Dreaming in Chinese Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language

Name: Dreaming in Chinese Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language
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ISBN: 9780802779144

ISBN-10: 080277914X

ISBN-13: 9780802779144

Edition: N/A

Authors: Deborah Fallows

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Book details

List price: $14.00
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 9/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Introduction



Wo ï¿½i ni;! I love you! The grammar of romance



Bï¿½ yï¿½o! Don't want, don't need! When rude is polite



Shi, Shï¿½, Shi, Shï¿½ Lion, ten, to make, to be Language play as a national sport



Dabao Do you do takeout? Why the Chinese hear tones, and we don't



Laobaixï¿½ng Common folk China's Ordinary Joe



Ni hao, Wo jiï¿½o Mï¿½nyï¿½. Hello, my name is Public A brief introduction to Chinese names



Dongbei Eastnorth Finding your way in China-the semantics of time and place



Wo, Ni, Ta, Ta, Ta I, you, he, she, it Disappearing pronouns and the sense of self



Rï¿½nao Hot-and-noisy Think like the Chinese think



Ting bï¿½ dong. I don't understand. A billion people; countless dialects



Hï¿½nzï¿½ Characters The essence of being Chinese



Bï¿½ keyi Not allowed Rules to follow and rules to break



Dï¿½zhï¿½n Earthquake Out of calamity, tenderness



Ni de Zhongwï¿½n hen hao! Your Chinese is really good! A little goes a long way


Pronunciation guide


Acknowledgments