Fun Learning Chinese

A young Taiwanese friend recently shared this Chinese parable with me. It all starts with being asked to take a snail for a walk… but first, some useful vocabulary: Now, what can you learn from a snail? 上帝給我一個任務，叫我牽一隻蝸牛去散步。 (上帝)(給)(我)(一個)(任務)， (ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧˋ)(ㄍㄟˇ)(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄧ ㄍㄜ˙)(ㄖㄣˋ ㄨˋ), (shàng dì)(gěi)(wǒ)(yī ge.)(rèn wù), (God)(to give)(me)(one + general MW)(mission, assignment) …..(叫)(我)(牽)(一)(隻)(蝸牛)(去)(散步) …..(ㄐㄧㄠˋ)(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄑㄧㄢ)(ㄧˋ)(ㄓ)(ㄍㄨㄚ […]