba!
久： particle for duration of time
2. Let’s talk for half an hour!
半个小时久，让我们聊聊吧！
Bàn gè xiǎoshí jiǔ, ràng wǒmen liáo liáo ba!
3. I don’t have much time
我没有太多时间
Wǒ méiyǒu tài duō shíjiān
4. I have to go to sleep now
我现在必须去睡觉了
Wǒ xiànzài bìxū qù shuìjiàole
