第一百零五天

[nnozomi]

Weekly review:
语法
跟 ~, with: difference from 和 (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22with%22_with_%22gen%22
那个, "um," "er"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/The_filler_word_%22neige%22
可是, but (one of several)
但是, or just 但, another word for "but"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Two_words_for_%22but%22
General “before” with 以前 (kind of a way to express “used to”?)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22before%22_in_general_with_%22yiqian%22

词汇
第, counter word for ordinal numbers (第一，first; 第二, second and so on)
点, spot or point (also 地点, location, and 一点(儿), a little bit)
电, electricity (also 电话, telephone; 电脑, computer; 电视(机), TV; 电影, movie; 电影院, movie theater)
东, east (also 东边, east side, and 东西, thing)
动, move (also 动作, action)

第 dì, counter word for ordinal numbers (第一 dìyī，first; 第二 dìèr, second and so on)
点 diǎn, spot or point (also 地点 dìdiǎn, location, and 一点(儿) yīdiǎn(r), a little bit)
电 diàn, electricity (also 电话 diàn huà, telephone; 电脑 diàn nǎo, computer; 电视(机) diàn shì (jī), TV; 电影 diàn yǐng, movie; 电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn, movie theater)
东 dōng, east (also 东边 dōng biān, east side, and 东西 dōngxi, thing)
动 dòng, move (also 动作 dòngzuò, action)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

玩玩
No new music from me today sadly, but here is an older video of Liu Chang narrating his way through a spy (?) video game; I enjoyed it because the visuals make it very easy to understand what he's saying.

Comments

[grayswandir]

here is an older video of Liu Chang narrating his way through a spy (?) video game; I enjoyed it because the visuals make it very easy to understand what he's saying

Okay, you weren't kidding! I didn't watch that much of it, but I could understand a lot more than I was expecting, and I feel slightly less like I know zero Mandarin, suddenly. XD It's nice that it's so slow, so there's time to process what he's saying before he says the next thing. Also watching him play this weird slow blocky video game is oddly not boring... I feel like I should save the link for some possible future time when I may want an hour and a half of continuous low-stakes Mandarin immersion...

[nnozomi]

It's nice that it's so slow, so there's time to process what he's saying before he says the next thing. Also watching him play this weird slow blocky video game is oddly not boring...
Yes! I'm not even a game person, but there's something weirdly satisfying about the whole thing, probably directly connected to the ease of understanding. (It helps that he keeps getting tasks wrong and having to do them over, perfect language learning material!)

I should save the link for some possible future time when I may want an hour and a half of continuous low-stakes Mandarin immersion...
As I was saying elsewhere, there is a LOT of Liu Chang doing this kind of thing (not all video games) online, let me know any time you want more links ;)