The personal pronouns of Mandarin Chinese have a little difference with the personal pronouns of English, the only difference is: we also use two types of "you" as Spanish.
1. "Nǐ": The "you" for the people younger than you or your friends, or for the people with the same age.
2. "Nín". The "you" for the people older than you or for somebody you want show your respect.
Now, let´s watch the video to learn the pronunciation of each personal pronoun in Mandarin Chinese:
1. How do you say "In recent days" in Mandarin Chinese?
Here, I prefer use some examples to explain the use of this phrase.
A: When did you come back?
B: In recent days. (Zuìjìn jǐ tiān)
C: When will you go to Canada?
D: In the next days. (Zuìjìn jǐ tiān)
So, the meaning of "Zuìjìn jǐ tiān" varies depending on the context of conversation, chinese people also use it to say "in the next days".
There are also things you should know about the use of this phrase, a. The chinese people say it when they have not decided an exact date. b. Or when they prefer to be euphemistic instead of saying "sorry, I can´t tell you the exact date".
2. How do you say "maybe" in Mandarin Chinese?
When you don´t give a definitive answer to someone or you are not sure about it, you can say "Yěxǔ". For example:
A: Will you come back again?
B: Maybe. ("Yěxǔ")
3. How do you say "hurry up" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Kuài yīdiǎn" or "Kuài diǎn". I prefer to use "Kuài yīdiǎn" although the situation requires "very -hurry up", "Kuài yīdiǎn" literally means "a little faster". The meaning of this phrase is less stronger than "Kuài diǎn". I don´t like something happens to the people for being nervous, that´s why I prefer to use "Kuài yīdiǎn" than "Kuài diǎn".
4. How do you say "slow down" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Màn yīdiǎn" or "Màn diǎn". For personal reason, I prefer to use "Màn yīdiǎn", especially when I talk with children.
5. How do you say "be careful" or "watch out" in Mandarin Chinese?
The most common and used phrase is "Xiǎoxīn". There are other expressions, but if you are a beginner in learning Mandarin Chinese, this phrase is very useful enough to tell people "watch out" or "be careful".
6. How do you say "danger" in Mandarin Chinese?
We say "Wéixiǎn".
7. How do you say "Of course" in Mandarin Chinese?
Now, the young people like to use english expression "Of course", "No problem", "Sure" in the conversation. If you want to say it in Mandarin Chinese, you can say "Dāngrán".
8. How do you say "again!" in Mandarin Chinese?
"Again" in Mandarin Chinese is "Zài", but if you only say "Zài", the chinese people will not understand it, so, it´s better to say "Zài yīcì", "yīcì" means "one time", "Zài yīcì" means "one more time".
9. How do you say "Excellent" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Hǎo jíle".
10. How do say "I´m not interested" in Mandarin Chinese? "Wǒ méi xìngqù", "Wǒ" means I or me.
Now, let´s watch the video to learn the pronunciation of every sentence:
Here, I also put the video of personal pronouns in Mandarin Chinese:
1. How do you say "Sit down, please" in Mandarin Chinese?
We say "Qǐng zuò", "Qǐng" means "please". In the chinese conversation, "Qǐng" is a very important word, if you omit this word in the sentence, sometimes that could show a lack of courtesy and respect.
2. How do you say "now" in Mandarin Chinese?
The pronunciation is "Xiànzài", but when you raise your voice to say this sentence, that could mean "Right now" in English. For example, when a mother wants her son to go to sleep. "Now!"
3. How do you say "right now" in Mandarin Chinese?
You only should say "Mǎshàng", and people can understand that means "right now". There is no need to raise your voice...but of course, if you raise your voice to say it, the meaning will be very stronger.
4. How do you say "sometimes" in Mandarin Chinese?
We use "Yǒu shíhou" to say "sometines".
5. How do you say "in the morning" in Mandarin Chinese?
The literal translation is "Zài zǎoshang", "Zài" in this case, it means "in", but in the most cases, we omit "Zài" in the conversation, for example:
A: OMG! My dear friend, when did you come back!?
B: Haha! Today in the morning! (Jīntiān zǎoshang) Jīntiān means "today".
6. How do you say "in the afternoon" in Mandarin Chinese?
We say "Xiàwǔ". Please also read the explanation above (the fifth point).
7. How do you say "at night" or "in the evening" in Mandarin Chinese?
We use "Wǎnshàng" to say "at night" or "in the evening". Please also read the explanation of fifth point.
8. How do you say "today" in Mandarin Chinese?
The pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese is "Jīntiān".
9. How do you say "Yesterday" in Mandarin Chinese?
We say "Zuótiān".
10. How do you say "tomorrow" in Mandarin Chinese?
We say "Míngtiān"
Now, let´s watch the video to learn the pronunciation of every sentence.
We usually say "Nín hǎo"or "Nǐ hǎo", for your friends or people who is younger than you, it´s okay to say "Nǐ hǎo", but for people older than you, or someone you want to show your respect, it´s better use "Nín hǎo". It´s also better to say "Nín hǎo", when you meet someone for the first time.
The young people like to say "Hāi", orin a situation thatisnotvery formal, you can just say "Hāi", the pronunciation is almost the same with "hi" in English.
2. How do you say "Good morning" in Mandarin Chinese?
Some people say "Zǎoshang hǎo", "Zǎoshang" means "morning", and "hǎo" means "good", but I usually prefer to say "Zǎo ān", because I think the meaning of the word "ān" is more deep and spiritual than "hǎo", "ān" means "peace", "calm down", "don´t worry"...and so on. I hope that people can be well in health and spirituality, that´s why I like the expression "Zǎo ān".
3. How do you say "Good afternoon" in Mandarin Chinese?
I prefer to say "Wǔ ān", but you also can say "Xiàwǔ hǎo".
4. How do you say "Good night" or "Good evening" in Mandarin Chinese?
For "Good night" and "Good evening", in Mandarin Chinese, we use the same expression "Wǎn'ān" or "Wǎnshàng hǎo", I prefer to use "Wǎn'ān" : )
5. How do you say "How are you?" in Mandarin Chinese?
Do you still remember how to say "Hello" in Mandarin Chinese? Because if you know how to say "hello" in Mandarin Chinese, it will be very easy for you to say "How are you?" in Mandarin Chinese.
"How are you" in Mandarin Chinese is "Nín hǎo ma" or "Nǐ hǎo ma", and "hello" is "Nín hǎo" or "Nǐ hǎo", have you realized something? Exactly, the keyword is "ma", in Mandarin Chinese, we use "ma" to form an interrogative sentence (in most cases). This word "ma" is always put at the end of the sentence.
6. How do you say "thank you" in Mandarin Chinese?
The most common expression is "Xièxiè". The complete expression is "Xièxiènín" or"Xièxiènǐ"
Of course, there are also another expressions for thank you, but if you are a beginner to learn Mandarin Chinese, it´s better to say "Xièxiè".
7. How do you say "thank you very much" in Mandarin Chinese?
You can say "Fēicháng xièxiè".
8. How do you say "you´re welcome" in Mandarin Chinese?
The most common expression is "Bù kèqì".
9. How do you say "yes" in Mandarin chinese?
For answering a question, it´s okay to say "Shì", but not always we use "Shì" to say "yes", sometimes it depends on the context of conversation. Anyway,...don´t worry about that, because "Shì" applies to most cases, for exemple, are you a student? If the answer is "Yes", you can say "Shì". "Shì" also is the verb "be" in English.
10. How do you say "no" in Mandarin chinese?
The explanationwill be verysimilar to the previous, For answering a question, it´s okay to say "Bùshì", or just only "Bù", but not always we use "Bùshì" to say "no", sometimes it depends on the context of conversation. Anyway,...don´t worry about that, because "Bùshì" applies to most cases, for exemple, are you a student? If the answer is "No", you can say "Bùshì". "Bù" is also the keyword to form a negative sentence.
Now, let´s watch the video to learn how to pronounce every sentence.
Because of the China´s rise.... or another reason..
Every day, there are more people who want to learn Mandarin Chinese, and Mandarin Chinese becomes a very important language in the world. Is it hard to learn Chinese? This is going to be a very common question for many people....and what is the answer for this question? I think it depends on many factors, e.g, what is your mother language? If your mother language is Japanese, I think it is not hard or difficult for you to learn Mandarin Chinese, because Japanese and Chinese have similarities. Therefore, there is no definitive answer.
And of course, Chinese language is hard to learn, from the viewpoint of Chinese characters, but, I think the Chinese grammar is very simple, e.g. the verbs don´t have past form, future form, or present form, they are always the same. In other words, the Chinese verbs don´t have conjugation. ^ ^
Anyway, I think this is not the question that you should worry....If you have the need o interest to learn Mandarin Chinese, the question that you should worry is "How to learn Mandarin Chinese.", or "How to memorize the Chinese vocabularies",...etc...so...have fun with the learning of Mandarin Chinese ^ ^
