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)
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
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 adjectiveto 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.
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 Conversation
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)