Facebook Challenge - Learning In Lockdown

Hi guys!

I heard there was a Facebook Chinese Language Week Challenge...

Here is my entry!

Since I am a Tiger zodiac, I made this drawing. I only used marker pen and watercolour. Hope you like it!

Bye bloggers!

Dumplings! - Learning In Lockdown

 Today my mum and I made dumplings, also known as jiǎo zi (饺子)!

My pet rabbit UwU

We cooked them and this is how the process went:

Getting these ready:

- Some kind of green vegetable (we used this kind of vegetable that we used to plant in out backyard, it looks like chive)

- Some meat (best if its like broken up already, or use mince)

- Dumpling pastry(if you don't have any, then follow these instructions on how to make homemade! Link,

who knows, maybe you can learn some Chinese in there as well!)

Here is an image of the things you need(optional - some other things you like to eat, I put in some dried prawn shells)

Put the vegetable and the meat together, add some sauces you like. My mum put some soy sauce, oil, sugar and salt and she even added an egg to make it juicier!

Add the optional things if you like as well.

Get the pastry ready on a clean table and follow these videos. I can't upload the ones that my mum made onto my computer so follow these for now :)

 

Normal Dumpling

Flower Dumpling

Results!

Hope you like it! You can fry or steam and add a little sauce as well! Bye bloggers!

Chinese Zodiac Signs - learning In Lockdown

 Hey guys, today I will be figuring out what Chinese zodiac sign you are! Lets start with:

- What year were you born?

Here is an image of the cycle of Chinese zodiac signs:

There are 12 Chinese zodiacs:

- Rat

- Ox

- Tiger

- Rabbit

- Dragon

- Snake

- Horse

- Goat

- Monkey

- Rooster

- Dog

- Pig

I am counted as a Tiger because I was born in the year 2010. Each zodiac represents years. The first Chinese zodiac sign is the Rat, followed by Ox, Tiger, etc. Every 12 years after you were born represents the zodiac year. This year it represents the Ox, and in 2022, it will be the Tiger, it goes on and on.

Here is some information about the Chinese zodiac signs:

Link

If you know your Chinese zodiac, let me know in the comments!

Bye bloggers!

Chinese Language Week - Learning In Lockdown

Hey guys. Today our class did some practising on how to pronounce the numbers 1 - 10 in Chinese! Since I already know how to, here is how to pronounce it. I found this list of information from l-lingo.com.

零

 líng

    zero

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一

yī

one

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二

èr

two

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三

sān

three

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四

sì

four

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五

wǔ

five

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六

liù

six

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七

qī

seven

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八

bā

eight

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九

jiǔ

nine

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十

shí

ten

The first one is in Mandarin - 零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 

The second one is in Cantonese - The same sequence =  零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 

I found some websites that will help you with Chinese and Cantonese:

Mandarin

Cantonese

Here is my pronunciation:

Link

Hope you like it!

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Disconnected Friday... - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys, it's Disconnected Friday and I am sure hoping we move to Level 2!

Our class made some ideas on what to do on bored days.

We called our idea jamboard 'unbored jambored'.

Hey, if you're still reading...

Prank someone with this website: geekprank.com or pranx.com

Don't worry, it's not real, it's just a prank ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Troll Face

Bye bloggers... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Level 3, Finally! - Free Choice

 Hi guys.

We are FINALLY in Level 3! Who's excited for takeaways?

I hope everyone stays safe in their own bubbles!

I'm excited for KFC, McD's (McDonalds), Pizza Hut, Dominos, Totally Chicken and all the other shops I know of.

Comment down which takeaway shop/s are you willing to buy from?

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Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys today I will be showing you what our class did today.

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori is a week where everyone gets to celebrate the language, Te Reo Maori. It is mainly used in NZ and has been celebrated by most of the people in NZ. The use of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori is to get people to know more about this language and the ancestry and history behind it.

Since it's Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, we practiced these sentences in Maori. Here are some of the sentences we did:

- Kei te ahau toku kai = I am eating

-Kei te koe toku kanikani = You are dancing

-Kei te toku panui = He is reading

-Kei te ahau toku moe = I am sleeping

-Kei te hikoi ana ia = He was walking

-Kei te oma koe = You are running

-Ko te Paulette kei te waiata = Paulette is singing

-Ko te ruru kei te whakaeke = The owl is hooting

I tried my best to see what the verbs are and hopefully they are correct!

Can you come up with any sentences in Maori? Let me know in the comments!

Bye bloggers!