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🎥 Speaking Mandarin:
🧾 Intro / Reflection
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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Silver 2
| Category | Covered |
|---|---|
| Preferences | ✅ |
| Comparisons | ✅ |
| Emotions | ✅ |
| Basic agreements / disagreements | ✅ |
| I think / I feel | ✅ |
| Comparatives | ✅ |
| Because / So | ✅ |
📅 Scenario:
📝My Mandarin notes
🧩 1. Grammar Structures You Need
Opinions / Feelings
- Wǒ juéde… = I think / I feel…
- Wǒ xǐhuan… = I like…
- Wǒ bù xǐhuan… = I don’t like…
- Wǒ gāoxìng / wǒ shēngqì / wǒ lèi = I am happy / angry / tired
Because / So
- Yīnwèi… suǒyǐ… = Because… so…
- Yīnwèi wǒ lèi, suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng shuìjiào. = Because I’m tired, so I want to sleep.
Comparisons
- A bǐ B + adj. = A is more … than B
- Zhège chéngshì bǐ nàge chéngshì dà. = This city is bigger than that city.
- Zuì + adj. = the most … (superlative)
- Zhège diànyǐng zuì hǎo. = This movie is the best.
Agreement / Disagreement
- Wǒ tóngyì. = I agree.
- Wǒ bù tóngyì. = I don’t agree.
🧩 2. Core Vocab (~350–400 words target)
Feelings
- gāoxìng = happy
- shēngqì = angry
- lèi = tired
- nánguò = sad
- fàngsōng = relaxed
Opinion Words
- juéde = think/feel
- rènwéi = think (formal opinion)
- hǎo = good
- huài = bad
- hǎowán = fun
- wúliáo = boring
Comparison Words
- bǐ = compare
- zuì = most
- gèng = even more
- yīyàng = same
🧩 3. Sentence Templates
- Expressing opinion
- Wǒ juéde zhège diànyǐng hěn hǎowán. = I think this movie is fun.
- Expressing feelings
- Wǒ jīntiān hěn lèi. = I’m very tired today.
- Because/so
- Yīnwèi tiānqì hěn lěng, suǒyǐ wǒ bù xiǎng chūqù. = Because it’s cold, I don’t want to go outside.
- Comparisons
- Zhège píngguǒ bǐ nàge píngguǒ tián. = This apple is sweeter than that apple.
- Zhège shū zuì yǒuyìsi. = This book is the most interesting.
- Agreement/Disagreement
- Wǒ tóngyì nǐ. = I agree with you.
- Wǒ juéde bù duì. = I think that’s not right.
✅ Silver Mandarin Test Results
Part 1: Translation (to pinyin)
Translate these into natural Mandarin.
- I think that coffee is better than tea.
- Today is hotter than yesterday.
- I like noodles, but I don’t like rice.
- I feel happy because I don’t have work today.
- She thinks this movie is very good, but I don’t think so.
Your sentence:
wo juede nage cafe bi cha hao
- ✔ Structure correct.
- Small fixes: cafe → kāfēi. “Tea” should be chá.
✅ Corrected: wǒ juéde nàgè kāfēi bǐ chá hǎo.
Your sentence:
jintian bi zuotian re
- Almost! Needs degree: gèng or hěn.
✅ Corrected: jīntiān bǐ zuótiān gèng rè.
Your sentence:
wo xihuan miantian, danshi wo bu xihuan mi fan
- miantian → typo, should be miàntiáo (noodles).
- mǐ fàn is good.
✅ Corrected: wǒ xǐhuan miàntiáo, dànshì wǒ bù xǐhuan mǐfàn.
Your sentence:
wo hen gao xing yinwei jintian wo meiyou gongzuo
- Grammar fine! Just tone marks: gāoxìng, méiyǒu.
✅ Corrected: wǒ hěn gāoxìng, yīnwèi jīntiān wǒ méiyǒu gōngzuò.
Your sentence:
ta juede zhege dianying hen hao, danshi wo juede buhao.
- Perfect! Just missing spaces and tones.
✅ Corrected: tā juéde zhège diànyǐng hěn hǎo, dànshì wǒ juéde bù hǎo.
Part 2: Fill in the blanks
Choose the right word(s).
- Zhège chéngshì bǐ nàgè chéngshì ___ (dà / zuì dà).
da → ✅ - Wǒ ___ (juéde / yīnwèi) zhège fànguǎn bǐ nàgè hǎo.
juede → ✅ - Tā bù xǐhuan kànshū, ___ (suǒyǐ / bǐ) tā chángcháng kàn diànyǐng.
Suoyi → ✅ (just lowercase in pinyin: suǒyǐ). - Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān ___ (gèng lěng / zuì lěng).
geng leng → ✅ (should be gèng lěng). - Wǒ ___ (tóngyì / bù tóngyì) nǐ de kànfǎ.
tongyi → ✅ (should be tóngyì).
Part 3: Opinion & Emotion Practice
Write 5–6 sentences in pinyin answering:
👉 Compare two things you know (like foods, cities, hobbies, or people).
👉 Say which one you prefer and why.
👉 Use at least:
- 1 wǒ juéde / wǒ rènwéi / wǒ gǎnjué
- 1 comparison with bǐ
- 1 reason with yīnwèi… suǒyǐ…
- 1 sentence of agreement or disagreement (wǒ tóngyì / wǒ bù tóngyì).
Your sentence:
wo bu tongyi, wo juede pengyou bi ni hao, yinwei ta you duo nuli, soyi ta zuo de bi ni hao.
jirou zai zhege shangdian bi nage shangdian pian yi, soyi wo zai zhe shangdian mai de.
Corrections:
- wo bu tongyi ✅ good use of disagreement.
- pengyou bi ni hao → should be wǒ de péngyǒu bǐ nǐ hǎo (otherwise it sounds like “friend better than you” without clarity).
- ta you duo nuli → should be tā hěn nǔlì or tā bǐ nǐ gèng nǔlì.
- soyi → should be suǒyǐ.
- jirou → should be jīròu (chicken meat).
- mai de → should be mǎi le (past action).
✅ Corrected version:
Wǒ bù tóngyì. Wǒ juéde wǒ de péngyǒu bǐ nǐ hǎo, yīnwèi tā bǐ nǐ gèng nǔlì, suǒyǐ tā zuò de bǐ nǐ hǎo. Jīròu zài zhège shāngdiàn bǐ nàgè shāngdiàn piányí, suǒyǐ wǒ zài zhège shāngdiàn mǎi le.
✅ Evaluation
- Opinions: Used wǒ juéde, wǒ bù tóngyì → ✔️
- Comparisons: Used A bǐ B… multiple times → ✔️
- Because/so: Used yīnwèi… suǒyǐ… → ✔️
- Emotions: Used wǒ hěn gāoxìng → ✔️
👉 You officially PASS Silver 2 (Feels and Opinions). 🎉
🎯 Next Steps / Goals
Onto Silver 3! Learning to navigate the world, learning how to reserve places, appointments, lodging, and asking for recommendations.
📚 Resources I Used
- ChatGPT (for sentence practice + explanations + tests)
- YouTube (for pronunciation + listening)
- Google Translate (for fast checks)
- My language language learning structure (coming soon)
🌍 Bonus Resources You Might Like
- 🧠 Duolingo – decent for language base, I personally don’t like it.
- 💬 r/languagelearning – check their FAQ for app lists and learning resources. I rarely browse, but it’s a popular hub.
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