Chinese Phrase of the Day Challenge (Week 11)

WEIWEI LIU | APRIL 10, 2020

I hope these daily Chinese lessons are helping you stay positive and motivated - especially if you have to #stayhome to help fight covid-19.

We recently made Level 1 of our Beginner Conversational Course completely free, so you can learn Chinese during this time with our structured course and all the practice tools (flashcards, quizzes, audio reviews, and more). We also introduced #StayHome Pricing, giving a 15% discount on everything in our Store.

Start here with Lesson 1:

Week 11 Lecture Notes

Download this Lecture Notes pdf for a breakdown of the vocabulary and phrases in English, pinyin, and 汉字 (hàn zì) from Week 11.

Scroll down to the bottom of the Lecture Notes pdfs for links to relevant lessons in our courses. These lessons include flashcards, quizzes, and audio review mp3s to help you practice what you've learned!

*TIP: In the Lecture Notes pdfs, scroll down to the bottom for links to relevant lessons in our courses. These lessons include flashcards, quizzes, and audio review mp3s to help you practice what you've learned!

Week 11 Lessons

Now let's take a look at all the lessons from Week 11!

Day 1

In our first lesson of the week you’ll learn how to say “here” and “there” in Chinese. Wei Wei breaks down how the words are formed, how they’re pronounced, and how to use them to create simple sentences. Watch this video and focus on something positive and fun for the next four minutes of your day!

Day 2

Today you’re going to learn how to talk about weather in Chinese. We’ll also explain the difference between 很 (hěn) and 非常 (fēi cháng) when you want to say “very” or “really”, with some helpful examples.

Day 3

Today you'll learn a new way to ask questions with the super common "verb - 不 (bù) - verb" grammar structure. Not only will you hear native speakers use this all the time, you'll be able to bring variety to your own sentences and not always ask questions the same way.

Day 4

Thursday’s lessons are the best, because all the previous lessons from the week come together to make a whole variety of simple and complex sentences.

In this video you’ll learn two more opposite words, and use them with the “verb-不(bù)-verb" grammar structure from yesterday’s lesson to talk about the weather.