Learn how to talk about past events using the “shi…de” construction. You’ll also learn to ask when something happened. Become multilingual today with Lenguin’s comprehensive language courses. ║ Let’s Get Multi ╚════════════════════════════════════════ Practice what you learned in this video ►► http://lenguin.com/yt Subscribe to get multi! ►► http://lenguin.com/yt/subscribe Watch the entire course free ►► http://lenguin.com/yt/chinese ║ Support ╚════════════════════════════════════════ ♥ ♥ Want to help us grow? We want to make lots of courses. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Help us reach that goal, visit ► http://lenguin.com/support ♥ ♥ ║ More ╚════════════════════════════════════════ Next Lesson ► {NEXT} ♫ Listen to the Lenguin soundtrack ► http://lenguin.com/ost ║ Connect ╚════════════════════════════════════════ Follow us on Twitter ► http://twitter.com/LenguinPenguin Like us on Facebook ► http://fb.com/LenguinPenguin Pin us on Pinterest ► https://pinterest.com/LenguinPenguin ║ Sections ╚════════════════════════════════════════ Yesterday – 0:59 Tā Shi Shénme Shíhou Dàode? – 1:07 Shi…de – 1:27 When Did She Arrive? – 1:45 Shi…de – 1:55 Dàode – 2:10 Tā Shi Shénme Shíhou Dàode? – 2:31 Future Vs Past – 3:02 Shì…de Vs Le – 3:23 Nǐ Shi Shénme Shíhou Dàode? – 3:52 Nǐ Shi Yíge Rén Láide Ma? – 5:04 Alone – 5:23 Negative Shi…de – 5:37 Nǐ Shi Yíge Rén Láide Ma? – 5:50 Nǐ Àiren Háizi – 6:15 To Leave – 6:30 Today – 6:38 Nǐ Shénme Shíhou Zǒu? – 6:45 Nǐ Něitiān Zǒu? – 7:07 What Day – 7:25 What Day Are You Leaving? – 7:59 Nǐ Něitiān Zǒu? – 8:05 Nǐmen Zǒu Ma? – 8:11 Bàoěr Xiānsheng – 9:20 Download them here ► https://lenguin.com/learn/chinese/past-details/gallery ║ Credits ╚════════════════════════════════════════ Producer – Fame Ketover Writers – John Harvey, Lucille Barale, Roberta Barry, Thomas Madden, Susan Pola Script Supervisor – Fame Ketover Chinese Speakers – Chuan Chao, Ying-chih Chen, Hsiao-jung Chen, Eva Diao, Jan Hu, Tsung-mi Li, Yunhui Yang Original Music – Fame Ketover Editor – Fame Ketover Special Thanks – Check our Patreon Page to have your name listed here Stock Imagery – Wikimedia Commons, Shutterstock © 2015 Fames Games, all rights reserved. The Lenguin name and penguin mascot are trademarks of Fames Games. ║ Lesson Transcript ╚════════════════════════════════════════ Full transcript ► https://lenguin.com/learn/chinese/past-details/transcript Partial transcript —————————————-——- Hi, I’m Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com and this is Mandarin Chinese. We’re going to look at some sentences with -when- completed actions took place. These sentences don’t use the markers “le” and “méi”. The markers “le” and “méi” are used to specify whether or not an action was completed. That is, they’re used when the center of interest of a sentence is the verb. But when the action is in the past and the center of interest is on something other than the verb, like the time the action took place, for example, a completely different construction is used. Here’s the word for “yesterday”. zuótiān zuótiān zuótiān Listen to this exchange about when Mrs. Martin arrived. ● When did she arrive? ○ Tā shi shénme shíhou dàode? ○ Tā shi shénme shíhou dàode? ● She arrived yesterday. ○ Tā shi zuótiān dàode. ○ Tā shi zuótiān dàode. There are two unexpected elements in these sentences. Th…
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