"You need to throw out your brain to understand Chinese" Challenge accepted.

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@karltorento3358

4 жыл бұрын

说老师，真的谢谢! For me, grasping the concept of 了 I’m completed actions only made sense when I learned French. For example, in French, when talking about the past, there’s usually the completed/perfect past and the imperfect past. The French imperfect past (e.g. Je voulais devenir medecin) is clearer than it’s English counterpart. In English, the translation is: I “wanted” to become a doctor. It’s not really obvious in English whether the verb, wanted, was completed back then. You would need to say things like, “I had wanted”. TLDR: It’s easy to learn another language such as Mandarin Chinese when you can draw on other languages for reference points.

@martinphipps2

4 жыл бұрын

@@karltorento3358 Did you mean 老實說?

@martinphipps2

4 жыл бұрын

@@karltorento3358 How would you say in French "I had wanted to become a doctor but didn't succeed?"

@andresilvadias9100

4 жыл бұрын

@@martinphipps2 No, Karl was addressing the video creator by calling her Teacher Shuo; the name goes before the title "Teacher" in Chinese, unlike in English when you put the last name after Mr./M(r)s.

I’m a native Mandarin speaker and I don’t even know most of these rules because they just so instinctive to me! This video is making me appreciate the power of language and how language changes the way we think.

@erturtemirbaev5207

3 жыл бұрын

你是中国从哪个地方？

@Bobo-de8zt

3 жыл бұрын

我是中国从广东

@erturtemirbaev5207

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bobo-de8zt OK。 你是女人吗？

@selena4955

2 жыл бұрын

我也是！从前我从未意识到中文里“了”“就”之类的字的用法如此复杂，因为它们都是生活中最常用的字词。中文虽然没有复杂的词性和时态，但最基础的字词确实不容易用得地道

@taa347

2 жыл бұрын

I had the same epiphany about English. Once I started learning other languages, it opened my eyes to how my own worked on a deeper level

You know, a lot of Chinese teachers tell me that 了 means past tense and they get angry when I tell them it doesn't.

@donaldj.trumpet4205

4 жыл бұрын

from my point, mandarin don’t actually have a ‘past tense’ like English does😂

@martinphipps2

4 жыл бұрын

@@donaldj.trumpet4205 Yes but a LOT of Chinese teachers think 了 indicates past tense. It probably means they don't understand the difference between the past tense and the present perfect. 我寫完了 does not mean "I wrote". It means "I have finished writing."

@donaldj.trumpet4205

4 жыл бұрын

Martin Phipps yeah, exactly! I totally agree with you. I’m a Chinese native speaker and I really appreciate that English has categorized tenses in a relatively specific way compared to mandarin (verbs actually have no tense at all). It sometimes makes the language more accurate and simple in my opinion. While in this case Chinese has to rely on some time indicators in discourse when the tense is not present.

@mugenmaru

3 жыл бұрын

In linguistics we have an gramtical category called "aspect" which expresses how an action, event, or state, denoted by a verb, extends over time. I've never seen chinese textbooks using this idea of aspect to teach Chinese for foreigners. You can think of 了 (finished action) as an aspect particle maybe like 着 or 在. In English, we have simple past, past perfect, past progressive for example. The tense are all past, but the action is in different progressions.

@Dragonkller-mg5og

3 жыл бұрын

The simple past is the simple present in the past time. "I went to school" is the same as " i go to school" just in the past time The present perfekt should be rendered as le and past perfekt as le reffering to completed actions in the past.

You are a very good Chinese teacher, of you are not already working at a really good institution, you should consider applying, because i can assure you most my Chinese teachers i ever had in person or online could never explain 了 as clearly as you did. I know you said the sole credit is not yours, but you took the time to research a way those who dont speak fluent mandarin could understand.

@paulgrieve7031

2 жыл бұрын

Stay where you are. Be free. Your methods are perfect.

@mannaporanna2678

Жыл бұрын

The exact reason why she can use her own method to expain it so well is that she does not work for any institution and does not have to adjust to any one. She is a creator of her own success , not someone else's :)

I got my "aha" moment thanks to you ^^ not sure I can use it well still but it was really helpful !

@sarakhadjaeva6121

3 жыл бұрын

I’m agree with you 👍

In a word, “了” in Chinese indicates the perfect aspect （完成体）instead of the past tense（过去时）. In Chinese, tenses are indicated by time words.

@xXJ4FARGAMERXx

2 жыл бұрын

And the _perfect_ aspect indicates that an action is done. So why does 我太困了 mean "I _am_ sleepy"? That state is still going on.

@Lilreddeer

2 жыл бұрын

Emphasising just how sleepy you are, as in, I am too tired!@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx

I'm a Japanese learning Chinese. This was one of the most comprehensible videos of 了！！

@FDE-fw1hd

3 жыл бұрын

Yo. Same. I'm also japanese learning chinese. People keep telling me that my japanese is helping me learn chinese. Tbh it really doesn't help to know japanese.

@ganghualei2920

3 жыл бұрын

@@FDE-fw1hd I hope someone can teach me Japanese and I teach him Chinese cos I'm Chinese,hahahaha

As a native speaker,I think it's very hard to explain"le" to foreigners,but you do it.I think"le"is more than a past tense,but I can't say its other meanings until I watched this video.你太厉害“了”。

I am not a native English speaker myself but for some reason when I am listening to you I dont feel any language barrier. I feel like you are talking so clear and understandable. Maybe it is because you are a great teacher :):P Good work keep it up !

@agnes_ww

9 ай бұрын

Me too

My Chinese is still too basic to understand all of the words you used here, but I think I still totally understood the rules of when to use "le" - thank you for explaining so well!

The time machine concept- brilliant! Thank you!

The idea you're talking about near 6:34 in linguistics uses the names "speech time" (you call "the present", which is usually close enough) and "event time". What you call "the point in time that the context shows us" is called "reference time". In English, reference time shows up when you use future perfect tense: "When you read this, your video will have been published for six months". "When you read this" establishes a reference time after my speech (comment) time. The "will" puts the "event" in my future, while "have been" establishes that the event (your video being published) was completed in the past relative to the reference time.

@musical_lolu4811

8 ай бұрын

Keep all that Reichenbachian stuff away from here man. Most people just want to learn how to use a language, not how to be linguists.

One of the best explanations of "le' I have heard. You really gave me that "aha" moment!

You honestly explain things so well!! such a fantastic teacher

This was really helpful. Thanks, Shuo!

This was extremely helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much!! I am only a beginner in chinese, but to have this aha-moment so soon will really help me in my chinese learning journey (: 谢谢你！

I still have my Nintendo Donkey Kong 2 ‘game’n’watch’. I’m so happy to learn that it can also function as a time machine. Loved this lesson. Yes, these aspects of time tense logic have often seemed mysterious and almost incomprehensible. This could be a mini revolution in this aspect of my learning, thank you!

You're so good!! Don't stop of making these videos, you're helping me a lot ❤☺

This is by far the best explanation of 了, you enlightened me! 非常感谢，说说！

Thank you :> The video is very informative. I've been looking for this my whole life ❤

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it helps :)

I’ve been watching you for a while now and I think I’m ready to take your course.

Been living in China 7 years and still you gave me several Aha moments with this video! Well done ☺️

您的课程非常有益。 谢谢老师。

literally, the best explanation of the notorious ＂ 了 ＂I've seen! 👏👏🙏

This was so helpful. I never was taught how to use 了 so I just placed it after a verb when I meant past tense. This has cleared up so much confusion for me. 我知道了

Ahhhh this makes so much sense!!! Thank you so much this is something that has confused me for aaages!

I respect your teaching style, thank you very much!

I have been studying Chinese for a few months now, and I found your videos very helpful. Thank you for the great content offered in your channel.

Thank you so much for your work! :D All your videos are so interesting and clear. I watch them all with great pleasure! :)

Thank you for this thoroughly explained video, this was extremely helpful (and needed). 现在知道了!

@TRUTHGOSPEL2023

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, although you can say I like this and you will be understood, but what I understood from her video is that we really don't need the ”现在”。。。。 when we say “我知道了” it automatically indicates “现在知道了”，就是说 “我知道了” indicates I didn't know before but now i know; so using 我知道了 makes use of the 了 in the right perspective even without "现在”. 我希望你明白我的意思☺️

Very good to remind those "simple things" in the Chinese language.. THANK YOU!

Wow you make this grammar so clear, easy and useful. Thanks!

OMG, you explain the meaning and usage of "了" so well! The time machine concept made for a very clear explanation.

You’re such a good Chinese teacher!!! Your videos are helping me a lot☺️

This is the best explanation of 了 I have ever heard. It really did clarify the use for me in a new way.

I'm just starting with my fourth language that is Chinese and I've been watching a lot of KZread channels and I didn't know that a Chinese teacher, *just for my own ignorance for sure* could have a lot of charism like you have and make me feel confident with myself , Thank you so much for your work!:)

As a Vietnamese learning Chinese, I find your explaination really easy to absorb. Thanks so much for sharing with us ;)))

Best video on 了 on KZread! 🥳

Awesome! 👍That was a very detailed explanation. I’ve been enlightened！谢谢您

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for supporting :)

Wow! Thank you for breaking down the concept of time embedded in English and Chinese grammar like this! As a non-native English speaker, I now also learned from this video why was it so hard for people from my country to learn the whole time-relative grammar in English (past/present/perfect etc etc etc..). Never thought about it before that the way you think about time and describe action in relation to time are different in each culture and language!

That was amazing shuoshuo 😍 谢谢

06:45 should be “perspective “ not “respective “ apologies!!

Thank you for taking the time to explain this. It makes a lot more sense. My teachers didn't do the best job explaining it, but then got mad at us because we overused it. Lol.

You are such an amazing teacher.

Thus all made soooo much sense! Thanks! I sure had a lot of "aha" moments 😊

Wow, what a great explanation of how to use 了 I think I can actually start using it correctly now.

It’s the first time I understand 了 perfectly。谢了❤

I'm taking an elementary chinese class for now and I have to pass hsk 4 after 1 or 2 years. I've been watching your video and taking notes. Thank you very much! You really help me a lot. You're a good teacher. :3

You made it so easy to understand, thank you.

谢谢。您的在线课很有意思！

One of the most gorgeous teachers

I did heard about this explanation from one of my coworkers before. But at that time, I didn't realize how it really works. As been speaking to Chinese people quite often, Im starting to recognize what you say are right. Usually, I learn speaking Chinese with reflection, but I can see what you said is really correct with what I am supposed to speak in every situation. Thanks a lot for explaining.

I just followed a few of your Chinese lessons . Your teaching is good ; you explain very well ;thank you Shuo Shuo;I started learning Chinese language one year ago

Wow.. After learning Chinese for six years, its impressive to know 了 can be used as a result in the future 😁

Wow I’m glad you recommended us to retrain our brain when it comes to the grammar tenses. I’m a Vietnamese student and I’m learning times/days and after watching your video it occurred to me that we look at the time line as past/present/future. For example i was learning the words “last month/next month”...you’ll need to look up these words in Vietnamese. The point here is the word last reference to the past which is on the left side of the timeline and the word next is on the right side. In Vietnamese the sequence of these words are on opposite sides but the translation comes out to be understood. This got me thinking the concept of 了is totally different from English tenses. I am very intrigued with the concept 了. Thank you for the lecture!

it's really cool and easy way to learn Chinese.im impressed.you are a great teacher

🤯 I feel like I did a huge jump on my knowledge today! 谢谢

Thank you for this excellent explanation.

never had such a clear explanation

Great video! Thank you so much!! The third way makes more sense now.

Awesome video!!! You are teaching way better than every book I have rad in school over the last 14 years. 谢谢你!

I love your examples. This is why I subbed

我很喜欢你的视频，它们非常有趣和有用！加油💪

Your lesson made me understand how to use 了 very well.

Very clear, thank you!

BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!!!

Very comprehensive! 谢谢！

This is very very helpful. Thank you so much!

Thank you for posting this instructional video Shuoshuo. To be conversant in a second language provides many opportunities.

Amazing video! Helped me a lot! Thank you!

I just love your style of teaching. You made Chinese easier for me. Lots of love from Pakistan

This video literally blow my mind thank you so much

I didn’t know “le” is this complicated. Your explanation and examples helped a lot. Though it might take time for me to “throw my english brain out” and get used to it 🙂。多谢！

谢谢！ This video was extremely helpful!

This was really useful! Thank you!

This was so helpful! Thank you!

This is really interesting! English actually also has this concept of completed or incomplete past as well. It’s referred to as “aspect” rather than tense. It’s not as overt as in some languages, but it does exist. For instance in Spanish you have yo sé (“I know”), yo sabía (“I knew” continuously), and yo supe (“I found out”, completed). In English some phrases that show completion or incompletion are not as easy to track grammatically since the term “found out” really means “knew but in a completed moment” but is described using different words. To some extent “was” is like incomplete past. For instance, “I was eating [set up of the story, background, incomplete task] and then all of a sudden a mouse scurried across the floor [completed task in one moment].” But you could also saying, “The mouse was scurrying [incomplete] but then I came in and started to eat” or “.... ate”. And you can also do things like, “I learned”, “I had learned”, “I will have learned by then” etc., which all have different aspects in addition to their tense. Xie xie!

@tymanung6382

9 ай бұрын

Chinese verbs also show conditional + 2 sorts of, subjunctive verb modes.. These use certain auxiliarynverbs or adverbs. See i, Tuo Kobe. English Subjunctive in Spanish(?or reverse 3 parts in English + Chinese? Powrie, Shawn. Chinese. Counterfactual ...subjunctive +,conditional "(if... then...) section. Zhu, ni, hao yunqi!!

Fantastic lesson. Thank you ever so much

very nice. it help me a lot to understand the use of "了"

这个视频很有用。谢谢你的分享。

我的天， 感谢你录了这个视频。我已经学汉语四年多了，但是我还不明白怎么用“了”。 这个视频太有用了！谢谢！

hey loashi i am so happy that i saw your video i am learning chines in china still can not open my mouth to speak a good sentence ..but right now i understand some of the stuff because of your video thanks and keep the video coming ,,,i am so going to watch all the video like your word u need to format your English brain and welcome chinese language in it

你解释得很清楚。谢谢

What a great explanation!

太谢谢了！Your lesson is exactly what I was looking for. Besides, you're speaking so clearly, that even I can understand you without enabling subtitles. (English is not my mother tongue)

Thank you so much for this video. Amazing explanation. First time I actually understood 了.

you are good! I understand this like never before.

Very helpful. You explained more about use of le in this short video than three teachers I had over the last few years. And funny Trump joke.

Thank you so much mam i was often getting confuse whenever i come to use le. Thank you from India.

These were excellent explanations! I especially liked the idea of time travelling for a second judgement. Your teaching style is awsome ❤

很棒的视频，看了三遍，Ah Ha! 谢谢老师

Very well explained. Thank you Sister

You explained it so well

I totally understand now this is so helpful!!!

Your lesson is very informative and interesting.

Very helpful, thank you !❤

wow you are the best!!! This video was so clear, I FINALLY get it now. I was so confused for so long lol Also (as a native English speaker) I learned something new the other day! The grammar pattern that you speak of in this video is called Perfect Tense: Past Perfect Tense, Present Perfect Tense, and Future Perfect Tense 😊

Ah! I fell for 6:18 Thanks for the content!

Wow! You are so informative!