Hello everybody!! 大家好 (Dàjiā hǎo)
Welcome back to our Basic Chinese Daily Conversation Lesson. Today we learn about basic housework such as cleaning or washing your clothes in Chinese.
Let’s get started! 我们开始吧 (wǒmen kāishǐ ba)
My mom washes clothes for me.
妈妈给我洗衣服
Pinyin: Māmā gěi wǒ xǐ yīfú
I wash handkerchief for my doll.
我给娃娃洗手绢。
Pinyin: Wǒ gěi wáwá xǐ shǒujuàn.
Remark: From these above 2 sentences we can see a pattern when someone doing something for another one, the sentence pattern in Mandarin Chinese will be
Chinese : A gěi B + Verb…
English: A …. (Verb) for B
Vocabularies from sentences
Cloth: 衣服 pinyin: yīfú
Wash, clean: 洗 pinyin: xǐ
Handkerchief:手绢 pinyin: shǒujuàn
Please watch the video below for better understanding
Next we will learn about hobbies and free time activities like reading a book, drawing in Mandarin Chinese.
Let’s get started! 我们开始吧(wǒmen kāishǐ ba)
Daddy is reading a book; older brother is also reading a book.
爸爸在看书, 哥哥也在看书。
Pinyin: Bàba zài kàn shū, gēgē yě zài kànshū
My sister and I are drawing.
我和姐姐画画
Pinyin: Wǒ hé jiějiě huà huà
My older sister draws a little bird, I draw an airplane.
姐姐画小鸟、我画飞机
Pinyin: Jiějiě huà xiǎo niǎo, wǒ huà fēijī
Vocabularies from sentences
Book:书 Pinyin: shū
If we want to say book bag in Chinese we can say “书包” Pinyin: Shūbāo
Drawing: 画 Pinyin: huà
Airplane: 飞机 Pinyin: fēijī
Please watch the video below for better understanding
Next we will learn about other hobbies and free time activities like planting and watering in Mandarin Chinese.
Let’s get started! 我们开始吧(wǒmen kāishǐ ba)
Grandpa and grandma love planting flowers.
爷爷奶奶爱种花
Pinyin: Yéyé nǎinai ài zhòng huā
Every day they gave flower watering.
他们每天都给花浇水。
Pinyin: Tāmen měitiān dōu gěi huā jiāo shuǐ.
Vocabularies from sentences
Planting:种Pinyin: zhòng
Watering: 浇水 Pinyin: jiāo shuǐ
Please watch the video below for better understanding