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A New Chapter for SMART Mandarin!

A New Chapter for SMART Mandarin! 

EXCITING NEWS!!!!
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It's cleaner, more user-friendly, and nicer looking!!

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We're working on providing higher quality and budget friendly, video lessons for our online students so you can study Chinese 24/7 with us!!!!

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加油Jiāyóu 

as we always do!!!

SMART Mandarin

Katrina Lee

New Video Lessons Uploaded!!

New Video Lessons Uploaded!! 

Dear Students,

We've uploaded two latest video lessons recently!

1.Using 把(bǎ) in Chinese 3 

In this lesson, you will learn how to use 把 in a Chinese structure and make sentences such as "Drive your car out of the house" " Drive your car into the house" ..etc.

2. Chinese Result Complement 1

In this lesson, you will learn a new concept of Chinese " Result Complement" to talk about a conclusion or the result of an action. 

We hope to see you in our lessons soon!

SMART Mandarin

Chinese Result Complement 1 - SMART Mandarin

Using 把(bǎ) in Chinese 4

Dear Students,

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use 把 with directional suffix, and make sentences such us,

1. Hang it up.
2. Take it down.
3. Hang up the Chinese painting.
4. Take down that Chinese painting.

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Vegetarian Chinese!

Vegetarian Chinese

Since Buddhism is deeply rooted in Taiwanese culture, vegetarianism isn't a new concept in Taiwan.

Today we're going to touch on some useful vocabulary about vegetarianism in Chinese.

1. "I'm a vegetarian” is

    我吃素。 wǒ chīsù
   This means, " I eat vegetarian food" 
   The word "素 sù “ is a short form for "素食 sùshí”.

2. " vegetarian restaurant” is    

素食餐廳 sùshí canting

3. "I'm a vegan” is
   我吃全素。  wǒ chī quán sù
   The word 全quán means "whole; entire" 

4. Some Buddist vegetarians do not eat garlic, onions, or green onions.

So if you happen to be one of them, you might need to say
    我的素食請不要加蔥蒜，謝謝。
    wǒ de sùshí qǐng bùyào jiā cōng suàn, xièxiè

    This literally means, " Please don't add garlic and onions to my vegetarian food,

thank you."

5. If you are the kind of vegetarian who eats eggs and drink milk, then you can say:
    蛋奶素 dàn nǎi sù  （literary meaning egg, milk vegetarian food）
    You can tell people:    我吃蛋奶素 wǒ chī dàn nǎi sù
     which means, I'm a vegetarian who can have eggs and milk.

6. 鍋邊素  guō biān sù
  Literally means " pot side vegetarian". 
  It's a more casual vegetarian, who can share a pot of meat broth with people, but he/she     only picks the vegetables out of it.

So what type of vegetarian are you?  ;)

                                                                                             (Picture from Google)

We hope you find this interesting and helpful! 
Thanks for reading all the way through.

SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee