Learn Mandarin Chinese – Past Details + (Shi…de construction) (Lesson 45)

Using Chinese characters, practice talking about past events using the “shi…de” construction, and also asking 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 ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ When Is He Coming? – 0:43 你是什么时候到的 – 0:51 Le Vs. Shi…de – 1:23 When Did You Arrive? – 1:48 Yesterday – 2:26 I Arrived Yesterday. – 2:37 你朋友 – 3:01 Arrived Yesterday – 3:11 一个人来 – 3:41 How? – 3:48 He Came Alone – 4:01 He Didn’t Come Alone – 4:20 No, He Didn’t Come Alone – 4:31 你爱人 – 4:57 你什么时候走 – 5:40 To Leave – 5:51 When Are You Leaving? – 6:05 Today – 6:25 I’m Leaving Today – 6:36 你哪天走 – 7:02 What Day – 7:09 What Day Are You Leaving? – 7:30 Download them here ► https://lenguin.com/learn/chinese/past-details-plus/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-plus/transcript Partial transcript —————————————-­——- Hi, I’m Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com and this is Mandarin Chinese. Now it’s your turn to say the things you learned in the last lesson. Plus you’ll learn the Chinese characters. Now let’s do some more work on how to ask “when”. So far you know how to ask when something is going to happen. How do you say, “When is he coming?” 他什么时候来？ Now listen to the speaker ask when something took place. ○ 你是什么时候到的？ ○ 我是昨天到的。 You would expect to hear the marker “le” in this exchange, signaling a completed action. But instead you hear the verb “shì” before the time phrase “shénme shíhou” or “zuótiān” and the marker “de” after the verb “dào”. Listen again. ○ 你是什么时候到的？ ○ 我是昨天到的。 We use the marker “le” for a completed action when you’re talking about whether or not the action took place. We use the “shì…de” construction on the other hand when you’re talking about -when- the action took place, or about where or how it took place. In other words, you use the marker “le” when…