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AskBenny
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2007-07-26 / 02:08AM
A quick and easy one. :{D
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2007-07-29 / 09:34AM
Easy to understand but very important lesson.
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2007-07-30 / 10:28AM
I agree. I really learn.
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2007-10-13 / 07:05PM
ni hao benny,ni hao ma.todays lesson was short and easy but very practical.xie xie
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2007-10-15 / 10:19AM
Always my pleasure, :)
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2007-12-01 / 02:56PM
hello again! i have another question.
what is the difference between nǐ men hǎo ma and nǐ hǎo ma? what does “men” mean and how does it change the sentence?
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2007-12-02 / 11:11AM
Ni hao trinity!
Unlike English, there is no plurality for noun in Mandarin. So we use “men” to change a personal pronoun to be plural. Just take a look at following words, you’ll understand:
wo = I/me
wo men = we/us
ni = you
ni men = you (plurality)
ta = he/she
ta men = they/them
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2007-12-07 / 11:25PM
Dear Benny!
You site is absolutely extra! Merci beaucoup (thx a lot in french ^^)
I just have a question. This lessons are made for foreigners to improve their speaking mandarin and will help them rapidly to survive in the streets…it’s obvious!
However, what about writting and reading? Pinying is not used in china after primary school…so should we worry about that? and how to improve the reading and writting?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Yann (fan of this experimental site)
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2007-12-08 / 11:23AM
Ni hao! YANN. Good question!
From my teaching experience, most of foreigners prefer able to speak and listen first, which help them “survive” in China. But of course reading and writing are also very important. At this stage, we don’t offer speical course for reading and writing on our website, but it will definitely be provided in the future! First of first, I want foreigners to learn Mandarin in an easy and fun way, thus they will have strong interest about learning the language, which is the best teacher.
If you have any questions, including reading and writing of Mandarin, just ask me or my Angels! We’d love to help, because we are “Ask Benny”!!
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2007-12-08 / 05:27PM
“Merci beaucoup” for your prompt answer Benny! That’s exactly the way i am learning mandarin too…but i hope to learn how to read and write someday. SO we will see how you and your angles will deal with this part later. ;)
Thanks one again.
Later…
Yann
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2007-12-09 / 01:13PM
Merci beaucoup again! Yann. Cool, I teach Mandarin, but I learn other language as well from my Bennyians!
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2007-12-10 / 05:27AM
Benny could I get you msn???
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2007-12-10 / 10:30AM
Sasha, of course! Here you go:
benny@bennysland.com
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2007-12-11 / 12:14AM
Thank you very much xie xie..!
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2007-12-11 / 12:14AM
Thank you very much xie xie..!
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2008-01-14 / 09:05AM
xie xie ni Benny, this helps alot
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2008-01-31 / 02:30AM
我喜欢茶.
I like tea, especially green tea. I drink it all the time I’m writing.
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2008-02-19 / 11:43PM
我不要喝咖啡，我要喝红茶还有啤酒，可以吗？
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2008-03-20 / 10:19AM
Lately there has been a problem connecting to youtube. I live in China and some web addresses seem to be blocked here. Do you know how I can connect to youtube? Or is there another place where I can listen to your lectures?
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2008-05-18 / 12:46AM
Xie xie. Wo hen hao.
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2008-07-18 / 01:53PM
Hi Benny; I am from Turkey;
I was desperately looking for Chinese lessons; because I had no chance to take a course because I am working at airport my shift doesn’t fit any day:( But Luckily I found you;U r great;
I hope next year I will take a chance to goto China so I have to study hard;Thanks to you Iwill speak Chinese in ChinaChinese gramer is ok ıt looks like Turkish;I Think we were neighbours centuries ago that’s why:))))Also I like Chinese people they are respectfull and kind there are smilarities between Turkish and Chinese..
xie xie
Arzu
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2008-07-31 / 02:43AM
Thank you very much ! Your english very good !
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2008-08-27 / 04:20AM
just wondering, you say:
‘mei you for dont have ’
but can you say
’bu you for dont have’ also?
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2008-10-09 / 12:52AM
Kamidake, no you cant use “bu you” for “don’t have”
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2008-10-14 / 05:55AM
this really helpful Benny.
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2008-10-29 / 07:45AM
Xie xie Benny~
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2008-11-12 / 02:04AM
ni hao benny!
I learned that the “not” could be
“bu”
When do we use " 没" (mei)?
when do we use “bu”?
xie xie!
zai jian
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2009-01-23 / 04:48AM
As far as I know Jessica, that’s just one of those things that you have to memorize. bu is used a lot more often than mei, so when in doubt go with bu. Otherwise, begin to memorize where to use bu (ie. bu yao) and where to use mei (ie. mei you). good luck!
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2009-03-18 / 12:16PM
Marvelous lesson, Benny
Xìe xie again!
2009-03-26 / 01:14PM
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