In this video lesson we'll learn how to say Up, Down, Inside, Outside, Front and Back in Chinese with 方位词: 上 下 里 外 前面 后面 and practice Existential Sentences in Chinese with 有 a little bit more.
We learned about Locality Noun 里 already. In this lesson we'll learn more Locality Nouns, which are called fāngwèicí 方位词 in Chinese. In this lesson we have more 方位词. These 方位词 are common ways of how to say Up, Down, Inside, Outside, Front and Back in Chinese.
方位词: 上 下 里 外 前面 后面 can all be used in an Existential Sentence with this structure:
Please practice Existential Sentences in Chinese:
Very good lesson.
I hope there will be some review every few lessons.
Hi,
I struggle to say sentences with many third tone syllable’s correctly. For example,
我前面有几把雨伞。
The sentence above contains five third tone syllable’s. When I hear a Chinese speaker such as the teacher pronounce sentences such as this I have difficulty recognizing the tone changes.
The tones course describes how to pronounce three third tone syllable’s in a row. However, I did not think it discussed how to pronounce four or five third tone syllable’s in a row.
I would really appreciate any advice or tips people can offer.
Thanks
My understanding is that you can separate longer groups of 3rd tone characters into smaller groupings and then apply the tone change rules to those smaller groupings. There doesn’t seem to be a clear/firm rule on how to make the smaller groupings – it should just make sense in context.
So, to try an example – if I were saying “I gave you an umbrella”, I might separate the 3rd tones like this:
我给你 把雨伞
That grouping makes sense to me and breaks what would have been 6 3rd tones in a row into 2 groups of 3 3rd tones – easier to say.
Thanks Jo,
One of the lessons in the Pinyin tones course briefly addresses this topic. Maybe the HSK 2 or HSK 3 courses on this website discuss it in more detail.
Thanks again,
why is the measure word for students ‘ge’ and not ‘wei’?
Because wei is a polite/honorific term used to show ‘respect’ towards a person(s). Students don’t need to be shown respect but teachers would because they hold importance.