Character #396: 语 yǔ
2 Lessons
Vocab Unlocked from 语: 口语 - 语言 - 汉语 - 语法 - 外语
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口语
Usage 1 - "spoken language"
Living Link Suggestion(s):
- The language that specifically comes out of your mouth (as opposed to your pen or keyboard) is SPOKEN LANGUAGE
- Search for images of people talking in a comic, since you know it's SPOKEN LANGUAGE from the talk bubbles.
语言
Usage 1 - "language"
Living Link Suggestion(s):
- Perhaps the greatest manifestation of LANGUAGE that mankind has produced is literature.
汉语
Usage 1 - "Chinese (the language of Han)"
Living Link Suggestion(s):
- The language of the Han people is CHINESE.
语法
Usage 1 - "Grammar"
Living Link Suggestion(s):
- GRAMMAR is merely our method of using language.
外语
Usage 1 - foreign language MW: 门
Living Link Suggestion(s):
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The language from outside your country? That’s a FOREIGN LANGUAGE!
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Hey. WHY YOU (外语) speak that way? All FOREIGN?
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PHASE 1 (Levels 1-6)
- The Basics - Why Does This Method Work?
- How our Pinyin Chart is Different
- What are Chinese Characters?
- Props
- Sets
- Actors
- Scripts
- Inspiration for Scripts
- Special Effects
- Timeboxing
- Why SRS is So Important: Frequency & Memory
- How to Use SRS
- Habit Building Part 1 - Triggers
- Habit Building Part 2 - Routine
- Habit Building Part 3 - Reward
- Habit Building Part 4 - Belief
- Stroke Order Rule #1
- Stroke Order Rule #2
- Stroke Order Rule #3
- Stroke Order Rule #4
- Stroke Order Rule #5
- Stroke Order Rule #6
- Stroke Order Rule #7
- Stroke Order Rule #8
- Stroke Order Rule #9
- Stroke Order Rule #10
- Stroke Order Rule #11
- Stroke Order Rule #12
PHASE 2 (Levels 7-12)
- Understanding Chinese Words - Morphemes
- The Six Steps to Learning Words
- 3 Questions About Words
- Top-Down & Bottom-Up Learning
Living Links Series
Word Structure Series
- Part 1 - What are Chinese Words?
- Part 2 - Verb-What 述宾式
- Part 3 - Verb-How 补充式
- Part 4 - Biased 偏正式
- Part 5 - Parallel 并列式
- Part 6 - Duplicated 重叠式
- Part 7 - Subject-Predicate 主谓式
- Part 8 - Affixed 附加式
PHASE 3 (Levels 13-20)
- The Basic Chinese Sentence
- Helper - Expressing Possession with 的
- Helper - When You Can Omit 的
- Helper - Completed Actions with 了
- Helper - Change of State with 了
- Helper - Present Actions with 着
- Connector - Saying 'But' with 但是 - 可是 - 不过
- Connector - Reasons & Actions with 因为..., 所以...
- Connector - Conditional "If-Then" Statements with 如果..., 就
- Connector - Conditional "If-Then" Statements with 要是...的话
- Connector - "Or" in Questions with 还是
- Connector - “Or" in Statements with 或/或者
- Relator - Using 为 to Express "For"
- Relator - Expressing "From" with 从
- Relator - Expressing Location with 在
- Special - Using 在 as a Verb
- Tone - Softening Tone of Voice with 呢
- “How Does What" - Adverbs of Denial
- “How Does What" - Adverbs of Degree
PHASE 4 (Levels 21-30)
Level 21
- Transferring Money by Smartphone or Bank
- Walk in the Park?! I Have 汉字 to Study!
- Who Determine's a Baby's Looks, Mom or Dad?
Level 22
- How Many Pages of the Book Have You Read?
- Many People Don't Want to Have Babies
- My Girlfriend Can Really Eat!
- What Do You Like to Do?
- What Method Works for Learning Chinese?
Level 23
- Eating Bread
- I Met My Girlfriend in the Park
- Something is Different About My Dog Lately
- The Older Brother is Better Than the Younger Brother
- The Right and Left Side of the Office
- Three Meals a Day
Level 24
- Annoying People
- Breaking Up at the End of the Date
- Going on a Date
- My Two Friends and I
- Overtime at Work
- Red Packets
- Two People in a Relationship
Level 25
- I Want to Find a Boyfriend Too
- My Dad and I
- My Dog Chouchou
- The Big Changes of China
- The Weather is Great, Let's Go to the Park!
- Xiaomei and Her Boyfriend's Day
Level 26
Level 27
- American Journalist Studies Chinese in China
- Can I Still Learn Chinese Anymore?
- Should I Change?
- Children and Their Parents
- Foreigner's Opinion of China
- What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Level 28
- Daughter & Mother
- Son's Eighth Birthday
- Study, Work & Life
- What's More Important, Looks, or Ability?
Level 29
- Advertisements
- Buying Tickets at Chinese New Year
- Everybody Restaurant
- How Does One Progress
- Son is Out of Control
Level 30
- Cars, Bicycles & Trains
- Potatoes & Beef
- Two Ladies Compare Who's Got it Better
- Young People Raising Cats and Dogs
Phase 4 Grammar Points
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Teodor Ruokolainen
It was hard for me to find a good image for 汉语, so I thought of this silly sentence which can be used with a picture of Han Solo and Chewbacca:
If wookies speak the wookie language, does Han Solo speak the "Han language": CHINESE?
Annette Bicknell
I was adding these new words into my cell phone app and my eyes drifted to 手语. The meaning is so obvious. Another new word with no effort.
Rick Angleland
I saw someone using 口语 to mean "colloquial" i.e. spoken chinese that's not formal.
Mandarin Blueprint
Yes, that's correct!
Nick Sims (戴燚）
You know what is awesome about this? These Vocab Unlocked (口语，汉语，语言 & 语法) totally makes sense just looking at the characters. There is some serious building blocks happening in my brain and this language that just is starting to make sense. Whoa!
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8EPK03ULM&t=1564s