Saturday 12 July 2008

Pinyin Singalong 1



Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) - SHE [Pinyin+English]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1n9PpWTWrwLyrics

Cong ni yan jing kan zhe zi ji zui xin fu de dao ying
wo zai shou xin de mo qi shi ming tian de zhi ying
wu lun shi yuan jing shen me shi ji
zai tian tang yong bao huo shu ye liu li
wo ai ni wo gan qu
wei zhi de ren he ming yun
wo ai ni wo yuan yi
zhun ni lai ba hu de jue ding (jue ding jue ding ....)
shi jie bian jing
ou er wo zhen de bu dong ni
you you shui zhen dong zi ji
wang wang liang ge ren duo qin mi
shi tou guo shang hai lai zheng ming
xiang jiao lu bu an wo jiu ren xing
ba shi lou ni pa suo yi ni sheng qi
wo ai ni rang wo ting
ni de pi bei he kong ju
wo ai ni wo xiang qin
ni jue qiang dao ji xian de xin.....
wo zhang qi suo you ai wei cheng feng yu de jin di
dang kuang fei hao yu xiang rang ni chuan kou qi
bei ge po de xing xin
xu yao shi jian quan yi
meng xiang chan zhe huai yi
wei lai kan bu qing
jiu jing jing de yong bao qu chuan di neng liang he yong qi
wo ai ni.....
wo ai ni wo xiang qu
wei zhi de ren he ming yun
wo ai ni rang wo ting
ni de pi bei he kong ju
wo ai ni wo xiang qin
ni jue qiang dao ji xian de xin
na li dou yi qi qu
yi qi yang wang xing xing
yi qi zou chu sen lin
yi qi ping chang hui yi
yi qi wu hui du ji
yi qi yu guo tian qing
yi qi geng dong zi ji
yi qi zao dao yi yi
wo ai ni
wo bu yao mei you ni
wo bu neng mei you ni
que bu neng mei you ni

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xiew3_she-wo-ai-ni-mv_music

AskBenny - Numbers 1-100



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhW0RmikZyA

active chinese - airplane dialogue



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHVLuhQ9aU

Friday 11 July 2008

How to play Mahjong


Board Games with Scott 006 - Mah Jong In Depth



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooY4Ylz0WNQ


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HongKong Mahjong training video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2tjRGMwlg

Note: It is played anti-clockwise.

There are variations of play in both videos and both videos are different to "Australian Rules"

Wednesday 9 July 2008

Chinese Name - Blakkbyrd

(烏) (鳥)

wū hēi niǎo

black black bird


simplified
鳥 traditional
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(烏) (鳥)

wūhēi niǎo

pitchblack bird

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(烏) (鳥)

wū hēiniǎo

black | blackbird

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(烏) | (鳥)

wūhēi | hēiniǎo

pitchblack | blackbird

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乌鸦

wūyā

crow/raven


鸦 = (烏) +

yā = wu + yá






Chinese Name - Blackbird

黑鸟

[hēiniǎo]

  • blackbird
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乌鸫

[wūdōng]

  • blackbird
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  • whistle like a blackbird
    象画眉那样自由自在地啭鸣

Birdnames - Chinese



24 bird names

http://www.nciku.com/theme/detail?&catg1ID=11&catg2ID=64&initial=&page=1


crow

乌鸦

[wūyā]

[wū]
+
[yā]

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[wū]
Play
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[yā]


Play


[yá]
+
[niǎo]


Chinese Name - Bird

Bird




+
[yī]

Stroke Order

Chinese Name - Black

black

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http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E9%BB%91/15683

Character Decomposition


+
[tǔ]
+
[huǒ,biāo]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 12

2BDutch

2BDutch (to be Dutch) is an easy and fun way to learn more about Dutch language and culture. Our videos with multiple subtitles can be used to practice your listening comprehension skills and learn new Dutch words. Or just get more information about the Netherlands.

http://www.2bdutch.nl/
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Watch videos about the Netherlands with multiple subtitles and practice your listening skills.

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Watch Taalklas or Woordkeuze. These are Dutch television programmes to teach immigrants Dutch.Watch Gewoon, hoezo gewoon? or Doe maar gewoon. These are Dutch television programmes to teach immigrants about the Dutch culture.

Marco Schuffelen - Intro to Dutch

This page is meant as a first introduction to Dutch

http://homepage.mac.com/schuffelen/ducolors.html


Het Volkslied

Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
Ben ik van Duitsen bloed
Den Vaderland getrouwe
Blijf ik tot in den doet
Een prinse van Oranje
Ben ik, vrij, onverveerd
Den konink van Hispanje
Heb ik altijd geëerd click to hear


The Dutch Anthem

I am William of Nassau
A man of our people
Loyal to the Fatherland
I'll remain to my dying day
I am a prince of Orange
Free and without fear
The king of Spain
I have always respected


Tuesday 8 July 2008

Benny's Pad

In Benny's Pad, everything is clickable! Learn words by clicking on the objects and see them turn into colour as you explore and your vocabulary grows!



http://www.askbenny.cn/benny/pad

Learn Chinese PinYin



Part 1: a e i o u u



Part 3: g k h j q x + vowels

nb. no part 2

Part 4: z c s + vowels



Part 5: zh ch sh r + vowels



Part 6: y w + vowels



Part 7: Say the whole thing




From
http://www.youtube.com/user/AimarYang

Active Chinese - Lesson 2

Ordering Drinks - Language Points



Origins of chinese location names
Coffee, coca cola
Canada, Australia
Forms of Address; First Born (male) Elder Sister (female)
waitress, staff member
You (formal), respectful forms of address
Who, What, Where: use of, where & there
To Go: To want: I want to drink beer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubgu5DR3vE&feature=related

AskBenny - Business Language



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCfnolgTApI&feature=related

Business Trip: I will go to Hong for a business trip
E-mail - I will send you an email tommorrow
Work; What time do you go to/leave work?
I dont like overtime
Client: (name) is my client
When is your day off? What's your plan.
This is very important

AskBenny - Business Etiquette



"ChineseBusinessEtiquette"


You (formal)
What's your surname?
Forms of Address (Mr, Miss)
Business Cards
This is my card
This is our President
Welcome to our party
Thankyou for attending our party
I hope we can have a great collaboration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j7v65M-euE&feature=related


AskBenny - Business Greetings



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rMr_fCCvo&feature=related


I work for
My Office is at
This is my card
This is my Boss

InbusinessTV - Chinese Business Greetings



Chinese business customs- How to greet someone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YrfGlHBZNw&feature=related