Spring, to bundle up or not bundle up

Spring is here, and it is starting to get warmer. But what does this mean for how you dress? Would you believe that even though it is getting warmer in China, people still bundle like it is still Winter for a little while longer? It's true! Find out some of what is going on in today's Chinese Cultural exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S10E04 http://bit.ly/1IlMz55

Spring (春) is Coming to Characters!

Spring (春) is our topic this week and on our character episode today we're going to learn how to write Spring. It's a wonderful time of year and we hope you enjoy today's lessons and reviews. Thank you for being apart of our family! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : E19 http://bit.ly/1NLCYmv

Spring is Coming, Part 3 - Listening Homework

Spring is Coming, Listening Homework! ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Chūntiān shì wǒ zuì xǐhuān de jìjié. Nǐ zuì xǐhuān shénme jìjié? 2. Jīntiān de tiānqì zhēn shūfú, bù lěng yě bù rè. 3. Xiǎo niǎo, xiǎo māo, xiǎo gǒu dōu shì xiǎo dòngwù. 4. Xiǎo cǎo fāyále, chūntiān láile. 5. Yī nián yǒu jǐ gè jìjié nǐ zhīdào ma? ------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S10E03 http://bit.ly/1Fv0uCp

Spring is Coming, Part 2

Spring is Here! This is the beginning of Season 10 and we are going to look at a lot of Spring words as the weather starts to warm up. One of the new changes for Season 10 is that we are going to start migrating away from listening sentences and towards listening paragraphs. I believe if you guys have followed us to this point, then you should be able to translate paragraphs. Yesterday's Listening to Paragraph -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chūntiān láile, chūntiān láile. Xiǎo niǎo zài shù shàng chànggē, xiǎo cǎo zài dìshàng fāyá. Xiǎo dòngwùmen shuì xǐngle. Chūntiān láile. Chūntiān bù lěng, chūntiān yě bù rè. Chūntiān shì yīgè shūfú de jìjié. Dàjiā dōu hěn xǐhuān chūntiān, dàrénmen xǐhuān, xiǎopéngyǒumen yě xǐhuān. Listening Paragraph answered -------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring is coming, spring is coming. The little bird is singing on the tree. The little animals are waking up. On the ground the grass is growing. Spring is coming. Spring is neither cold nor hot. Spring is very comfortable season. Everyone loves spring a lot. Adults like it, children [also] like it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S10E02 http://bit.ly/1Cv8y4U

Spring is Coming, Part 1

Spring is Coming! Spring is Here! This is the beginning of Season 10 and we are going to look at a lot of Spring words as the weather starts to warm up. One of the new changes for Season 10 is that we are going to start migrating away from listening sentences and towards listening paragraphs. I believe if you guys have followed us to this point, then you should be able to translate paragraphs. Today's Listening to Paragraph -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chūntiān láile, chūntiān láile. Xiǎo niǎo zài shù shàng chànggē, xiǎo cǎo zài dìshàng fāyá. Xiǎo dòngwùmen shuì xǐngle. Chūntiān láile. Chūntiān bù lěng, chūntiān yě bù rè. Chūntiān shì yīgè shūfú de jìjié. Dàjiā dōu hěn xǐhuān chūntiān, dàrénmen xǐhuān, xiǎopéngyǒumen yě xǐhuān. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S10E01 http://bit.ly/1bP0rYa

Chinese Culture - What you won't find : Paper Towels

What are paper towels? In China I had absolutely no idea what these were. Then I came to America and I see a lot of people using Paper Towels. This surprised me! They feel really wasteful because commonly in China we simply use rags that we clean and reuse. It just makes more sense to me. So if you are planning to live in China for a while, or just travel to visit, do not be surprised to see an absence of paper towels when you are in China. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E38 http://bit.ly/1G19TUU

Characters in Review

Practice Sentences for today: Characters ------------------------------------------------- 1. 明天你去中国吗？ 2. 明天我去你家。 Pinyin ------------------------------------------------- 1. Míngtiān nǐ qù zhōngguó ma? 2. Míngtiān wǒ qù nǐ jiā. ------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S18 http://bit.ly/1IIzDDY