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Dimsum Mandarin - Learn Mandarin Chinese

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Through Dimsum Mandarin, you will learn practical Mandarin Chinese in dimsum-sized chunks at your convenience. Learn useful words and phrases, as well as the skills to confidently put together sentences for everyday situations.
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Episodes

Lesson 06 - Counting 0 to 10, Using "to Have" - Main

In this episode, we learn: the numbers from zero to ten; the verb “to have”; how to negate the verb “to have”; the concept of measure words; how to form the plural personal pronouns; and the tone change rules for 一 (yī).

Aug 19, 2014

Lesson 05 - Your Family Members - Main

In this episode, we learn: the words for immediate family members; how to form possessive adjectives (my, your etc.); the demonstrative pronouns “this” and “that”; and how to introduce our family members.

Aug 13, 2014

Lesson 04 - Where You Live - Main

In this episode, we learn: how to ask simple “yes-no” 是 (shì) questions; how to negate simple 是 (shì) sentences; and how to tell people where you currently live.

Aug 09, 2014

Lesson 03 - Your Nationality - Supplement (Sample)

In this supplement podcast, we will: practice the words and phrases we have learnt in the main podcast; learn two other ways to ask someone where they are from; and learn the names of a few other countries.

Aug 04, 2014

Lesson 03 - Your Nationality - Main

In this episode, we learn: how to tell people what country you are from; how to ask people what country they are from; and the names of a few countries.

Aug 04, 2014

Lesson 02 - Daily Greetings - Lesson Guide for Chinese Characters (Sample)

In this lesson, you will learn: seven fundamental characters that also function as radicals; fourteen characters related to the conversations and phrases in lesson 02; the radical of each character; the sequence and direction of the strokes for all characters; and how to associate the characters with where they were used in the conversations and phrases.

Aug 02, 2014

Lesson 02 - Daily Greetings - Main

In this episode, we learn: greetings for different times of the day; various ways of saying goodbye; and a couple of ways to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome”.

Jul 31, 2014

Lesson 01 - Self-Introductions - Worksheets for Chinese Characters (Sample)

In the worksheets, you will learn: eight fundamental characters that also function as radicals; fifteen characters related to the conversations and phrases in lesson 01; the radical of each character; the sequence and direction of the strokes for all characters; and how to associate the characters with where they were used in the conversations and phrases.

Jul 30, 2014

Lesson 01 - Self-Introductions - Main

In this episode, we learn: how to say hello in both casual and formal situations; how to introduce yourself; and how to ask for someone else’s name.

Jul 27, 2014

Lesson 00 - Introduction - Dimsum Mandarin

In this introduction, we will talk about: what the terms Chinese Language and Mandarin refer to; tones and Chinese characters, and why they may not be as challenging as you'd imagine; the aspects of Mandarin that are easy to learn; the structure of the Dimsum Mandarin series.

Jun 23, 2014•14 min
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