我的乌龟叫三三。它八十六岁。三三不凶。三三很可爱。它很慢。三三喜欢跑步。它最喜欢游泳。三三喜欢吃西兰花和土豆。三三说意大利语，希伯来语，日语，英语，俄语，和中文。
Category Archives: Mandarin
Mandarin-My Pet Writing Project
Somethings I learned in Mandarin
I learned that pronunciation and stroke order is extremely important in Mandarin. If you miss articulate a tone then the word would take on a different meaning. If you missed a stroke the character would be changed to a different character, which has a different word, which has a different meaning. I know pronunciation and stroke order is extremely important to Chinese languages. I also found pinyin dialect hard, because it is challenging to remember the different sounds that goes with each letter.
My Mandarin Calendar
A small project we did was to create a calendar in Mandarin. We wrote in characters and pinyin how we thought a Mandarin Calendar would be depicted. I enjoyed this project because we got to practice writing a lot of characters. It was challenging to remember all the various characters and correct ways to write them. This project was beneficial because I mastered lots of new characters and their meaning!
I’m sorry that the picture is backwards.
Chinese New Year!
This year we had a Chinese new year celebration, and as a part of the Mandarin class we had an opportunity to perform. Every grade had a piece to showcase on stage during the gathering. We learned exciting four character sentences and attempted to teach them to the audience, our performance turned out very well. In addition, we surprised the audience by using the Chinese art form, calligraphy, to write out the characters of our sentences on a special sheet of rice paper imported from China. In the end it was very enjoyable to go up and share my knowledge.
That’s us performing!
What I have learned in Mandarin
My mandarin name card!
My Mandarin study set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0CbnL1zSI
PINYIN VIDEO! (Creepy, but helps)
Super cool Chinese introduction video! (WATCH!)