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Me and my new lipstick pen - classy

I was thinking of what vocab to learn today when I wandered into the kitchen and realized – what is kitchen in mandarin!? What is laundry room? LETS FIND OUT SHALL WE :D (You can tell I am so excited for today’s lesson).

TODAY'S CLASS AGENDA

VOCAB 

For any beginners reading:

                      

1.     Home 家 jia
2.     Room/Bedroom 房间 fang jian / 卧房 wo fang
3.     Bathroom 浴室 yu shi
4.     Toilet 洗手间 xi shou jian

…. Ok, now to learn the rest

For the pro students: – me (google translater approved)

5.     House 房子 fang zi
6.     Apartment 公寓 gong yu (that means condo, which can lso be used for apartment)
7.     Living Room 客厅 ke ting
8.     Dining Room 饭厅 fan ting
9.     Kitchen 厨房 chu fang
10. Garage 车库 che ku
11. Laundry Room 洗衣房 xi yi fang
12. Games Room 游戏室 you xi shi
13. TV Room 电视房 dian shi fang
14. Guest Room 客房 ke fang
15. Study 书房 shu fang
16. Car Park 停车场 ting che chang
17. Lobby 前厅 qian ting (but people usually just use lobby)
18. Balcony 阳台 yang tai

PHRASES (That I can see myself needing to use..)

1. Do you have a spare room? 请问你有多余的房间吗？qing wen ni you duo yu de fang jian ma?

2. Where is your kitchen? 请问你的厨房在哪里？ qing wen ni de chu fang zai na li?

3. Can I use your toilet? 请问我能用洗手间吗？ qing wen wo neng yong xi shou jian ma?

4. You have a beautiful house 你有一个很漂亮的房子 ni you yi ge hen piao liang de fang zi

5. How many rooms do you have? 你有几个房间呢？ ni you ji ge fang jian ne?

6. Which floor do you live on? 你住在哪一层楼？ni zhu zai na yi cen lou?

Phew, hard lesson for me. Ok, zai jian!

Ming's Mandarin - Around the World

The glasses are staying.

I love to travel and it would be a shame lets just say, if I get interviewed and don’t actually know how to say where I’ve been or want to go (can you imagine :|). I’m pretty good with the basics but will include them anyway!

TODAY'S CLASS AGENDA

VOCAB

For any beginners reading:                        

1.  Country   国家 guo jia             

2. Travel 旅游 lu you

3. England 英国 ying guo

4. Singapore 新加坡 xin jia po

5. China 中国 zhong guo

6. Japan 日本 ri ben

7. America 美国 mei guo

8. France 法国 fa guo

For the pro students: – me (google translator approved)

9. Spain 西班牙 xi ban ya

10. Russia 俄国 e guo

11. Morocco 摩洛哥 mo luo ge

12. Taiwan 台湾 tai wan

13. Philipines 菲律宾 fei lv bin (fei lui bin)

14. Egypt 埃及 ai ji

15. Mexico 墨西哥 mo xi ge

16. India 印度 yin du

17. Australia (formal term) 澳大利亚 ao da li ya OR (informal term) 澳洲 ao zhou

18. Europe 欧洲 ou zhou

19. Asia 亚洲 ya zhou

20. Africa 非洲 fei zhou

21. London 伦敦 lun dun

22. Paris 巴黎 ba li

23. New York 纽约 niu yue

24. Sydney 悉尼 xi ni

25. Hong Kong 香港 xiang gang

26. Holiday – 度假 du jia

27. Public Holiday – 假期 jia qi

28. VISA - 签证 qian zheng

PHRASES (That I can see myself needing to use..)

1. I was born in Sydney, Australia 我的出生地在澳大利亚的悉尼 wo de chu sheng di zai ao da li ya de xi ni

2. I grew up in Singapore 我在新加坡长大 wo zai xin jia po zhang da

3. I really want to travel to Japan 我真的想要到日本旅游 wo zhen de xiang yao dao ri ben lui you

4. I have family in London, Sydney and Spain. 我在伦敦，悉尼和西班牙都有家人 wo zai lun dun, xi ni he xi ban ya dou you jia ren

5. Will I need a VISA if I want to go to Egypt? 如果我想到埃及，我需要签证吗？ ru guo wo xiang dao ai ji, wo xu yao qian zheng ma?

6. Is there anyone who wants to travel with me to Taiwan? 有没有人想要和我一起到台湾旅游呢？ you mei you ren xiang yao he wo yi qi dao tai wan lui you ne?

Hao le! Tong xue men, ming tian jian!

Ming's Mandarin - Fruit Factors

Does this make one look smarter?

Mum has now decided that I have to start blogging about my mandarin progress so that she can check that I’m ACTUALLY learning something (but this could be fun, I learn a bit, you learn a bit.. you know, half the stress?) so I’m starting this little ‘Ming’s Mandarin’ section. We’ll see how this goes.

TODAY'S CLASS AGENDA (lets start slow, shall we? Focused towards me remember..)

VOCAB (I’m crap with fruit and this is a good reminder)

For any beginners reading:                         

1.  Fruit 水果 shui guo

2. Fruit Juice 果汁 guo zhi

3. Apple 萍果 pinguo

4. Orange 橙 cheng

5. Banana香蕉 xiang jiao

6. Strawberry/Blueberries 草莓 Cao  Mei / 蓝莓 lan mei

For the pro students: – me (DW I google translate checked)

7. Papaya 木瓜 mu gua

8. Watermelon 西瓜 xi gua

9. Kiwi 奇异果 qi yi guo

10. Pineapple 凤梨 feng li

11. Rock Melon 哈密瓜 ha mi gua

12 Pear 梨子 li zi

13. Raspberries 山莓 shan mei

14. Avocado 鳄梨 e li

15. Mango 芒果 mang guo

16. Peach 桃子 tao zi

17. Lychee  荔枝 li zhi

18. Durian 榴莲 liu lian

PHRASES (That I can see myself needing to use..)

1. Can I order a fruit salad? 我想点一份水果沙拉 wo xiang dian yi fen shui guo sha la

2. What type of fruit juices do you have? 请问你们有什么类型的果汁 qing wen ni men you she me lei xing de guo zhi

3. Where can I find a fruit market? 请问我能在哪里找到水果市场 qing wen wo neng zai na li zhao dao shui guo shi chang

4. Does this supermarket have any (e.g. blueberries)? 请问这个超市（short for 超级市场 chao ji shi chang）有没有.........（eg.蓝莓）qing wen zhe ge chao shi you mei you..

5. My favourite smoothie is strawberry and banana  我最喜欢的是草莓和香蕉冰沙 wo zui xi huan de shi cao mei he xiang jiao bing sha

6. I don’t eat durian 我不吃榴莲 wo bu chi liu lian 

OK THAT’S ENOUGH FOR TODAY!

Xia ke! Ming tian jian!