CantoMando’s Podcast

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B Lesson 9

Lesson 9 covers Chinese addresses and location vocabulary, including address components (number, house, apartment, room), streets and provinces, and measure words for floors and buildings. Grammar points explain address numbering and floor expressions (e.g., 23号, 23号房; 一楼/二楼; 几楼?).The episode includes directional words (left, right, front, back, nearby), translation exercises, and practice questions for asking and answering about addresses, floors, room counts, nearby stores, and public transport.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B: Lesson 8

This episode covers phone and technology vocabulary (phone numbers, cell phones, computers, tablets, e-mail, SMS) and key grammar for making and receiving calls and messages.It includes sample dialogues and translations for calling, texting, emailing, arranging meetings, video conferences, online shopping, and using devices in daily life.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B: Lesson 7

Lesson 7 teaches money vocabulary (dollar, dime, cent; 公斤, 磅; 包, 盒, 台, 支), grammar for asking prices and totals (多少钱, 一共), and how to say amounts with cents (e.g., 八块零九分, 三十四块零五分).It also covers discounts and sales (折, 半价, 买一送一), calculating percentage discounts with examples, and translated shopping dialogues for phones, apples, wine and more to practice real-life conversations.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B: Lesson 6

Lesson 6 introduces essential weather vocabulary (rain, snow, sun, cloudy, wind, storm, thunderstorm, lightning) and temperature terms, with Chinese and English examples.The episode covers grammar for asking and answering weather questions, practicing weather forecasts and sample sentences (today's weather, rain/snow, highs/lows, and forecasts for cities like Toronto, Singapore, Shanghai).Listeners practice reading and answering questions, write a seven-day forecast, and produce a short passage about summer in their city, focusing on practical, everyday weather conversation.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B: Lesson 5

This episode teaches how to ask and tell the time in Chinese, with key vocabulary for hours (点), minutes (分), and halves (半), plus phrases for periods of the day (早上, 上午, 中午, 下午, 晚上).It also covers daily routine verbs (brush teeth 刷牙, wash face 洗脸, shower 洗澡, cook 做饭) and grammar for asking/answering time and using 每 (every). The episode includes example sentences, practice questions, and simple translations to reinforce learning.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B: Lesson 4

This episode covers Lesson 4: vocabulary for months (January–December) and weekdays (Monday–Sunday), how to ask and answer about dates and days (e.g., "What date?", "What day?", "When?"), and common time expressions (today, yesterday, tomorrow, last/next week/month/year).It introduces grammar patterns for saying when events happen (e.g., "I will come on Wednesday", "I bought this last year"), sample dialogues about birthdays, appointments, and travel, and in-class exercises to practice asking and answering questions about dates and schedules.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B Lesson 3

Lesson 三: Practice using approximate numbers (左右, 几, 多) with common vocabulary: week, red wine, lobster, kilogram, bottle, class, hotel, market, bus, nurse, socks, tables. Includes example sentences and translations for quantities like 30 students, two weeks, four glasses of wine, eight kilos of lobster, fifty buses, seven thousand nurses, 100 pairs of socks, ten tables, and more.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B: Lesson 2

This episode teaches Chinese measure words and everyday vocabulary (clothing, objects, animals, food, and places) with clear examples and translations.Listeners practice applying measure words in sentences, asking “how many” and “which,” and learn useful phrases for buying, describing, and counting items in real situations.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course B Lesson 1

This episode teaches Chinese number vocabulary from 0 to large five-digit numbers, including tens, hundreds, thousands, and examples combining digits (e.g., 27, 563, 5,768).It includes pronunciation and written forms in both Arabic numerals and Chinese characters, plus short practice tests with answers to check your progress.

Mandarin Chinese Foundation Course A Lesson 10

This episode focuses on making suggestions and requests in Mandarin, covering vocabulary like park (公园), restaurant (餐厅), take a stroll (散步), drive (开车), chat (聊天), ask (问), time (时间), homework (功课), cellphone (手机), and nearby (附近).Grammar points include using 可以 (can), 让 (let/help), and 别/不要 (don’t), with practice dialogues for saying sorry, asking for help, offering to do homework, and polite refusals. Short role-play questions and answers reinforce listening and speaking skills.