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Where are you from? Where are we from? Where are any of us really from?
It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.
你好 and 再见—knowing these phrases will help you strike up a conversation...and politely exit when the Chinese becomes too overwhelming.
Check out how these two characters meet for the first time and bond over their Chinese class. We'd call that a meet-cute.
Come meet the family: grandparents, parents, siblings, and most importantly, the dog.
外公，奶奶，爷爷，姑姑，伯伯...that's a lot of family members to remember. We better start practicing now before our next family reun...
Knowing the parts of the body in Chinese is important. How else would you say, "My fingers hurt from playing computer games all day" or "My whole b...
Feeling uncomfortable? Or sick to your stomach? Time to visit the 医生.
Finding your way around a school campus can be hard. If you're like us though, the first place you look for is the 餐厅 (cafeteria).
A three-bedroom house with a backyard and garage? It's the suburban dream.
Want to impress at a Chinese restaurant? Skip the 叉子 and go with 筷子 instead.
If you weren't hungry before, you'll be starving after watching this video.
Too salty? Too sweet? Too spicy? It's all a matter of taste...literally.
We love talking about food...so much so that we even made a video about it in Chinese.
Welcome to the Shmoop Kitchen. We're like the Cooking Channel...but in 中文.
We don't know about you, but this video is making us seriously 饿 (hungry).
All the vocabulary you need to dominate a Taiwanese 夜市 (night market).
Have a peek into the Shmoop wardrobe. It's mostly mom jeans and 80s-inspired tees, but, uh, it works for us.
Cool? Interesting? Good-looking? That's us. Now learn how to describe us in 中文.
Who's got the looks, the talents, the arrogance? Celebrities, of course.
We at Shmoop are more of a "watch from the sidelines and hope the ball doesn't hit us in the face" kind of athletes.
What do you like to do in your free time? We love knitting sweaters for our seven cats...but that's probably not everyone's cup of tea.
In our free time, we like to knit sweaters for our cats. But, uh, that's just us.
If you're the kind of person who marks off each day in a calendar, then this is the video for you. And if you're not...then you should still watch the video.
Need a review of ages, languages, and nationalities in Chinese? Look no further. This video has all the basics of introducing yourself and where you're from.
With this video, reinforce your vocab for times of the day, like "afternoon" (下午) and "morning" (早上).
This video will teach you the names of fruits and vegetables in Chinese.
This video will show you how to use location words in Chinese, like 上面，里面，and 后面.
In this video, a shopper asks about the quality and price per kilogram of fruits and fish. She also tries to haggle for a better deal.