Benediktina's
Charming
Chinese Course
Benediktina's
Charming
Chinese Course
Text Productions
Working example: Here you will find a simple and short text in Pinyin and Chinese characters as well as its English translation.
Pinyin: Annabelle shì lǎoshi.Tā de xuéxiào zài yīyuàn qiánmiàn.Annabelle shàngwǔ qī diǎn wǔ shí fèn lái xuéxiào。 Tā yǒu yī zhī xiǎo gǒu hè yī zhī dà māo. Xiǎojiě Annabelle ài tāmen. Annabelle sān shí sān suì.。 Tā de nǚér jiào Lili. Lili ér suì hè hěn piàoliang. Tā de māma shì déguó rén hè tā zhù zài Běijīng, Zhōngguó. Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shí sì bā yī wǔ qī líng. Annabelle hé tā de nǚér hé tā de lǎo gōng zhù yīqǐ.. Annabelle xǐhuān kàn shū hè xuéxí hànyǔ.
Chinese Characters: Annabelle 是 老师。她 的 学校 在 医院 前面。Annabelle 上午 七 点 五 十 分 来 学校。 她 有 一只 小 狗 和 一只 大 猫。 小姐 Annabelle 爱 他们。 Annabelle 三 十 三 岁。她 的 女儿 叫 Lili。 Lili 二 岁 和 很 漂亮。 她 的 妈妈 是 德国人 和 Annabelle 住 在 北京 ,中国。她 的 电话号码 是 四 八 一 五 七 零。 Annabelle 和 她 的 女儿 和 她 的 老公 住 一起。Annabelle 喜欢 看书 和 学习 汉语。
English translation:
Annabelle is a teacher. Her school is in front of a hospital. Annabelle goes to school at 7.50 am in the morning. She has one small dog and a big cat. Miss Annabelle loves them. Annabelle is thirty three years old. Her daughter’s name is Lili. Lili is two years old and very pretty. Her mom is German and she lives in Beijing, China. Her phone number is 481570. Annabelle lives with her daughter and husband together. Annabelle likes reading books and studying Chinese.
About Me
My name is Benediktina Graw. I am in 11th grade at the German European School Singapore (GESS). As a German I lived for several years in Washington D.C. and came to Singapore in 2021. My interests are reading, dancing, music. And learning languages and everything about Asian cultures - in particular studying Mandarin and understanding the Chinese culture. Currently I am studying the HSK ( Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) level one content.
CV in Chinese characters:
我 是 Benediktina 和 我 姓 Graw。 我 十 八 岁。 我 的 学校 叫 German European School Singapore(GESS)。 我 是 德国 人 和 我 住 在 新加坡。我 喜欢 看 书 和 学习 汉语。我 有 一只 小 狗。他 叫 Smokie。
Pinyin:Wǒ shì Benediktina hè wǒ xìng Graw. Wǒ shí bā suì. Wǒ de xuéxiào jiào German European School Singapore (GESS). Wǒ shì déguó rén hè wǒ zhù zài xīnjiāpō. Wǒ xǐhuān kàn shū hè xuéxí hànyǔ. Wǒ yǒu yī zhī xiǎo gǒu. Tā jiào Smokie.
English translation:I am Benediktina and my last name is Graw. I'm 18 years old. My school is the German European School Singapore (GESS). I am German and live in Singapore. I like reading books and studying Chinese. I have a little dog. His name is Smokie.
Quizzes
After watching my video lessons please feel free to try out the corresponding quizzes to each of the video lessons to self assess your understanding. Please note that as video one only teaches greetings the corresponding quiz is combined with the 2nd lesson's content. Here you can find the 1st quiz for lesson 1 & 2 greetings and introduction
Videos
Below you find will a few videos teaching some basic Mandarin expressions and giving an overview of Mandarin.
Pre-Course: Pinyin and Tone Drills
In this lesson I will introduce the concept of Pinyin (the romanisation of Mandarin) as well as the 4 different tones in this language.
1st Lesson: Greetings
In this video I will teach you how to greet someone with the most common phrase in Mandarin.
2nd lesson: Introduction
Click below to watch how to introduce yourself in Mandarin.
Tips And Tricks: How To Master Mandarin
Preparing for HSK one
If your goal is to achieve to a HSK level one (equivalent to A1 in the European framework) don't worry too much. There are about 150 words you have to know. Below you will find an attached list of them. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tfliu-E8RqxHa79nLvpBro7oJYumNy180ZfLWp5MdBM/edit
The final assessment contains 2 sections: listening and reading comprehension.
Bibliography
Figure 1; Kroessiie,IMGBIN, 10th Jan.2019 https://imgbin.com/png/pyzuzaSb/watercolor-painting-art-chinese-painting-illustration-png
Figure 2; Wenjun, Zhong; Wang, Y, Arthur; "Chinese Made Easy", July 2001
Figure 3; JanDyrda, Pixabay, 24th Feb. 2016, https://pixabay.com/illustrations/china-taiwan-1215511/
Figure 4; Ractapopulous, Pixabay, 10th Jan. 2017 https://pixabay.com/illustrations/dragon-black-red-china-asian-3d-1969052/
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