Comments on: Lesson 005. What’s your name? What’s your family name? http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/ Learn Mandarin Chinese with theme-based, progressive and easy to follow lessons Tue, 13 May 2008 08:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Aika http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-4165 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:55:31 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-4165 Hi Serge! I'm only 13 but I'm very interested in learning Chinese. Your lessons have been extremely helpful! Other sites have lessons that go too fast or don't explain, but your lessons are perfect. My friends are astounded that I can say basic sentences in chinese! xie xie ni Hi Serge!
I’m only 13 but I’m very interested in learning Chinese. Your lessons have been extremely helpful! Other sites have lessons that go too fast or don’t explain, but your lessons are perfect. My friends are astounded that I can say basic sentences in chinese!

xie xie ni

]]> by: Aika http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-4164 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:53:21 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-4164 Hi Serge! I'm only 13 but I'm very interested in learning Chinese. Your lessons have been extremely helpful! Other sites go too fast or don't explain, but your lessons are perfect. xie xie ni Hi Serge!
I’m only 13 but I’m very interested in learning Chinese. Your lessons have been extremely helpful! Other sites go too fast or don’t explain, but your lessons are perfect.

xie xie ni

]]> by: Serge Melnyk http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-3379 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-3379 Hi Martin, I guess there is an explanation about this in the lesson transcript. Particle "ba" is used to indicate the possibility of something, when the person who is speaking is not very sure about something+it plays the same role as the question particle "ma". So whenever you doubt about anything, or not sure about if it's true or not, then it's "ba" at the end of the question sentence. Hope this answer was helpful. Best, Serge --------------------------------------------------------------- Learn Mandarin Chinese with Serge Melnyk http://www.melnyks.com Hi Martin,

I guess there is an explanation about this in the lesson transcript. Particle “ba” is used to indicate the possibility of something, when the person who is speaking is not very sure about something+it plays the same role as the question particle “ma”. So whenever you doubt about anything, or not sure about if it’s true or not, then it’s “ba” at the end of the question sentence.

Hope this answer was helpful.

Best,
Serge
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]]> by: Martin http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-3364 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:59:19 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-3364 Hi Serge, I only started in December so I'm nearly ready for lesson 6. In lesson 5, after 16 minutes 44 seconds I hear the question Ni shi ta pung you ba (I'm guessing the pinyin). is this really ba ? why is it not ma ? Keep up the great work, I'll be buying the wroksheets soon Hi Serge, I only started in December so I’m nearly ready for lesson 6. In lesson 5, after 16 minutes 44 seconds I hear the question Ni shi ta pung you ba (I’m guessing the pinyin). is this really ba ? why is it not ma ?
Keep up the great work, I’ll be buying the wroksheets soon

]]> by: monique http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-1556 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:33:39 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-1556 ~ xie xie ~ now i'm more pursued to learn chinese.... my friends in school are now amazed by how i can speak basic chinese sentences.... i'm fond of learning things pn my own and your lessons are of big help.... ~ xie xie ~ ~ xie xie ~ now i’m more pursued to learn chinese…. my friends in school are now amazed by how i can speak basic chinese sentences…. i’m fond of learning things pn my own and your lessons are of big help…. ~ xie xie ~

]]> by: Serge Melnyk http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-1455 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:44:24 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-1455 Hi Monique, Good question. I started to learn Chinese when I was only 16! It took me 2 years of self-study to be able to work as an interpreter for a trade company in my town. I first went to China when I was 17, it was for 1 week only, and despite that many friends and colleagues told me that I would give up learning Chinese after my visit to China (well, you know, it was in 1989, in Harbin. At the time, people were still spitting under the table when they were eating in a five-star restaurant!), but I didn't. I was even more challenged. So all depends on your own determination. Good Luck! Zhu4 ni3 hao3 yun4!(祝你好運！)－it means good luck. Hi Monique,

Good question.
I started to learn Chinese when I was only 16! It took me 2 years of self-study to be able to work as an interpreter for a trade company in my town. I first went to China when I was 17, it was for 1 week only, and despite that many friends and colleagues told me that I would give up learning Chinese after my visit to China (well, you know, it was in 1989, in Harbin. At the time, people were still spitting under the table when they were eating in a five-star restaurant!), but I didn’t. I was even more challenged. So all depends on your own determination. Good Luck!
Zhu4 ni3 hao3 yun4!(祝你好運！)－it means good luck.

]]> by: monique http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-1454 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:06:41 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-1454 ni hao teacher serge im only fifteen but i really want to learn how to speak chinese... ur podcast is very very helpful.... now i know basics of speaking chinese.... i just wanna ask how long may it take for me to master it??? xiexie ni hao teacher serge

im only fifteen but i really want to learn how to speak chinese… ur podcast is very very helpful…. now i know basics of speaking chinese…. i just wanna ask how long may it take for me to master it??? xiexie

]]> by: Mark http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-61 Wed, 17 May 2006 18:19:56 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-61 Hi Serge, 你好！ I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I would have to agree with the person from Taiwan who wrote "你的中文講得很棒很標準". You take great care in pronouncing tones. Thank you! Mark Hi Serge,

你好！
I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I would have to agree with the person from Taiwan who wrote “你的中文講得很棒很標準”. You take great care in pronouncing tones.

Thank you!

Mark

]]> by: Serge Melnyk http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-60 Tue, 16 May 2006 00:59:25 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-60 At the bottom in the side bar of the main page there is a button ' iTunes'. If you click on it, it will take you to the iTunes music store where you can subscribe to this podcast. If you just want to download Mp3 files from the Website, then right-click on the tiny Mp3 icon under each lesson and save the file on your hard disk. Best, Serge At the bottom in the side bar of the main page there is a button ‘ iTunes’. If you click on it, it will take you to the iTunes music store where you can subscribe to this podcast. If you just want to download Mp3 files from the Website, then right-click on the tiny Mp3 icon under each lesson and save the file on your hard disk.

Best,
Serge

]]> by: connor http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-59 Tue, 16 May 2006 00:03:13 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-59 i dont know how to download these on to my ipod but i really like them could anyone tell me how? i dont know how to download these on to my ipod but i really like them could anyone tell me how?

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-39 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-39 Dear Professor Melnyk, I am blown away at how easy Chinese can be to learn. Up until your podcast, I was throwing money at books, tapes and on line courses without anything to show for it. I am now on lesson 5 and trying to catch up! Are you planning a lesson involving the home with vocabulary describing items found in the house? xie xie! Dear Professor Melnyk,

I am blown away at how easy Chinese can be to learn. Up until your podcast, I was throwing money at books, tapes and on line courses without anything to show for it. I am now on lesson 5 and trying to catch up! Are you planning a lesson involving the home with vocabulary describing items found in the house?

xie xie!

]]> by: Serge Melnyk http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-38 Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-38 Thank You for your suggestion. I have added the tags. Thank You for your suggestion. I have added the tags.

]]> by: Donvinzk http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-37 Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:46:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-37 This is very good stuff to listen to Chinese with interresting explanations. I would just like to point out that I am managing my podcasts with smart playlists so I can have news, movie reviews, etc... separated. A simple way for me to filter your podcast would be that you fulfill either the artist, album,... MP3 tag. Keep up the great work, Vincent This is very good stuff to listen to Chinese with interresting explanations. I would just like to point out that I am managing my podcasts with smart playlists so I can have news, movie reviews, etc… separated. A simple way for me to filter your podcast would be that you fulfill either the artist, album,… MP3 tag.

Keep up the great work,

Vincent

]]> by: Serge Melnyk http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-36 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-36 Yes, this is me. Yes, this is me.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-35 Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:02:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-35 Hello Serge Is it you who ask 8$ and a crédit card number or is it Phising Wanda et Claude Hello Serge
Is it you who ask 8$ and a crédit card number or is it Phising
Wanda et Claude

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-34 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-34 Thank you very much. I have started taking chinese classes and your podcasts are awesome. Thanks brother. Thank you very much. I have started taking chinese classes and your podcasts are awesome. Thanks brother.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-33 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:58:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-33 Thanks for fixing it. I think what your doing is really great. Thank you. 8-) Thanks for fixing it. I think what your doing is really great. Thank you. 8-)

]]> by: Serge http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-32 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-32 Fixed now Fixed now

]]> by: Cordell http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-31 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-31 I think i have discovered the problem; you have uploaded the PDF file in place of the mp3 file on your feedburner. When I press play on feedburner it opens the pdf file instead of the mp3. Itunes in turn downloads the pdf file instead of the mp3; can you correct this problem? thanks!! i really appreciate what you are doing :) I think i have discovered the problem; you have uploaded the PDF file in place of the mp3 file on your feedburner. When I press play on feedburner it opens the pdf file instead of the mp3. Itunes in turn downloads the pdf file instead of the mp3; can you correct this problem? thanks!! i really appreciate what you are doing :)

]]> by: Cordell http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-30 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:17:00 +0000 http://www.melnyks.com/lesson-five-whats-your-name-whats-your-family-name/#comment-30 hey serge, the podcast did not dowload correctly from itunes, it downloaded the PDF file instead. Is there another way i can download the mp3 file and save it to my computer so I can upload it to my ipod, thanks hey serge, the podcast did not dowload correctly from itunes, it downloaded the PDF file instead. Is there another way i can download the mp3 file and save it to my computer so I can upload it to my ipod, thanks

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