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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Learn a little Chinese...

Hello = Ni hao ...like knee and how
Goodbye = Zai jian ...start with ts like in pits, add the word eye. Then J sounds like J as in jam.
To thank = Xie Xie... Sh plus ye as in yes without the s. (do it twice)
Mother = Mama... you know this one
Father = Baba ... like the black sheep nursery rhyme
Paternal grandfather = Ye Ye ... like the ye in yes, only twice.
Paternal grandmother = Nai Nai... as in night without the t, twice
Maternal grandfather = Wai Gong or Lao Ye ... why gong; or rhymes with how, then like the ye in yes
Maternal grandmother = Wai Po or Lao Lao... why and po (as in potato); or rhymes with how (twice)
Aunt = A Yi … ah & yee
Uncle = Shu Shu … shoe (twice)
Cousin = Biao Qin … b plus ya plus oh and chin
Family/Home = Jia ... j as in jam plus ya (as in see ya)
Lovely/Cute = ke ai... k sound (rhymes with duh) and eye like what you see with
I love you = Wo ai ni... waw, eye, knee
No= Bu … boo
Please = qíng … cheeng

1 comment:

ForTheLoveOfOrphans said...

T-5 days! Can't wait to follow your journey. I hope you do better learning Chinese than we did. We loved having a guide and even got some lessons from Sherri in Beijing as we rode around on the bus! That's all we really learned (and have now forgotten, I'm sure).
Happy Packing!
love, Angie H (Miranda Joy's mom)