名词noun

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 10:37 AM

before learn classifier, let's grasp what we call things:
家jia1, home
家庭jia1 ting2, family
厨房chu2 fang2, kitchen
饭fan4, meal(s)
孩子hai2 zi, Child, Children
老婆 lao3 po, wife
丈夫zhang4 fu4, husband
妈妈ma1 ma, mama
母亲mu3 qin, mother
爸爸ba3 ba, papa
父亲fu4 qin, father
姐姐jie3 jie, elder sister
妹妹mei4 mei, younger sister
哥哥ge3 ge, elder brother
弟弟di4 di, younger brother
阿姨a1 yi2, aunt,
叔叔shu1 shu, uncle who's younger than your father, for one who's elder than papa, we call伯伯bo1 bo, or 大伯da4 bo1, litterally Big Uncle or Elder Uncle.

pluiepoco · 07-15-2005, 10:46 AM

车che1, car
自行车zi4 xing2 che1, bike
摩托（车）mo2 tuo4 che1, motorbike
汽车qi4 che1, motor car, vehicle
note: to ride a automobile car, we say 乘（verb, plus vehicle to mean travel on bus, car, train, etc.） ; while to ride a bike or other manpower "cars", we use 骑qi2, same as ride a horse（骑马qi1 ma2）, we 骑自行车，ride a bike.

xpsal · 07-15-2005, 01:36 PM

thank you pluipoco, I noticed that you're using numbers in between letters, are they letters that have special pronunciation? like 1 2 3 and 4

Jonne · 07-15-2005, 01:52 PM

hmm thanks! just a one question, how do you make plurars? or do you even use them? you don't say -noun- 们..i guess.

子 is pronounced like ko in japanese. (must be interesting lol)

pluiepoco · 07-16-2005, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by xpsal

thank you pluipoco, I noticed that you're using numbers in between letters, are they letters that have special pronunciation? like 1 2 3 and 4

They are Chinese Pinyin Tones, four in total as 1, 2, 3 ,4
that is -, ´, ˇ,` in latin tones. There are also some words without tones, in this case, they pronounce softly.

pluiepoco · 07-16-2005, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonne

hmm thanks! just a one question, how do you make plurars? or do you even use them? you don't say -noun- 们..i guess.

notice that 们has a 人 in its left part, the meaning part, which is "human" or "person"; while the right part门indicates 们's pronounciation, so the right part is voice part. And the 们 can only be used in personal pronouns and nouns, they are not used to animals or things except in rhetoric.
Like我们、他们、它们、你们、孩子们、妈妈们、爸爸们、老师们、学生们、朋友们
but we cannot say车轮们、湖泊们、星星们、灰尘们
in the things case, we add 这些these or那些those on the nouns:
这些猴子、那些饼干
and们is used in unclear case, without specific numbers of these things, but when you want to define the number clearly on how many, you should use like this: the number + (classifier+, if necessary) noun (original form without any -ffix), like 三只猴子、两个人、一支笔、四辆汽车、一栋房子

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Originally Posted by Jonne

子 is pronounced like ko in japanese. (must be interesting lol)

I didn't know Japanese, and maybe I will learn it one year later. But I guess someday Japan will be enslaved and lose their language. So it's a bit useless.

Jonne · 07-16-2005, 11:19 AM

thanks for the explanation.. what is 湖泊 ? a bird?

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pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,186 Blog Entries: 3 pluiepoco came out of the blue	名词noun before learn classifier, let's grasp what we call things: 家jia1, home 家庭jia1 ting2, family 厨房chu2 fang2, kitchen 饭fan4, meal(s) 孩子hai2 zi, Child, Children 老婆 lao3 po, wife 丈夫zhang4 fu4, husband 妈妈ma1 ma, mama 母亲mu3 qin, mother 爸爸ba3 ba, papa 父亲fu4 qin, father 姐姐jie3 jie, elder sister 妹妹mei4 mei, younger sister 哥哥ge3 ge, elder brother 弟弟di4 di, younger brother 阿姨a1 yi2, aunt, 叔叔shu1 shu, uncle who's younger than your father, for one who's elder than papa, we call伯伯bo1 bo, or 大伯da4 bo1, litterally Big Uncle or Elder Uncle. __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村 Last edited by pluiepoco; 07-15-2005 at 10:40 AM.
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pluiepoco Mr. Genius Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 1,186 Blog Entries: 3 pluiepoco came out of the blue	车che1, car 自行车zi4 xing2 che1, bike 摩托（车）mo2 tuo4 che1, motorbike 汽车qi4 che1, motor car, vehicle note: to ride a automobile car, we say 乘（verb, plus vehicle to mean travel on bus, car, train, etc.） ; while to ride a bike or other manpower "cars", we use 骑qi2, same as ride a horse（骑马qi1 ma2）, we 骑自行车，ride a bike. __________________ 刘晓雨 pluiepoco Home of Asia, 中国语言论坛(Chinese Forum of Languages), 西瓜村
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xpsal The Linguanaut Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,783 xpsal has a spectacular aura about	thank you pluipoco, I noticed that you're using numbers in between letters, are they letters that have special pronunciation? like 1 2 3 and 4 __________________ - Learn Arabic, Arabic Calligraphy, Spanish, Arabic Keyboard - Phrases in more than 52 languages - Try some Brain Games. Salim ۞ ۩ ۝ ۩۩۩
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Jonne Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 994 Jonne came out of the blue	hmm thanks! just a one question, how do you make plurars? or do you even use them? you don't say -noun- 们..i guess. 子 is pronounced like ko in japanese. (must be interesting lol) __________________ -Jonne Guess how to pronounce it
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Jonne Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 994 Jonne came out of the blue	thanks for the explanation.. what is 湖泊 ? a bird? __________________ -Jonne Guess how to pronounce it
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