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Go from being an absolute beginner to having a total grasp of how Mandarin Chinese works with no books, no pens and no memorizing. Listen, connect and speak Mandarin Chinese and learn all you need to converse fluently and confidently in many different situations: social, business, formal and informal. In just hours, you'll have a total grasp of how Mandarin Chinese really works.

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Author:   Harold Goodman ,  Michel Thomas
Publisher:   John Murray Press
Imprint:   John Murray Learning
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 6.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.614kg
ISBN:  

9781444138030

ISBN 10:   1444138030
Pages:   10
Publication Date:   26 August 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781529325768
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

: Introduction. How to use this course. Background to Chinese languages. : Tones in Mandarin : The form of the verb in Chinese languages doesn't change: e.g. shi (`to be') also means `am, are, is, was, will be' : wo = `I' and also `me': form of pronoun doesn't change in Mandarin : There is no word for `a' or `an' : ni = `you' : ta = `he, him, she, her, it' : Words for nationalities : Add men to pronouns (`I, me' etc.) to form plural (more than one): women = `we, us ' etc. : ma = question marker, to change a statement into a question' Goes at the end of the statement. : ne added to mean `how about ...?' : Adjectives, such as `busy', in Mandarin, are also verbs: mang means `to be busy' : To form a negative, put bu = `no, not' in front of the verb : Add hen to fulfil the two-syllable meter rule (also means `very') : Greetings ni hao and ni hao ma (`hello' = `you good', `how are you' = `you good (question)' : In Chinese the character/word has the same form for both individual and plural form : In front of another falling-tone word, bu (falling tone) becomes bu (rising tone)('trampoline' rule) : Question with a question word, such as `why?' : Use zai to emphasize `now, at this very moment' : Word order in Chinese: who-when-what is happening : xiang = `would like to' : neng = `can' : Add de to pronouns `I' etc. to form `my, mine' etc.: wode : Words for languages : xiang = `would like to' in Mandarin can only be followed by a verb : Word order in Chinese: who-when-how-what is happening : Demonstrative pronouns `this' and `that' : Answering `yes' and `no' without repeating the verb in the question: shi = `is', bu = `not' : Chinese construction `too...to do' is `too...no can do' : Question word `what?' : How to answer `What is this?', and `What is that?' : shuo = `to speak, say' : hui = `to be able to' : Question word `who?' Use of universal `classifier' ge in `this book' (zhe ge shu), `that man' (na ge ren);: `a, an, one' ( : yi ge) : zai (= `at' etc.) in Chinese can be used as and functions as a verb, so zai jia = `to be at home' : Question word `where?' : zhu (zai) = `live, stay' : Prepositions (`on' etc.) go after the noun in Mandarin: `[to be] at the table on' : you = `to have, I have, he has, I had' etc. : Negative of `to have' formed with mei: mei you = `not have' : yao = `to want' etc.; bu yao = `not want' : qu = `go to' jin tian: = `today' : you (`to have' etc.) also = `there is, there are' : [zai ] zher, nar = `[to be] here, there' : mei tian = `every day' : you de = `(there is) some' : Three ways to say `yes': repeat the verb; shi ( = `to be' etc.); dui (= `correct') : yao shuo = `want to speak' : neng shuo = `can speak' : When to say xie xie (= `thanks') : zai jian = `Good bye' (= `again meet') : lai = `come'

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A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages -- Stephen Fry Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning -- Time Out The most extraordinary learning experience of my life -- Emma Thompson I never thought I could learn Spanish, but using the Michel Thomas Method has made me realize there is hope... -- Bruce Parry The nearest thing to painless learning -- The Times For the first time, trying to speak Italian was fun, not frustrating -- TES Works like a dream -- The Daily Telegraph Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed -- The Guardian Thomas makes it simple -- Sunday Times A genuinely new way of learning a language -- The Daily Mail

A genuine breakthrough in the teaching of Mandarin -- The Guardian The nearest thing to painless learning -- The Times A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages -- Stephen Fry The most extraordinary experience of my life -- Emma Thompson Thomas makes it simple -- Sunday Times Works like a dream -- Daily Telegraph Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed -- The Guardian Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning -- Time Out

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Dr Harold Goodman is a physician and surgeon, who had Michel Thomas as his teacher for nearly ten years. During this time Michel Thomas's goal was not to teach Dr Goodman a specific language (though he did instruct him in two of the languages he taught) but to train him to understand his method of teaching - which he then used to teach others, with great success. Dr Goodman teaches and practises in the United States.

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