Hello nǐ hǎo, now that you know how to count from 0 to 10. You can immediately count
from 0 to 99. Don't feel intimidated, chinese numbers follow an easy logic. For
numbers 11 to 99, here's how it works. 11 is 10 plus 1, right? So 11 in chinese is ten
one, shí yī, shí yī. 12 is ten two, so 12 is shí èr. 13 is ten three, shí sān. 19 is
ten nine, which is shí jiǔ. Ok, ready for 20? Remember 20 is not ten ten, 20 is two
ten, which is èr shí, èr shí. 21 is 20 which is two ten plus one, so 21 is two ten one, èr
shí yī, èr shí yī. Do you follow me? 30 is three ten, which is sān shí, sān shí. Now tell me
how do you say 31 in chinese? Well, 31 in chinese should literally be three ten one,
sān shí yī. How about 99? Well 99 should literally be nine ten nine, which is jiǔ
shí jiǔ. See, you can count from 0 to 99 now. Now I have one more word for you and
you will have added 12 more words to your chinese vocabulary. And this word is month.
Here's how you say month in chinese, yuè, yuè. This sound is actually the combination
of the yu sound and the eh sound. The yu sound can be difficult for you because it doesn't
exist in english. Let's try the yu sound now. First say eeeee, ok now starting rounding
your lips until your mouth is in a position where you need to pronounce the ooooo sound.
Ok? eeeeeooooo,yu. Now my mouth is at the position where I need to pronounce the ooooo
sound but I'm pronouncing yu. Get it? Now you have the yu sound. Let's add the eh sound
now, yu+eh=yue. Now give a fourth tone, a dropping tone, yuè yuè. Alright let's say
month again, yuè. yuè. Great, now you should know how to say months all the way from January
to December. January is the first month of the year right? So January is one plus month,
yī yuè. February is the second month of the year so February is èr yuè. July is
the seventh month of the year, so July is qī yuè. November is the eleventh month so
November is shí yī yuè. December is the twelfth month of the year so it's shí èr
yuè. Great, I got some other good news, you will in seconds possessed the power to say
the word first, second, third, fourth, fifth and so on. You just need to drop this one
word in front of the numbers and all the cardinal numbers like one two three four will transform
into ordinal number such as first second third and fourth. This word is dì, dì. So first
is dì yī, second is dì èr, third is dì sān, fourth is dì sì, fifth is dì wǔ.
So on and so forth with any number. Well you get the idea, it's very simple. Great job.
Now for your homework, please count from 0 to 99 three times a day, after you wake up,
lunch time and before you go to sleep. Alright? Ok, that's all
for this lesson, xiè xiè, zài jiàn.