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Using the correct pinyin tone can mean the difference between calling your mom "mother (mā) and "horse" (mǎ). Disaster averted.
Culture Videos 18 videos
你好 and 再见—knowing these phrases will help you strike up a conversation...and politely exit when the Chinese becomes too overwhelming.
We think radicals are rad. Sorry, we just couldn't resist.
外公，奶奶，爷爷，姑姑，伯伯...that's a lot of family members to remember. We better start practicing now before our next family reun...
Grammar Videos 39 videos
It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.
Come meet the family: grandparents, parents, siblings, and most importantly, the dog.
Where are you from? Where are we from? Where are any of us really from?
Vocabulary Videos 45 videos
It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.
你好 and 再见—knowing these phrases will help you strike up a conversation...and politely exit when the Chinese becomes too overwhelming.
Check out how these two characters meet for the first time and bond over their Chinese class. We'd call that a meet-cute.