Hello! Welcome to the Chinese Learn Lessons. My name is Len and today I would like to teach you one sentence in Chinese and that is “I am new at speaking Chinese”.
In Chinese, wo gang kai shi xue zhong wen. So this has been a request on YouTube and I recommend everybody to send me a request on YouTube for the words you want to speak in Chinese and I can transform them into such mini lessons in 10 minutes time to teach you one sentence in Chinese so, wo gang kai shi xue zhong wen. Would you like to grab a pen and a piece of paper and we will go through the pronunciation of each Chinese characters before we go through the writing of each Chinese characters.
Okay, let’s have a look at this sentence, wo gang kai shi xue zhong wen. So the first character wo means I. the second character gang means just. The third and fourth character kai shi means start and the next character xue means learn. The last two characters zhong wen means Chinese so, wo gang kai shi xue zhong wen. I just start learn Chinese or in English I'm new at speaking Chinese.
So let’s have a look at each individual characters. The first character is wo. You can see that it’s more likely a left and right structure character. So wo means I. and for the pronunciation it is WO. So W pronounce W, and O pronounce O which is the third tone that is going from up to down and then up again. It is wo, wo, wo or in the shorter version: wo, wo, wo.
The next character is gang. So gang is more likely a left and right structure to character. Okay see that gang means just. The pronunciation of gang is G-A-N-G. so G pronounced G and ANG pronounced ANG which is the first tone that is totally flat. It is gang, gang, gang or in the shorter version: gang, gang, gang.
The third character is kai. Kai is a very simple character as you can see and kai means to start. Sot he pronunciation of Kai is K-A-I. K pronounced K and AI pronounced AI which is the first tone that is totally flat. It is Kai, Kai, Kai or in the shorter version: kai, kai, kai.
Next character is shi. So shi means the beginning and kai means to start. So kai shi altogether means start. Shi is more likely a left and right structure to character as you can see. And the pronunciation of shi is S-H-I. So SH pronounced SH and I pronounced I which is the third tone that is going from up to down and then up again. It is shi, shi, shi or in the shorter version: shi, shi, shi.
The next character is xue and you can see that xue is more likely an up and down structure to character. So the way to write this character is from up to down. And you can see that xue means learn. The pronunciation of xue is X-U-E. So X pronounced X and UE pronounced UE which is the second tone that is going from down to up. It is xue, xue, xue or in the shorter version: xue, xue, xue.
The next character is zhong. You can see that zhong is quite a simple character to write and zhong means middle. The pronunciation of zhong is Z-H-O-N-G. So ZH is pronounced ZH and ONG pronounced ONG which is the first tone that is totally flat. It is zhong, zhong, zhong or in the shorter version: zhong, zhong, zhong.
The last character is wen and wen is quite a simple writing Chinese character. Wen means a language and zhong means middle. So, zhong wen- middle language-utter means Chinese and you can see the pronunciation is W-E-N. W pronounced W and EN pronounced EN with the second tone that is going from down to up. It is wen, wen, wen or in the shorter version: wen, wen, wen. So for the whole sentence for the last time, wo gang kai shi xue zhong wen.
Okay so let’s have a look at the demonstration of the writing for each Chinese characters.
Okay, that’s fantastic so that’s the lesson for you today, wo gang kai shi xue zhong wen. Until next time! Please feel free to subscribe for my channel and rate this video. Currently, I'm working on basic Chinese calls in order to provide you a hustle free trip to China so please pay closer attention to what I'm doing and I'm expecting my calls to be up in running in 3-6 months time. Until next time!
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