Synopsis
This is the first course in the world that teaches Amharic speakers introductory Mandarin. Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia, a country with a population of 100 million. This course in Amharic shatters the language barrier and offers cultural contexts unique to these two cultures.This podcast consists of 50 episodes, split across 25 unique chapters. Each chapter starts with a detailed description of vocabulary and usage in Amharic followed by dialogues between two native Mandarin speakers. You will know exactly how everything is pronounced. It is the best of both worlds!The book accompanying this podcast can be found on Amazon under "DALU: Introduction to Chinese for Amharic Speakers" by Lina Getachew Ayenew
Episodes
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Chapter 3b – Talking to a Guest [Dialogue]
01/03/2015 Duration: 01minThese are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 3. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.
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Chapter 3a – Talking to a Guest
28/02/2015 Duration: 03minThis chapter tells you what you have to say when you receive a guest in your office. You will also learn how to say “I’m sorry,” and how to accept an apology.
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Chapter 2b – Introducing Yourself [Dialogue]
21/02/2015 Duration: 01minThese are dialogues that help you practice the various phrases that we have learnt in Chapter 2. As usual, each dialogue is repeated three times to make it easier to remember.
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Chapter 2a – Introducing Yourself
14/02/2015 Duration: 07minThis chapter explains how you can introduce yourself and what is appropriate to say when you meet someone new. We also learn about titles such as “Mr.” and “Mrs.” as well as how to ask for someone’s name.
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Chapter 1b – Greetings [Dialogue]
07/02/2015 Duration: 01minHere we will practice how to greet and how to say “thank you.” The sentences in this dialogue are repeated three times to make them easier to commit to memory.
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Chapter 1a – Greetings
01/02/2015 Duration: 05minThis chapter teaches basic greetings in Chinese. We also learn how to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome.” Did you know that the direct translation of the phrase “you’re welcome” in Chinese is “don’t be so polite!” In addition, we will also mention how to say “you” in its various forms.
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Introduction – iv – Pinyin
28/01/2015 Duration: 04minPinyin is a way of capturing the sounds of Chinese characters using the roman alphabet. This episode provides a basic description of this system. Because this course is intended for Amharic speakers, and because the Amharic alphabet is better at capturing Chinese sounds than the roman alphabet, our description is rather brief. But pinyin is […]
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Introduction – iii – Tones
17/01/2015 Duration: 05minMandarin Chinese has four distinct tones. In this chapter, we try to distinguish what each of these tones sound like. Tones are very important because the same pronunciation will have different meanings based on the tones. And without tones, it will be very difficult to communicate in Chinese.
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Introduction – ii – Beauty and System of Chinese Characters
10/01/2015 Duration: 02minIn this episode we will take a look at how logical the Chinese writing system is. Chinese writing is very systematic and there are sometimes patterns we can follow to find the meanings they convey.
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![Introduction – i – Short History of Mandarin Chinese]()
Introduction – i – Short History of Mandarin Chinese
04/01/2015 Duration: 05minBefore getting into the language, we look at an extremely brief history of the Chinese language.
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