Here is another Groovie Pauli video.  Its not very “professional”, but at least the actors are having fun. You already know most of the words in this dialog, but there are 7 new words èle (饿了) – hungry càidān(菜单) – menu qǐng zuò (请坐) – please sit guǒzhī (果汁) – fruit niúnǎi(牛奶) R...

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万圣节快了 (Wànshèng jié kài le) Happy Halloween, I searched high and low for any video that relates to noodles or dumplings and could not find anything useful. (Makes me think I should make my own … ok, on second thought, never mind). Anyway, since I couldn’t find anything on dumplings, I’ll pass on a seasonally appropriate video....

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Here is  another Groovi Pauli video, it’s a good review for lesson 3. The first section of the video repeats the following refreign: Nǐ jiào shén me míng zi? (What’s your name?) Wǒ de péng you?  (My friend.) Nǐ jiào shén me míng zi? (What’s your name?) Nǐ shì shéi? (Who are you?) In the following sect...

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Níhǎo xuésheng, nǐmen máng ma?   If you’re not too busy, you can watch this Groovi Pauly video.  It’s a little silly, but you can learn a lot by watching … and even more if you sing along.  Below are translations and descriptions, so you can verify what you think you are hearing.   Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén (What...

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