smartmandarin Posted December 29, 2013 at 02:59 PM Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 at 02:59 PM Dear all Chinese -Forums.com members, This is Katrina Lee. I'm a Mandarin teacher teaching Mandarin for about 3.5 years. In order to get my teaching skill to another level, I've recently taken the next step for my Chinese lessons. I'm doing video, audio lessons as well as Chinese Weekly Learning Tips now. I know there have been so many good Mandarin teachers are doing their free lessons online already, but I would appreciate different opinions, prospectives from people everywhere. I would like my online lessons on Youtube interesting, helpful and practical as well. I've been doing "Merry Christmas" "Pick-up line in Chinese Part 1" and "Happy New Year" videos so far. If you are interested, you're welcome to go to my Youtube channel "Mandarin SMART" or go to my profile for my webpage link. If yoy are not interested, pls ingore this post. I would like to know what topics would people be interested to learn! Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!! 謝謝 / 新年快樂！ (Traditional) 谢谢 / 新年快乐！ (Simplified) Katrina Lee ：） Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted December 30, 2013 at 12:49 AM Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 at 12:49 AM How to pick up girls in Chinese? It's easy: "我中文说得不太好。美眉，你当我的语言伙伴，好不好？“ Okay, maybe I do need some help. Thanks Lee Laoshi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted December 30, 2013 at 02:59 AM Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 at 02:59 AM Yeah~ Actually it's a great pick-up line, but without saying 美眉~ (it's too obvious you wanna pick up a girl when saying "美眉") I'll take your idea to my next video lesson ;) Thank you very much!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefflau Posted December 30, 2013 at 08:04 AM Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 at 08:04 AM I'd put the pinyin above the characters instead of in brackets as it's easier to read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted December 30, 2013 at 06:15 PM Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 at 06:15 PM Katrina, you may want to put your website in your signature so we can get to it more easily. Happy holidays. Eat some 汤圆 for us all. --------- Okay, I'm watching the video. Jefflau is correct: The pinyin in brackets is difficult to read. If it's hard to put pinyin directly over the characters, that's okay. You can still write something like: 小姐，我可以跟你做朋友嗎？好不好？ 小姐，我可以跟你做朋友吗？好不好？ xiăo jiĕ , wŏ kĕ yĭ gēn nĭ zuò péng you3 ma? hăo bù hăo? "Miss, would you like to be friends with me?" [Optional] Literal: "Miss, I can with you make friend (question particle)? Good not good?" [Optional] The above format would still save you some screen space as you wouldn't have to write the pinyin and all those brackets twice. It's your choice on the English and the Literal translation because you explain things in the video anyhow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted December 30, 2013 at 11:50 PM Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 at 11:50 PM Thank you very much, Sparrow! I'll have more 湯圓 and 年菜 during Chinese new year! Thanks so much for the suggestions! 新年快樂！！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted January 23, 2014 at 05:44 PM Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 at 05:44 PM Dear Chinese-forums.com members, My name is Katrina Lee, I'm a Mandarin teacher in Taiwan. I'm having a Youtube channel teaching people survival Mandarin. It's Taiwanese style and usage for people who are interested in working, living, and learning Mandarin in Taiwan. http://www.youtube.com/user/katrinasmartmandarin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koxinga Posted January 23, 2014 at 06:53 PM Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 at 06:53 PM I didn't know Taiwan switched to simplified characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted January 24, 2014 at 08:39 AM Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 at 08:39 AM No, we still use traditional characters. The usages and accent are Taiwanese, but we're using simplified Chinese on the video since lots of foreigners are learning simplified ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freipole Posted February 6, 2014 at 09:41 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 at 09:41 PM It seems a bit of a disappointment to have lessons in Taiwanese style and usage of Mandarin and not to have Traditional characters. Maybe you can fit both versions, as in some of the lessons? Other than that the lessons seemed very enjoyable, very interesting and energetic presentation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobo-Daishi Posted February 7, 2014 at 01:53 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 at 01:53 AM I've learned some new stuff watching your videos.For instance, from watching your "Merry Christmas in Chinese" video. I never knew that Santa Claus was also 聖誕老公公(圣诞老公公). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n7kkEQERcI I always knew him as 聖誕老人(圣诞老人).Is this a mainland/Taiwan difference? Kind of like in America he's Santa Claus, but, in Britain he's Father Christmas? Or is it common among all Mandarin Chinese?While searching I also discovered that he's also known as 耶誕老人(耶诞老人) and that Christmas is also known as 耶誕節(聖诞節). https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1366&bih=599&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=599&q=耶誕老人 You learn something new every day. I'd like to hear more about differences in the way Mandarin is used between the Taiwan Strait. Vocabulary that is glaringly mainland. Maybe stuff that might have been introduced from communism and would sound funny on Taiwan or even on Hong Kong and Macau. Such as "comrade", "proletariat", "bourgeois", "department of propaganda", etc. Keep at it and "jia you". ;-) Kobo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted February 9, 2014 at 11:31 AM Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 at 11:31 AM Hi ! To freipole : Thank you for your kindly suggestion, I've been thinking about using traditional characters on my videos. Since simplified is more popular then traditional. But I think it's time to put traditional characters on all of my future videos from now on! Thank you for your comment. To Kobo-Daishi : Thank you for watching my videos! ;) And yes, in Taiwan, we can say 聖誕老人 or 聖誕老公公 as Santa Claus. We use both, and it's common among all Mandarin Chinese. There's no particular reason that I used 聖誕老公公 in my video, it was the first thing pop up in my head when I want to say Santa in Chinese, and I hear 聖誕老公公 more often here in Taiwan as a native speaker. And to answer your question about 耶誕節 & 聖誕節. 耶誕節 is also Christmas, but i see this saying more than I hear this saying, which means... I see 耶誕節 more on a written form here in my country (Taiwan). And when speaking, we say 聖誕節 more than 耶誕節 耶誕節 we hear usually from the news or see the words on Christmas cards. Thank you for the suggestions for my future videos! I'll keep it up! Katrina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted March 19, 2014 at 03:50 AM Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 at 03:50 AM Hi, I'm a certified and experienced Mandarin teacher in Taiwan. I have some Chinese learning videos on Youtube sharing with the foreign people who would like to learn some Chinese outside of China. Here is my latest video lesson Ejoying learning and welcome to Taiwan for a visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxtmZ0GcTJA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted March 19, 2014 at 04:05 AM Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 at 04:05 AM Merged. Also, please have a read of our guidelines for commercial posters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted April 12, 2014 at 06:33 PM Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 06:33 PM Hi, This is Katrina Lee from SMART Mandarin. SMART Mandarin is an online language tool offering Chinese audio and video lessons if you are interested, please visit our website http://www.smartmandarinchinese.com/ If you would like to learn Chinese via our Youtube channel and see our demo videos See our demo videos and teaching style on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/katrinasmartmandarin See how to say "Enjoy your drink" in Chinese our latest video lesson on Youtube http://youtu.be/CZoC9TeLb30 Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted April 12, 2014 at 07:14 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 07:14 PM Merged. Also, please have a read of our guidelines for commercial posters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.J. Posted April 14, 2014 at 05:02 AM Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 at 05:02 AM These are good videos but not everyone can watch youtube (VPN required). Is there a way we can download them from some link or dropbox? That would be quite convenient and a lot more people would see them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted April 16, 2014 at 04:56 PM Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 at 04:56 PM I'm sorry~ We are now only using Youtube showing our videos Thank you for watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartmandarin Posted June 22, 2014 at 12:26 PM Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 at 12:26 PM Dear Chinese-Forums members, My name is Katrina LeeI am an experienced Chinese teacher and in order to take my Chinese lessonsto the next level, I have created an online Chinese audio+video lessonsputting years of my effort and experience in Teaching online via my Chinese video lessonon Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/katrinasmartmandarinwhere people can learn whenever and wherever they want! Any comments or suggestions on our video lessons will be appreciated! If you like our videos and are interested in learning morehere is our official webpage for more Chinese audio + video lessonswww.smartmandarinchinese.com Thank you for your patience reading this post! SMART MandarinKatrina Lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangajtam Posted June 22, 2014 at 07:35 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 at 07:35 PM Did i learn it correct from video about food? 你是我最喜歡的老師 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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