It seems that I made many English mistakes in a video talking about "mistakes" 🤣🤣🤣 Let me know what are them here I will try not make the same mistakes next time :P
Shuo, your English is excellent! There are only very few mistakes (or just slight imperfections) in the video: "I do wish there is someone": "I do wish there was someone" would sound more natural. "mistakes that Chinese beginners are usually making" should be "mistakes that Chinese beginners usually make", and similar phrases with "are making" occur twice more in the video (overuse of present continuous tense is a very common mistake for English learners - I also made that mistake a lot for many years until native English speakers made me aware of it) "you are xenophobia" should be "you are xenophobic" or "you are a xenophobe" "my home is closed to my work": "closed" should be "close" (you said it right, it was only a typo on the screen) "I won't go through all the way of how to use 和": should be "all the ways" instead of "all the way". "I made a whole video talk about filler words": better say "I made a whole video talking about filler words" or "I made a whole video about filler words" "These are all the content of today's video" should be "This is all the content ..." or "These are all the contents..." As I mentioned, your English is excellent, but since you asked for the little mistakes that viewers have noticed, here you are. 😉
I don't notice any English mistakes, it's not an English lesson after all! haha You explain things perfectly, and in almost native sounding English - certainly better than many English speakers!! The only time I would notice a mistake is if a meaning was changed because of it, and we do that in native English all the time. (when typing fast, I often forget to negate a word in the sentence, which changes the whole meaning!) Of this type of language teachers/youtube online, you are definitely amongst the best channels on youtube, if not the best. When I meet new Mandarin learners and we discuss youtube channels, I've never once met a serious learner who doesn't watch your films. Thanks ShuoLaoshi
The beginning of the video you talk about making mistakes and how it's okay. This is so important for people to hear. There are others that expect perfection before attempting to talk, which is discouraging. Whereas you are encouraging. This is what learners with self doubt actually need to hear so thank you. Very well said.
One day, when I get myself a decent collection of savings, I can't wait to attend one of your classes. I love the way you speak, and I'm looking forward to the day when I can speak like you :)
I think your brave decision to leave the medical profession and become a language teacher was the best thing you could do, Not only for yourself but also for us ( students ) I have had many foreign language teachers in my life as I love learning foreign languages. And you are honestly exceptional in your ability/ talent of teaching a foreign language !! Well done and keep going :D
老师好♥。我的回答：Right now I rent a house in Beijing, I still haven't started a family. My household only consist of me. 老师我感觉您永远做出来最好的视频。说起您的视频，我希望有一天可以加入您的课。
Shuo, I’d like to point a small correction in your intro in English. It should be Chinese native teacher who lives in Bangkok, not Chinese native teacher living in Bangkok. That is the correct way to say it using proper English grammar. Your videos are awesome.
Sure you've heard of him, but go check out 马思瑞 He has a lot of videos that help English learners. You could definitely benefit from learning about the soft T ending. You over enunciate the T sound pretty heavily. For example: Glottal stop on the word "that", or "what".
Thanks shuo shuo, even tho I lived in China before, I sometimes make these mistakes you mentioned hahaha, I'm polishing my chinese grammar so I can express myself better in coming interviews
哈罗说说！我叫马塞尔，I started learning Chinese this February and I discovered your videos, which I love. I have a question or doubt that maybe you have already covered in one of your videos: is there a difference between 你别着急 and 别担心？ The second one is "don't worry", but the first one....too? The context of this phrase is the answer given to a guy that apologized for being late because of a traffic jam. Greetings from Barcelona. Marcel
I want to return the favour. This was such a good lesson and I have learned a lot. You use the word xenophobia at timestamp 4:19. The word should be xenophobic. Also the word close should be used instead of closed when talking about distance. My home is close to work, for example
Another great video, thank you, Shuo! 👍 Can one also say 我害怕要下雨了 instead of 恐怕要下雨了 ? What structure/words can one use in Chinese for AND to link two whole sentences A and B in "If A and B, then C"? For example, "If the weather is good AND I'm not busy, then I'll go for a walk".
害怕means scared about something, so "害怕下雨" literally means "scared about raining"😂. If you just want to use the expression of "I am afraid that...", “恐怕...” will be the best one. As for the AND in Chinese, as Miss Shuo mentioned, usually "然后" is a good word to connect two sentences. So the translation will be "如果天气不错，然后我又不太忙的话，我就会去散会儿步。". Besides, "再加上" is also useful to connect two parts. For example, if someone says "I had a nightmare last night, and I didn't have my breakfast this morning, that's why I looked so exhausted. ". That person can say "我昨晚做噩梦了，再加上今早没吃早饭，所以我看起来特别累"
It is better to change ones own understanding of English and not be so rigid, for example at 7:30 you could say 'My home and work are very close' or 'My home and work are very close to one another' as opposed to My home is close to my work which bear less resemblance to the Chinese someone is trying to say, I think if a student does not think this way then they will have a very hard time unless they can marry Chinese and English in an understandable way.
Awesome video! Hey, I was wondering about the second tone! I noticed many native speakers will oftentimes use a flat tone (like a third tone) when the 2nd tone comes toward the end of a sentence, and also if the 2nd tone is the last character in a word. Could you do a video on this?
Speaking of making mistakes, the sentence should be "unless you are xenophobic" not "xenophobia." You're English is so good and rarely incorrect, but I just wanted to point that out. Thanks for enlightening me to mistakes I was making!
you used the wrong word for your second sentence. it’s “your” not “you’re “ . “you’re “ means “you are”, and “your” shows ownership. i hope this helps you. (:
Wow. This video is difficult enough to be worth my while but it is hard to get through because I have not actively been studying Chinese for a while. I have been speaking a lot of Chinese though.
Speaking of mistakes, In your English subtitles it says "my home is CLOSED to my work" and this should be close. It's not a big deal because everyone will understand what it really means but the literal meaning of "CLOSED" would be .... none of my employers, colleagues or customers may enter my home, it is Closed to them. Where as if your house is close to your work this means they are close to each other i.e there is not a lot of distance between the two.
hello, can I request you to make a video about 网络流行语. For example like：yyds & tmd and etc.., how to use these and how to put it on a sentences. Thank you.
Teacher, I kinda don't understand how to use 才 It says its equivalent is "Until" I know how to use until but not 才 because the app I'm using only shows translations
才is a supportive word. Can be used in such a situation. A: 你是傻子 You're silly. B: .你才是傻子。 That's you, silly! I can't understand the entire meaning of this sentence until watching your video. 直到看完你的视频，我才明白这整句的意思。 Not...until = 直到...才
a phrase in English is an expression / saying it could be a sentence or it could be just part of a sentence, depends on the context of the conversation
Even though me and my friends from uni have been learning Chinese for 3 years, some of them still think 恐怕、怕、害怕 means the same, I guess it's very difficult to change one's habits 😂
Now I live at beijing apartment .I still have no family members. My house or home have only one person that is me . Maybe my translation is little weird .
you can use "而" in this sentence, it means a transition, but don't use "而且" in this sentence, if you do, the the whole sentence meaning will be wrong. A correct way of "而且" in sentence:我是美国人，而且我住在美国。 in this sentence, "you live in America" is related to "you are a America", you can link them up. There is a transition between "you are a American" and "you live in China", so we use "而" not "而且".
I'm still not quite sure I understand the distinctions. but at least I know how to make the teacher really mad - just try to join 2 sentences with he ! ;)
i think when you say 这in chinese instead of 这样 it is more likely mean here（这里）but not this For example, 放这=put here 坐这=sit here so这说sounds a bit weird 样is required because you are refering to something
