Hey Mel,

This was a great idea!! Maybe you could do one each month or so.

I checked out the website Avishay mentioned. I liked it! Very
interesting!

Thank you Avishay and Mel.

Tammy

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, Mel Roberts
<tonji152@y...> wrote:
> Thank you so much Avishay,
>
> I really appreciate the encouragement, It's so great
> to hear from other members of this yahoo group I
> formed
> Except for 3 or 4 others it's very rare to hear from
> the members. I want more for this group then just
> "Look and see" what I've been up to. Another new
> member stated he wanted to learn more about Chinese
> culture so I thought this would be fun and see where
> it goes.
>
> Mel
>
>
> --- avishay <avishayisaiah@y...> wrote:
>
> > oh btw have you checked out zhongwen.com its a
> > great site for
> > chinese-english / english-chinese online dictionary
> >
> > --- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Mel"
> > <tonji152@y...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi group, I'm far from being a linguist expert
> > but I have been
> > > studying Pu Deng Hwa (Mandarin) from a native
> > speaker for nearly 8
> > > months. I love the reaction I get when I greet a
> > Chinese National
> > > using such a simple phrase. Ni hao ma? Pronounced
> > "KNEE"-"HOW"-
> > "MA?"
> > > if you leave off the "MA?" Ni hao will simply mean
> > "HI". Ni (KNEE)-
> >
> > > Means "YOU", Hao (HOW) refers to being good and
> > "Ma?" in this case
> > > signifies the phrase as a direct question with an
> > expected answer.
> > > Whereas just saying "Ni Hao?" without the "MA?" on
> > the end. (Hi)
> > as
> > > you are walking by without having time to stop for
> > a long
> > > conversation, no answer is really expected or you
> > are very
> > familiar
> > > to the person you are speaking with and there is
> > no need to be
> > > formal. To say hi to more than one person or a
> > group you add "MEN"
> > to
> > > the word "NI" Changing the phrase to "Nimen Hao?"
> > These greetings
> > are
> > > appropriate for morning, noon and night. The
> > answer back is the
> > same.
> > > If someone says "Ni Hao?" to you, you would anwer
> > back "Ni Hao!"It
> > > gets more complicated when Ma is used. THe answer
> > back will be
> > more
> > > invloved. "I'm very well, thank you and you?"
> > would be "Wo hen
> > > hao,xie xie,ni neh?" Wo sounds like "Wa" which
> > means I, "Hen"
> > (means
> > > very) Hoa (Good or well) and thank you "Xie Xie"
> > sounds like "Shay-
> > > Shay!" "Ni Neh" sounds like "Knee Nuh?" (And you?)
> > NOw the
> > question
> > > is back in the in face of the person who started
> > the conversation
> > the
> > > standard response would be I'm also very good or
> > Yeh hen hao! Yeh
> > > (also) Hen (Very) and Hao (Good or well).
> > >
> > > Zhai Jian, Sound like (Z'eye Gee-ann) means Bye!
> > > Mel
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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