Lessons 1-10

Mandarin Lesson 24 我昨天看电影了。I saw a movie yesterday.

杨 先生 昨天 去 青岛 了。 Mr. Yang went to Qingdao yesterday.
Yang xiānsheng zuótiān qù Qīngdǎo le.
Yang first-born yesterday-sky go Blue green Island finished.

她 昨天 跟 男朋友 在一 起 。She was with her boyfriend yesterday.
Tā zuótiān gēn nánpéngyo zài yī qǐ.
She yesterday-sky with male friend is one together

我 昨天 看 电影 了。I saw a movie yesterday.
Wǒ zuótiān kàn diànyǐng le.
I yesterday-sky see electric-picture finished.

他 昨天 看 电影 了。He saw a movie yesterday.
Tā zuótiān kàn diànyǐng le.
He yesterday-sky see electric-picture finished.

我的 妹妹 昨天 有 一个 测试 。My little sister had a test yesterday.
Wǒde mèimei zuótiān yǒu yī gè cèshì.
I-of little sister yesterday-sky have one test.

他 昨天 看 天坛 了。He saw the Temple of Heaven yesterday.
Tā zuótiān kàn tiāntán le.
He yesterday-sky saw sky-altar finished.

我 昨天 学习 汉语 了。I studied Mandarin yesterday.
Wǒ zuótiān xuéxí Hànyǔ le.
I yesterday-sky studied Han-language finished.

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Lessons 21-30
Lessons 31-40
Lessons 41-50
Lessons 51-60
Lessons 61-70
Lessons 71-80
Lessons 81-90
Lessons 91-100
Lessons 101-110
Lessons 111-120
Mandarin is a tone language--that is, different pitch patterns actually distinguish one word from another. Mandarin has no irregular verbs or noun plurals to learn, because words have only a single form. Because Mandarin is completely unrelated to any European language, you may think it might be difficult to develop your vocabulary. However, it really is not that difficult. Why? The reason is that the meanings of many words consisting of two or more characters can be inferred from the meanings of the characters or even the roots of individual characters. So, your vocabulary can rapidly expand when you have grasped the basic characters and character roots.