If you’re looking for a new way to study Chinese, here’s a method that I have used to learn Chinese or any other language quickly and effectively. If you’re self-studying or self-learning languages, using tv shows to learn languages is a fun way to learn natural language in an enjoyable way. I’m going to start giving you guys tv show episodes and providing the transcript in the native language to help you in your studies!! The instructions are down below. Simply follow the instructions, watch and learn Chinese!
If you have recommendations for shows you’d like me to do next, leave them in the comments!
Watch and Learn Instructions: Please Read
Intermediate to Advanced: Watch first ten minutes without stopping (without English subtitles). If you are able to understand at least 50%, then re-watch the first ten minutes without English subtitles and only use the Chinese subtitles while looking up any words you do not know.
Beginner to Lower Intermediate: Watch the first ten minutes without stopping (without English subtitles). If you are unable to understand 50%, re-learn the first ten minutes with English subtitles so that the learning process goes a little faster.Look up and write down any and all words you don’t know.
Note: Hello, language learners! Just want to first apologize for a very late post! A lot has been going on since my move from China and it has been a doozy. Excuses aside, here is a fresh of the press post for your language learning needs.
Grammar Is a Nightmare
Grammar is always a nightmare for language learners. It doesn’t matter what language you’re learning, grammar is simply not always a basket of roses. It’s actually never a bucket of roses and the sooner you accept that,the better whole language learning process will go. Why is grammar such a nightmare for those of you who are bright eyed bushy tailed and new to language learning? Here’s a list:
Because there are ‘rules’ to grammar, but there are ALWAYS exceptions.
Sometimes the grammar itself makes no sense at all when explained in your native language
You often forget them right after
They may have specific usages that you must know of in order to avoid sounding like a plebe
There are a million and get more and more complex as you progress
What Is Grammar
Stop your scrolling! This is important!! I’m not going to explain the complex intricacies of the concept of grammar or even try to simplify it because if you speak a language, any language, you know what grammar is. HOWEVER, it is important to remember as you study grammar is that it is the written expression of how a group of people understand and synthesize the world around them. It is also how you learn more about the culture of the language you are learning. So take care to learn grammar thoroughly.
So how do you get through this total nightmare with your sanity intact? Fortunately for you, I’ve been studying languages for ten years and can tell you EXACTLY what to do. So before you resume or begin studying, here is my recommended step by step guide to studying grammar.
IF IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG DAY, YOU ARE ‘WEARY’. IF SOMEONE IS ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES YOU SUSPICIOUS, YOU ARE ‘WARY’.
ALL IN ‘DUE’ TIME, NOT ‘DO’ TIME
‘PER SE’ NOT ‘PER SAY’
THANK YOU
BREATHE - THE VERB FORM IN PRESENT TENSE
BREATH - THE NOUN FORM
THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE
WANDER - TO WALK ABOUT AIMLESSLY
WONDER - TO THINK OF IN A DREAMLIKE AND/OR WISTFUL MANNER
THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE (but one’s mind can wander)
DEFIANT - RESISTANT DEFINITE - CERTAIN
WANTON - DELIBERATE AND UNPROVOKED ACTION (ALSO AN ARCHAIC TERM FOR A PROMISCUOUS WOMAN)
WONTON - IT’S A DUMPLING THAT’S ALL IT IS IT’S A FUCKING DUMPLING
BAWL- TO SOB/CRY
BALL- A FUCKING BALL
YOU CANNOT “BALL” YOUR EYES OUT
AND FOR FUCK’S SAKE, IT’S NOT “SIKE”; IT’S “PSYCH”. AS IN “I PSYCHED YOU OUT”; BECAUSE YOU MOMENTARILY MADE SOMEONE BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT WASN’T TRUE.
THANK YOU.
*slams reblog*
IT’S ‘MIGHT AS WELL’. ‘MIND AS WELL’ DOES NOT MAKE GRAMMATICAL SENSE.
IT’S NOT ‘COULD OF’, THAT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER. IT’S ‘COULD HAVE’. SAME APPLIES TO ‘SHOULD HAVE’.
And this is why my students look at me as though I’m the devil when I try to tell them that no i’m not lying this really is a thing
IT’S ‘COULDN’T CARE LESS’ NOT ‘COULD CARE LESS’ IF YOU COULD CARE LESS THAT MEANS YOU CARE
it’s ‘couldn’t care less’ not ‘could care less’ if you could care less that means you care ^Haiku^bot^0.4. Sometimes I do stupid things (but I have improved with syllables!). Beep-boop!
“It’s not a lot to ask — just a small courtesy and sign of respect. In fact, the accommodations we’re being asked to make to nonbinary individuals are much less far-reaching than the linguistic changes that feminists called for 50 years ago. Yet the reactions this time have been even more vehement than they were back then.”
In this episode we take a look at the JLPT N1 grammar ごとく/ごとき and what makes it different from our comfortable, 分かりやすい「のような・のように」…
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Welcome to Benkyogo!
In our ぶんぽうご Real Japanese Grammar series, Nani and Mani are deep diving into the textbook grammar required for the JLPT, throwing out the stuff you’ll never use, and teaching you how to speak authentically whilst expressing your own personality.
⭕️ You WILL:
- Understand grammar in real life context- Be told when and where to forget the BS - Get to listen to 2 random people free-talking about Japanese grammar
❌ You WON’T:
- Sound boring when talking to your Japanese friends - Say anything rude to your Japanese boss - Speak like you’re fresh outta your favourite anime
We don’t claim to be experts, we’re just 2 Japanese speakers (one native, one second language) chatting about the DO’s and DON’T’s of Japanese grammar in the 21st century. Keep up, textbooks!!
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Check out https://benkyogo.co.uk/ for detailed hints, tips and resources to self-study Japanese.
えばform of the verb + Verb in plain form + ほど e.g. 食べれば＋食べるほど
Meaning 意味：
This is quite a complicated pattern to get your head round. It translates when used in a sentence as ‘the more…, the more…“, “the less… the less” and so on. It is used when expressing the idea that the more times you do one thing, the more you will get the same consequence.
Examples 例え：
山は登れば登るほど、気温が低くなる。 The higher you climb the mountain, the lower the temperature gets.
お礼の手紙を出すのは早ければ早いほどいい。 When writing a thank you letter, the sooner you write it, the better.
あの人の話は聞けば聞くほどわからなくなる。 The more you listen to that person’s story, the less you understand.
This lesson is suitable for beginners! I tried my best to give the simplest version for everything. Some words have more usages, etc… but I felt these are most important for beginner learners.
누구 - Who
Conjugation: To emphasize “who” as the subject, you would use the subject marker 가. 가 is used instead of 이 since 누구 ends in a vowel. When adding 가 to 누구, it becomes누가. Remember this is only for emphasis.
Examples:
이거 누구예요? - Who is this?
누가 전화했어요? - Who called?
그 사람은 누구야? - Who is that person?
뭐 - What
Conjugation: Particles are not typically attached to 뭐.
Examples:
뭐 먹었어요? - What did you eat?
뭐 샀어요? - What did you buy?
뭐 보고 싶어요? - What do you want to watch?
어디 - Where
Conjugation:Although not always necessary, location marking particles -에 and -에서 can be added to make the sentence more clear. The location marking particles are directly attached to the noun. -에 expresses a location where something is, or the direction you a going toward. For example, 집에 가요 - I’m going home. -에서 expresses a location where an action is taking place. For example, 사무실에서 일해요 - I work at the office. These particles aren’t always attached to 어디, however I wanted to include them since the are helpful for responses, asking questions, etc…
Examples:
지금 어디(에) 있어요? - Where are you now?
어디 가고 싶어요? - Where do you want to go?
어디 살아요? - Where do you live?
언제 - When
Conjugation: “Particles like -부터 and -까지, which are often used to indicate from/until when something happens can be attached to 언제 to indicate that it is unknown “from/until when” something happens.” For example, 언제부터 한국어를 공부했어요? - Since when have you been studying Korean? Note that these particles are not required and 언제 can be used alone.
Examples:
언제 했어요? - When did you do it?
언제 도착했어요? - When did you arrive?
낮잠을 언제 잤어요? - When did you take a nap?
왜 - Why
Conjugation: 왜 is an adverb and doesn’t always have a specific location in the sentence, however it is typically placed first.
Examples:
왜 안 왔어요? - Why didn’t you come?
왜 전화했어요? - Why did you call?
한국어를 왜 공부하고 있어요? - Why are you studying Korean?
어떻게- How
Conjugation: 어떻게 is an adverb and does not have a specific location in the sentence. It can be used to asked questions in past, present or future tense.
Examples:
어떻게 찾았어요? - How did you find it?
한국어를 어떻게 배웠어요? - How did you learn Korean?
그것을 어떻게 해요? - How do you do that?
얼마 - How much (usually for money)
Examples:
이거 얼마예요? - How much is this?
얼마 냈어요? - How much did you pay?
그거 임대료가 얼마예요? - How much does it rent for?
얼마나- How (followed by adjective/adverb)
Examples:
얼마나 커요? - How big is it?
얼마나 기다렸어요? - How long did you wait?
한국어를 얼마나 자주 공부해요? - How often do you study Korean?
