Chinese basic lesson

I'll write some sentences I've learned in Chinese lately.

Chinese is a tonal language and I've learned that there must be either hen3 or ma with an adjective to say a sentence.

hen3 = very
ma = question mark
wei4 shen2 me = why
kan4 shui1 = read a book
wo3 = I
ta1 = He/she
dou1 = all/both
he2 = and
xiang3 = would like to
jian4 = meet someone,
tai4 = too
neng2 = can


wei4 shen2 me ni3 hen3 mang2 = why are you busy?

ta1 kan4 shu1 ma? = Does he read a book?

ta1 bu4 kan4 shu1 = He doesn't read a book?

wei4 shen2 me ta1 bu4 kan4 shu1 = Why does he not read a book?

Ta1 hen3 mang2 = He is busy.

xian2 zai4 = now

ta1 xian2 zai4 hen3 mang2 = he is busy now

wei4 shen2 me ta1 hen3 mang2 = why is he busy?

ta1 xian2 zai hen3 hao3 = he is ok now.

wei4 shen2 me ni3 xian2 zai4 hen mang2 = why are you busy now?

ta1 men xian2 zai4 bu4 hen3 mang2 ke3shi4 ta1 men hen3 hao3 - They are not very busy now but they're doing well.

ta1 he2 wo3 xian2 zai4 dou1 hen3 hao3 = He and I are both doing well.

ta1 xiang3 kan4 shu1

wo3 ye xiang kan shu keshi wo xian zai hen mang

xiang3 = want , think

wo xiang3 ni = i'm thinking on you

xo xiang3 chi fan = I want to eat

San Valentin

Esta fecha solo es importante para los negocios ya que sólo utilizan este pretexto para vender lo que sea, como por ejemplo: tickets de cine, cenas, velas, corazones, globos, flores, chocolates, cartas, ropa, ropa interior, chanclas, zapatos, relojes, cinturones, aretes, collares, pulseras, etc.
Y bueno las personas usan esta fecha para recordar el amor que tienen hacia sus parejas y amigos; yo creo que en todo el año puedes hacer eso y esta fecha no representa nada para mi, solo es una estrategia de marketing en la que las empresas ganan millones de dolares.
Viendo el tema desde este enfoque de marketing es una muy buena oportunidad para publicar ofertas, regalar algun pequeño detalle a las personas que compren un producto y servicio ya que de esta manera lograrán que los clientes regresén en alguna otra ocasión. Estas fechas van a ser buenas para todos ya que va a haber dinero que va a circular y de alguna manera reactiva la economía.
Para mi va a ser un dia común y corriente, no tengo nada que celebrar. ¿Y para ti ?

How I learned my mother tongue.

Ok guys I'll tell you something about how I learned my mother tongue.
First of all when since when I was born my parents always talked to my no matter if I could understand or speak. So I'm pretty sure that I got used to the language, the sounds, etc. Then I went to kindergarten and I remember that I learned basic stuff by means of images, pictures, colors, sounds, etc and I learned how to write letters, numbers, figures, etc. and I wrote lines of the same letter, figure,etc over and over again. Then in elementary school I was learned how to pronounce syllables such as ba,be,bi,bo,bu , ca,que,qui,co,cu, and things like that. Then after learned that I started to read slowly. Then I was learned how to conjugate the verbs and I wrote lines of the conjugated verbs in manny different times, present, past, future, present progressive, past progressive, etc. And those were the homework. I had to use a dictionary to conjugate the verbs. And well I remember that it was a lot of work, and probably now I don't remember almost anything of grammar but I got used to the language and the same pattern that it's repeated over and over again, but remeber that there are exceptions like in any other language.
So maybe it'll help you if you write the lines.
Well that's the way it worked for me. I hope you can use part of your time to do that.
Good luck with your studies. Greetings.