New HSK 2 Lesson 1 Grammar 3 Pivotal Sentences




 

New HSK 2 Lesson 1 Grammar 2 是...的 [shì...de] Sentence





 

New HSK 2 Lesson 1 Grammar 1 Modal Particle 吧 [ba] (2)



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New HSK 1 Lesson 4 Grammar 4 Measure Words






New HSK 1 Lesson 4 Grammar 3 Modal Particle 呢 [ne]

What about...? And...? 

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1. 我有两个哥哥,你
    Wǒ yǒu liǎng gè gēge, nǐ ne?
    I have two older brothers, and you?
    Yo tengo dos hermanos mayores, ¿y tú?

2. 我叫白家月,你
    Wǒ jiào Bái Jiāyuè, nǐ ne?
    My name is Bai Jiayue, and you?
    Me llamo Bai Jiayue, ¿y tú?

3. 我是中国人,你
    Wǒ shì Zhōngguórén, nǐ ne?
    I’m Chinese, and you?
    Soy chino, ¿y tú? 


New HSK 1 Lesson 4 Grammar 2b 百 [bǎi],千[qiān],万 [wàn]


 

New HSK 1 Lesson 4 Grammar 2a Expression of Numbers 0-99

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New HSK 1 Lesson 4 Grammar 1 有 [yǒu] Sentence (1)


 

New HSK 3 Lesson 1 Review Activity

以为 [ yǐwéi ] [ xiàng ]
[ zhǎng ] 身高 [ shēngāo ]
[ ] [ shòu ]
[ jiē ] 行李 [ xíngli ]
[ diū ] 箱子 [ xiāngzi ]
号码 [ hàomǎ ] 好像 [ hǎoxiàng ]
重要 [ zhòngyào ] 着急 [ zhāojí ]
护照 [ hùzhào ] 服务台 [ fúwùtái ]
应该 [ yīnggāi ] [ zhàn ]
中间 [ zhōngjiān ] [ duǎn ]
头发 [ tóufa ] 年轻 [ niánqīng ]
发现 [ fāxiàn ] 不见 [ bújiàn ]
[ dài ]

New HSK 3 Lesson 3 Grammar 1 看上去 / 看起来

看上去 / 看起来 describe the appearance or condition of a person or an object.

Number 2 ➡️ 二 [ èr ] vs 两 [ liǎng ]

 二 [èr]  numbers in general, ordinal numbers, phone numbers,...

 两 [liǎng]  before measure words

shí'èr
12
èrshí'èr
22
一百二十二
yìbǎi èrshí'èr
122
两个人
liǎng gè rén
two people
两口人
liǎng kǒu rén
two people (family members)
两本书
liǎng běn shū
two books

More examples
我有两只小猫。Wǒ yǒu liǎng zhī xiǎo māo. I have two small cats.
她的儿子两岁了。Tā de érzi liǎng suì le. Her son is two years old.

en números, al contar, dar un número de teléfono, etc.

两 (liǎng) - para palabras de medida

我 有 两只 小猫 。Wǒ yǒu liǎng zhī xiǎo māo. Tengo dos gatos pequeños.
她 的 儿子 两岁 了 。Tā de érzi liǎng suì le. Su hijo tiene dos años.

两个小时 (liǎng gè xiǎo shí) two hours;
两天(liǎng tiān) two days;
两个星期(liǎng gè xīng qī) two weeks;
两个月(liǎng gè yuè) two months.

There is one potentially confusing example. Instead of saying 二点(èr diǎn) to express 2 o`clock, the correct way to express this is actually 两点(liǎng diǎn) 2 o’clock – you can think of it literally as a quantity of “two points on the clock.”

1) 二 (èr) is used as an ordinal number, such as 第二(dì èr) the second, 二楼(èr lóu) the second floor,etc.

2)When used in math to indicate a numeral, a fraction, or a decimal,“二 ”is used instead of “两”.

1/2(èr fēn zhī yī) 二分之一; 1/3(sān fēn zhī èr) 三分之二
0.2(líng diǎn èr) 零点二; 2.4(èr diǎn sì) 二点四

3) In the multi-digit numbers, use 二,not 两for tens place and ones place, as 22(二十二). Before the百(hundred)’s place, either 两 or 二 can be used, as in 200(二百/两百). When used before the “千”(qiān ,thousand)、“万”(wàn, ten thousand) or “亿”(yì, hundred million) places, “两” is much more frequently used.




E.g. 2000(两千); 22222(两万两千二百二十二); 200000000(两亿)4) Before “traditional” units for capacity or weight (尺(chǐ)/亩(mǔ)/升(shēng)…), both 两 and 二 can usually be used. For example: 二尺/两尺(èr chǐ /liǎng chǐ); 二亩/两亩(èr mǔ /liǎng mǔ); 二升/两升(èr shēng /liǎng shēng).




However, before the “new” units for capacity and weight, typically 两,is used. For instance: 两吨 and 两公里.Note that两 also means 1/20 of a kilogram, so to make this distinction clear, two “1/20 kilo” is represented as 二两 (èr liǎng ), not 两两 (liǎng liǎng).









5) When you want to approximate a number, you can use “两”and either “一”/“三” together in succession. For examples




一两天(yī liǎng tiān) One or two days.




这个词我们学了两三次了. (Zhè ge cí wǒ men xué le liǎng sān cì le.)




We’ve studied this word two or three times.




每个人要花两三百块钱。 (Měi gè rén yào huā liǎng sān bǎi kuài qián.) Every one needs to spend two to three hundred RMB.




6) “两”is also often employed on its own to indicate a generally small number of quantity, whereas “二” can not be used in this way. For example:




怎么就来了这么两个人?( zěn me jiù lái le zhè me liǎng gè rén ?)




How have so few people come?




“俩(liǎ)” means “两个”, and is more commonly used as a colloquial term in northern China. Some examples: 我们俩(我们两个, the two of us), 俩苹果(两个苹果, two apples).




Note that贰 (also pronounced èr) is used to represent the number 2 on items like cheques to prevent forgery.




Now, hopefully it is a little more clear when to use 两 and 二!

New HSK 1 吗 [ma]


吗 [ma] is placed at the end of a sentence to turn it into a Yes/No question. 
Subject + Verb + Object +

Se coloca 吗 [ma] al final de una oración para convertirla en una pregunta de Sí/No.
Sujeto + Verbo + Objeto +

New HSK 1 是 [shì] / Verbo 是 [shì]


医生
shì yīshēng. 
He is a doctor.
Él es médico.

四是四,十是十 — The “S” vs. “Sh” Tongue Twister


四是四,十是十,十四是十四,四十是四十。
Sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí.

Chinese 绕口令 (rào kǒu lìng) / Trabalenguas en chino


Qī jiā yī, zài jiǎn yī, jiāwán jiǎnwán děngyú jǐ? Jiāwán jiǎnwán hái shì qī.
七加一,再减一,加完减完等于几?加完减完还是七。

New HSK 1 Lesson 2 Grammar 1 Basic Word Order in Chinese



Simple sentences in Chinese are very straight-forward. The order is:
Las oraciones simples en chino son muy sencillas. El orden es:

Subject + Verb + Object
Sujeto + Verbo + Objeto