Learn Mandarin Chinese – Where do you work? + (Lesson 36)

Using Chinese characters, practice discussing work, in addition to making use of “zai” and sentence-final “ba”. 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 ╚═══════════════════════════════════════­═ 那是国宾大饭店吧？ – 0:43 Ba – 0:49 That Must Be The Ambassador Hotel – 1:08 Lone Nèi – 1:22 That Must Be The Ambassador Hotel – 1:32 那是国宾大饭店吗？ – 1:50 Is That The Ambassador Hotel? – 1:58 That Must Be The Ambassador Hotel – 2:14 Is That The Ambassador Hotel? – 2:23 是的，那是国宾大饭店。 – 2:36 Short Yes – 2:42 Yes – 2:45 Yes, That’s The Ambassador Hotel – 2:55 啊方明镇你好啊？ – 3:36 Friends At No. 18 Dali Street – 4:07 你朋友现在在哪里工作？ – 4:43 To Work – 4:51 Prepositional Verb – 5:02 He Works In Tainan – 5:31 Place – Action – 5:45 He Works In Tainan – 5:54 你在哪里工作？ – 6:16 Bank – 6:24 I Work At A Bank – 6:39 Bank – 6:50 I Work At A Bank – 6:56 Download them here ► https://lenguin.com/learn/chinese/work-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/work-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. Pretend it’s your first day in Taipei. As you approach your hotel you think you recognize it. Listen. ○ 那是国宾大饭店吧？ ○ 是的。 The marker “ba” is used when you have reason to believe your information is correct but you’ve never had it confirmed. Actually, this is more common than you might think. Using “ba” in sentences gives it a tone like the English “I suppose that” or “that must be”. You suggest the information rather than state it bluntly. Repeat, “That must be the Ambassador Hotel.” ○ 那是国宾大饭店吧？ ○ 那是国宾大饭店吧？ You’ll notice that the word “nèi” (“that”), unlike the “nèi” in “nèige” (“which”), does not need to be followed by another syllable to be a complete word. …