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From :   Akewanzi

Date : 2008-01-09 / 06:49PM

When asking for coffee, I thought you’d reply “yes” or “no”, how do you say “yes” or “no” in chinese? I like that you have slowed down some When asking for coffee, I thought you’d reply “yes” or “no”, how do you say “yes” or “no” in chinese? I like that you have slowed down some in your video’s, makes it a lot easier when your not talking too fast. And thanks for not playing the music any more, that was a bit distracting.

I need help with a pronounciation. When saying the phrase “Happy Birthday” I have trouble with “Ri” is there an english word that sounds like this so I can say it correctly? Thanks for all your video’s, learning chinese is fun. I have friends that don’t understand why I want to learn and I tell them because it’s easy and fun, plus, I can go to chinese restaurant and ask for something (such as coffee) in chinese. I found it a lot easier to learn than Japanese. Well, Xie Xie Benny!

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2008-01-09 / 07:44PM

Ni hao, Akewanzi. I believe I can answer your question, thanks to Benny the Wise. ;)
Yes in Chinese is “shi4 de”, and No is “bu4”
I can’t help you with pronunciations though, as I’m still really a beginner myself. I’m a keen learner of both Chinese and Japanese culture and history, so before I found AskBenny I hadn’t decided wether I would learn Chinese or Japanese. Ultimately Benny’s method of teaching was the best out there, so that settled it – I would learn Pinyin. I’m not sure if it’s that Japanese is harder to learn, moreso than Benny’s method of teaching makes Pinyin so much more understandable.
Anyhow, wo3 yao4 qu4 he1 yi1 bei1 qiao3 ke4 li.

Xia ci jian. ;)

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