Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Learning Mandarin - Days of the week

Actually this chapter is quite similar with Numbers & Time which we have learned on the previous posting. Once you understand the flow, it will be easy for you to remember and capture the whole pic..

Days Of The Week

The main phrase is:

Week - Xing Qi

So, to form a word, you must add the numbers.. (Xing Qi + Numbers = Weekdays)
For an examples:

Monday - Xing Qi Yi
Tuesday - Xing Qi Er
Wednesday - Xing Qi San
Thursday - Xing Qi Si
Friday - Xing Qi Wu
Saturday - Xing Qi Liu
*Sunday - Xing Qi Tian / Li Pan Tian

*Pls note on Sunday, it will pronounced as "Tian", even the number 7 in Mandarin is "Qi".. Dont ask me why cos i have asked my colleague but she said that is the rule, she also cant explain the exact reason..

Simple Sentences

When will you go to Shanghai?
Ni shen me shi hou qu Shanghai?

I'm going to Shanghai on Sunday.
Xing qi tian wo qu Shanghai.

I want to go to Pudong on Monday.
Xing qi yi wo yao qu Pudong.


End of chapter for today, will update you more on next posting.. =)

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