Hello everybody!! 大家好 (Dàjiā hǎo)

Welcome back to our Basic Chinese Daily Conversation Lesson. Today we are going to learn about Birthday in Chinese.

Let’s get started!  我们开始吧 (wǒmen kāishǐ ba)

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Today is my birthday.

今天是我的生日

Jīntiān shì wǒ de shēngrì

I am really happy.

我真高兴

Wǒ zhēn gāoxìng

or you can say  我真的很高兴 Wǒ zhēn de hěn gāoxìng

Vocabularies from Conversation

Today in Chinese 今天 pinyin: Jīntiān

birthday in Chinese 生日 pinyin:  shēngrì 

happy in Chinese  高兴 pinyin:  gāoxìng

Please watch the video below for better understanding

Grandpa gives me a birthday cake.

爷爷送给我生日蛋糕

Yéyé sòng gěi wǒ shēngrì dàngāo

Cake is round and sweet.

蛋糕又圆又甜cake1

Dàngāo yòu yuán yòu tián

Vocabularies from Conversation

Cake in Chinese 蛋糕 pinyin : dàngāo

round in Chinese 圆  pinyin : yuán 

sweet in Chinese 甜  pinyin : tián

Chinese Gamma from Dialogue

both…….. and……..
又……..又……..(yòu…….. yòu……..)
In Chinese, we use “又……又……” to link coordinate verbs or adjective

to state that two situations or characteristics are in the same level.

 

Example; 小貓又淘氣又可愛 (Xiǎo māo yòu táoqì yòu kě’ài) 

The kitten is both naughty and cute

Please watch the video below for better understanding

Finally, we will learn about Birthday gift/present in Mandarin Chinese


Grandma give me a new toy.

奶奶送给我新玩具

Nǎinai sòng gěi wǒ yīgè xīn wánjù 

There is a doll.

doll有一个娃娃

Yǒu yīgè wáwá 

One panda, three puppies

一个熊猫,三只小狗

Yīgè xióngmāo, sān zhī xiǎo gǒu

And 5 balloons.

和五个气球

Hé wǔ gè qìqiú

Vocabularies from Conversationballon1

toy in Chinese 玩具 Pinyin: wánjù

new in Chinese 新 Pinyin: xīn

doll in Chinese 娃娃 Pinyin: wáwá

panda in Chinese 熊猫 Pinyin: xióngmāo

balloon in Chinese 气球 Pinyin: qìqiú

Please watch the video below for better understanding

Thank you for watching, see you on next Chinese Basic Conversation lesson. Bye bye

谢谢大家 (Xièxiè dàjiā)

再见 (Zàijiàn)

Posted on Dec 29, 2015

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