2015年12月30日 星期三

How to Count Number 10000 to 99999999 in Chinese ?

How to Count Number 10000 to 99999999 
in Chinese?  

In Chinese, we have a total different number counting system from English.  Which makes people confused sometimes when it comes to 10000 - 999999999 in Chinese.


But don't worry! 
The Chinese counting system is also logical although it's different from English. So in our video lesson, we 
will guide you through our counting system step by step with our video lesson also it comes with PDF word file handout which is downloadable. 

Check out the video lesson with more information and start learning how to master the numbers in Chinese!
http://www.smartmandarinchinese.com/class_Detail.asp?id=110

Video category ( Category - Intro to Chinese - Page 3)
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

SMART Mandarin







Action Completion in Chinese 4- SMART Mandarin



There are times when you want to express or ask the detail of an completed action.

Such as, "I bought this clothes at a department store."  "When did you go to Taipei?"

You need to know how to use the right structure in Chinese "是.....的"



So in this video, we are going to guide you through the basics of this rule of Chinese!











SMART Mandarin

www.smartmandarinchinese.com

2015年12月27日 星期日

How to use can and can't in Chinese? -SMART Mandarin


Dear Students,
Are you still confused with how to use "can and can't" in Chinese?

In Chinese, there are totally 3 vocabulary meaning
"can" in Chinese!

Don't worry! We will guide you through all the usages step by step with our videos!!

Please check out our video lessons here
(Category - Intro to Chinese - Page 6)




We hope you master how to use "can" in Chinese after watching our videos! 


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See you in our lessons!
SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee wink emoticon

2015年11月5日 星期四

Learn Chinese Vocabulary with SMART Mandarin



SMART Mandarin
New video lesson has just been uploaded!!!
Learn Chinese vocab and make sentences in 5 minutes!!!
Hope you like it!
for more video lessons, please check
www.smartmandarinchinese.com
One more news!
We have launched online Skype lesson + online video lesson COMBO!!!
contact us for more detail!
smartmandarinchinese@gmail.com ( Katrina Lee)

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee

2015年10月24日 星期六

Learn Chinese characters with SMART Mandarin!!!



Learn Chinese characters with SMART Mandarin!!!

In this video, you will be leaning 4 characters, and 5 vocabulary in Chinese.

If you like this video, welcome to share with your friends and social medias.

If you are interested in learning with us, please visit our site at 
www.smartmandarinchinese.com
for more fun video and audio lessons!!! 

SMART Mandarin

2015年10月23日 星期五

SMART Mandarin- Combo Lesson- Online Skype Lesson + Online Video Lesson!!!


SMART Mandarin Combo Lesson
Online Skype Lesson + Online Video Lesson!!!


Combo  1
10 Skype Lesson  +  1 month audio and video lesson  =  168 USD

Combo 2
20 Skype Lesson + 3 month audio and video lesson = 336 USD


* Contact us for a free 20 mins trial lesson
   smartmandarinchinese@gmail.com
   (Katrina Lee)
  
* Each Skype lesson is 45 minutes




2015年10月13日 星期二

Learn Chinese with SMART Mandarin Student 1 ~ Online Video Lesson This Week!!


Hi There!

This week, we have uploaded our new video lesson "Learn Chinese with SMART Mandarin Students 1"
Category - Lower Intermediate - Page 1

In this lesson, you will hear a conversation between
teacher Katrina and our SMART Mandarin student.

They will have a casual conversation in Chinese in this lesson.
It's a GREAT opportunity to practice your Chinese listening and
learn some new Chinese structure from our conversation!  




Keep up the good work!! 加油 加油!!!
See you all in class ;)

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee 

2015年10月1日 星期四

Learn Chinese with Chinese Conversation- SMART Mandarin

SMART Mandarin

1 on 1 conversational class video
Great for practicing your Chinese listening skill !!


For more video lessons and all the explanation of the video conversations, please check out our official website
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

*** I'm very proud of this student, also many other of my students.
Most of them now can speak Chinese better than I could have expected !! 

When they came to me, they couldn't speak a word of Chinese except "thank you". And they are still learning, improving, practicing, and loving Chinese smile emoticon

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee

2015年9月20日 星期日

中秋節“ (zhōngqiū jié) - Moon Festival


Hi There!
大家好 (dàjiā hǎo

Moon Festival / Mid Autumn Festival is just around the corner.
I thought it's a good idea sharing some vocabulary about one of my favorite holidays.


So Moon Festival or Mid Autumn Festival is
"中秋節“ (zhōngqiū jié), literally meaning 
mid  autumn festival

So on this lovely special holiday, people in Taiwan visit their family, and it is also 
considered as an important holiday for family reunion.

Here are some things we do on 中秋節

1. 送禮 sònglǐ  -- give presents (to friends and family) 

2. 吃月餅 chī yuèbǐng -- eating moon cake

3. 烤肉 kǎoròu -- to barbecue 


So I hope you have a wonderful 中秋節! 




SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee
www.smartmandarinchinese.com




2015年9月17日 星期四

More Demo Video Lessons Here & New Video Lesson Series!!

Good News!!!!

Finally we've completed our "Intro to Chinese" video lesson series, and now we're officially moving on to the next new level - Lower Intermediate!!!!! 

So excited!!!!
Our very first video lesson of this series is " Chinese Co-Verbs PART 1"

In this lesson, you’ll be learning the Chinese co-verb 給(gei3)and learning how to use it, making sentences like,
“I give him a phone call every day” “He sends an email to me.” in Mandarin Chinese.

Check out the link and see our free video lessons


Hope you like it!
SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee

2015年9月16日 星期三

Online Chinese Video Lesson

SMART Mandarin online video lessons
Learn Chinese without leaving your bed!!!

easy+ convenient + informative + fun and affordable !!

Everybody can learn Chinese!!!

Our Website



one of our free demo video lessons is here




See you in class! :)
SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee

2015年9月15日 星期二

Small Group Chinese Lesson for Beginners in Hsinchu

SMART Mandarin

Small Group Chinese Lesson for Beginners

Day : Every Wednesday
Time : 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Number of Students : 2-4 people
Teacher: Katrina Lee
Textbook: 
Chinese Master + supplementary material from teacher Lee

Duration : 20 hours (Starting from Oct. 7th)
Class level : Total Beginner

Location : either in our classroom (7mins walk from Hsinchu train station) or I can go to students’ office (near GuanXin Road) for teaching

Fee : 8300 per person
(including a textbook and all supplementary materials) 

Contact : smartmandarin1984@gmail.com (Katrina Lee)

Class topic

1.     Pingyin and Tones of Chinese
2.     Simple Daily phrases and expressions in Chinese
3.     Self-introduction
4.     Likes and dislikes (talk about food in Chinese)
5.     Numbers and shopping (including measure words of Chinese)
6.     Ordering food in Chinese
7.     Talking about family and friends in Chinese
8.     Complimenting people in Chinese
9.      A brief introduction of Chinese characters (learn the basic concept and recognize of some simple Chinese characters )

**  These 9 topics above will be included in our lesson, if there’s   more time, we will put in more topics for students.

**  All our students will also be granted 1-month free online audio and video lessons






2015年9月8日 星期二

HSK Class 3 Chinese Video Lesson- SMART Mandarin!!

Our newest video lesson has just uploaded!!!! wink emoticon

HSK Lesson 3
HSK 3 ( Category – Intro to Chinese – Page 10)

In this lesson, you will learn the usage of 怎麼樣 (zěnme yang) and it means “how’s……?”
For example, you’re asking people, how’s your Chinese? How’s the weather in Taiwan?...etc.
By using the “How’s …?” structure, you will be able to create many different question sentences asking people’s thoughts and feelings on a certain subject.



Don't forget to review more other videos! smile emoticon
chao!
SMART Mandarin
www.smartmandarinchinese.com


2015年8月9日 星期日

Saying how's in Chinese- SMART Mandarin HSK Lesson







This is one of our Chinese 

lessons in Hsinchu city, Taiwan.

You will see how we teach our student "How's....?" in Chinese by HSK test listening practice!
This German student is very nice and friendly allowed us to present this classroom learning video to our online viewers, also he's planning on getting back in Taiwan in Sep. of this year preparing for his HSK by taking a lesson with SMART Mandarin again!!
For now, you just need to watch the video, and see how much to you understand our classroom Chinese conversation, and practice your Chinese listening.
We'll write an article of this lesson, so you can watch the video and learn the same thing as our student learned. smile emoticon
until then, keep up the good work!
SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

How to say different days in Chinese?


In Chinese tiān literally means day.

So today is called 今天(jīntiān
with the same word "Jīn"  we can also say "this year" 今年jīnnián

Also tomorrow we say 明天míngtiān
with the same word míng we can use in the word next year, which is 明年Míngnián

In this video lesson, you'll see the complete saying of different days in organized chart.

www.smartmandarinchinese.com
(category- intro to Chinese - page 12)


Enjoy!

Katrina Lee

2015年7月24日 星期五

How to Give Directions in Chinese? SMART Mandarin


Learning different names of places in Chinese, such as, train station, bus station, subway station in Taiwan.

In this video, you'll also learn "go straight" "turn right" "turn left" " go straight and turn right at the light in front of you"..ect.

Using the easiest way to express directions in Chinese and also learning the way how Taiwanese people express directions!!

And if you want more useful video lessons, you should definitely check out our page here at 
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

A place where you can learn Chinese with Taiwanese style 
in a simple and easy way! 

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee 



2015年7月21日 星期二

Small Group Chinese Class in Hsinchu City~ near Hsinchu train station!!

We are looking for 1 more student to join this class!!!

Please see the information down below in this picture!

* All our students will be granted with 
  1-month FREE online audio and video lessons!!

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee


2015年7月17日 星期五

Chinese Idiom - Clumsy





New Lessons from SMART Mandarin

dà jiā hǎo 大家好!
Hello again!

SMART Mandarin has some new updates!
Visit our website to view the latest and greatest video/audio lessons just for you.

This week we have uploaded:
Chinese Idiom- Clumsy
(Everyday Slang – page 1)
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

And if you haven’t watched other previous video lesson
Here is one of our good video lessons to review

5 Common Chinese Phrases in Taiwan
(All About Taiwan – page 1)
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

As always, keep up the good work!

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee smile emoticon
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

Flea Market + Language Exchange Event





Hey guys,
My good friend Bess Kuo and I (Katrina Lee) are hosting Hey guys,
My good friend Bess Kuo and I (Katrina Lee) are hosting "Flea Market + Language Exchange Event" at Chinglish Cafe on August 1st, 4:30 pm.
各位朋友們,我們將在 8月1號舉辦
跳蚤市場 + 語言交換 活動
地點在這裡 https://www.facebook.com/chinglishcafe
以下是我們的活動內容
So here is the agenda
4:30-4:45 welcome the guests (暖身 聊天)
4:45-5:00 time for introduction (小小自我介紹)
5:00-5:20 teaching some bargaining Chinese/English to our guests before (學習一些殺價的英文)
5:20--- whenever you want -
sell/ exchange your second hand stuff and use your Chinese/English make some good friends here!!
(結束時間可以交朋友 和開始交換/賣 二手物品)
We welcome you to come and join us,
Look forward see you guys!!
歡迎大家告訴大家 踴躍參加哦!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1462072554111642/" at Chinglish Cafe on August 1st, 4:30 pm.
各位朋友們,我們將在 8月1號舉辦

跳蚤市場 + 語言交換 活動

以下是我們的活動內容

So here is the agenda
4:30-4:45 welcome the guests (暖身 聊天)
4:45-5:00 time for introduction (小小自我介紹)
5:00-5:20 teaching some bargaining Chinese/English to our guests before (學習一些殺價的英文)
5:20--- whenever you want -
sell/ exchange your second hand stuff and use your Chinese/English make some good friends here!!
(結束時間可以交朋友 和開始交換/賣 二手物品)

We welcome you to come and join us,
Look forward see you guys!!
歡迎大家告訴大家 踴躍參加哦!!!

2015年7月13日 星期一

SMART Mandarin Video Lessons Introduction - 2


你好 Nǐ hǎo
SMART Mandarin has abundant of information about Taiwan of course along with common phrases and vocabulary in the videos.

Also the videos are all so step-by-step starting from pronunciation, basic grammatical structures and conversation practices.

There are also new people to film videos with teacher Katrina Lee in order to let our online students have a chance to hear more Chinese native speakers talking.

Our video lessons cover vocabulary practices, grammar practices, audio lessons , pronunciation, daily phrases, situations in Taiwan and China, comparison between China and Taiwan, knowledge of Chinese culture, and Chinese slangs!!
So now let’s take a look at a number of videos from SMART Mandarin that you might be interested in


Learning survival phrases is the most important and the first lesson of each language. In the video lesson, we teach everything you have to know for your first phrase lesson!

People get sick from time to time, so it’s important to tell people when you are under the weather, and tell your colleagues you would like to rest instead of work.

3.       Bargaining in Chinese
Learning about shopping, negotiating, and bargaining in Chinese !!

    Do you like coffee? Then you must learn how to order yourself a cup of coffee in Chinese!


Getting lost?! Watch our video and learn how to ask and give directions in Chinese.




SMART Mandarin
www.smartmandarinchinese.com
Katrina Lee