Discover Chinese Language and Culture

In this episode, I talk a little bit about the history of the Chinese written language and the various terms referring to it. Afterwards, I introduce everyone to the different kinds of characters that form the Chinese written language. Please, follow me on instagram for written materials on the topic. Ivana.kolevaa_yingwang Thank you everyone!

Learn how to say “hi” and “how are you doing” in a few different ways and understand a bit more about Chinese people and their customs. Enjoy the episode and if you have any questions or comments, follow me on my instagram at ivana.kolevaa_YingWang

In this series we will discuss and study the four tones ( plus the neutral tone), we will practise pronouncing different syllables in different tones and will get familiar with some changes in tones and other particularities. Learning the tones is essential to learning Chinese, so listen and repeat as much as you need! 加油! ( jia1you2, go for it)

In today’s episode, I will help you improve your pronunciation by saying Chinese words consisting of two syllables, each with the same or with different tones. Please repeat after me and listen to the podcast several times, till you feel comfortable with the tones and confident in saying them aloud on your own. If you have any comments or questions, please follow me on instagram at ivana.kolevaa_YingWang. 谢谢大家 xie4xie4da4jia1. 加油 jia1you2!

Listen to my new podcast series “did you know...?” in which I will share with you interesting stories from the amazing Chinese culture. In today’s episode I will tell you about the origin of the lucky number 8 and some related curiosities. Please follow me on instagram to get a printable of the important points I share with you here. Enjoy!

Introduction, where I share a few words about myself and the purpose of this podcast. Please, if you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, follow me on instagram ivana.kolevaa, where you can also find a lot of materials related to the podcasts that I will publish here. 感谢你们! Thank you very much.

Follow me in learning how to pronounce different monosyllabic words in the four tones. Repeat after me. 加油! (Good luck)

Repeat after me the numbers from 1 to 10 in Chinese.