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BONUS: “How Does What" - Adverbs of Frequency
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BONUS: “How Does What" - Adverbs of Range
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Usage 1 - "these, this (plural)":
Sentence:
这些钱是你这个月的薪水。
English:
This money is your salary for the month.
Top-Down Words:
钱 qián - money
薪水 xīnshǔi - salary
Sentence:
这些人很会唱歌。
English:
These people can really sing.
Top-Down Words:
唱歌 chànggē - to sing
*Sentence:
如果父母都不白,那这些宝宝一定不会白。
English:
If the parents are not fair-skinned, then these babies will not be fair-skinned.
Top-Down Words:
如果 rúguǒ - if
都 dōu - all, every
The Six Steps to Learning Words
Chris Lewis
Why in some of the pronunciations does 这 sound like 'Jay' instead of the French word for me (Je) or Pleco's pronunciation?
那边, in this example from a few lessons ago, same question. In our Anki decks they make it sound like 'nay'.
Mandarin Blueprint
zhei and nei are more colloquial/spoken versions of zhe and na
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KKuYfqHz0&t=2393s
Chris Lewis
living link, 这些, sounds like 'just share' these,
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KKuYfqHz0&t=4517s
John Nomura
白人 can mean white people.
Can it also refer to a non-white person who is fair skinned?
Mandarin Blueprint
It's used exactly the same as the English "White", which can be both objective and subjective.
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=2146s