Nǐ hǎo, in our last lesson. You've learned how to say I am so and so and I am American.
In this lesson, you are going to learn how to say I can speak a little chinese. First,
this is how you say 'can' in terms of a learned skill, huì, huì. Now I gotta give you a
heads up here cause the 'can' in Can I use the bathroom is different from the 'can' in
I can speak a little chinese. You with me? The 'can' in I can speak a little chinese refers to a learned
skill, while the 'can' in can I use the bathroom refers to permission. 'Can' in I can speak
chinese or I can play the piano is huì, huì, which sounds like h plus way, huì. Wǒ huì
speak Chinese, wǒ huì cook Italian food, wǒ huì play the piano. Alright in chinese
the verb to speak or to say is shuō, shuō. You should sound like you are singing when
you say to speak in chinese. Think this way, when you pronounce the first tone, the high
pitched and flat tone in chinese. You are singing. And now say to speak again. shuō,
shuō. Now let's put I can, wǒ huì and speak, shuō together. And Say I can speak, wǒ huì shuō,
wǒ huì shuō, wǒ huì shuō. Ok, it's time to learn the phrase a little or a little bit.
That's yì diǎn r, now say I can speak, wǒ huì shuō. Now say a little bit, yì diǎn
r, yì diǎn r. Do you remember how to say China? That's zhōng guó, zhōng guó. Here's
how you say the chinese language. Zhōng wén, zhōng wén, zhōng wén. You simply drop
guó, country in zhōng guó and add wén, which means language. And then you get zhōng
wén, the chinese language. Repeat after me, zhōng wén, zhōng wén. Say china, zhōng
guó, zhōng guó. Do you still remember how to say chinese person? Yep, it is literally
China person. Zhōng guó rén,Zhōng guó rén. Ok, now say I can speak, wǒ huì shuō.
Say a little bit, yì diǎn r. Now say chinese language, zhōng wén, zhōng wén. Alright,
now let's put all of them together and proudly say I can speak a little chinese. Wǒ huì
shuō yì diǎn r zhōng wén. Again, wǒ huì shuō yì diǎn r zhōng wén. Great,
now let's introduce ourselves in chinese. Let's say Hello! I'm John! I'm American. I
can speak a little chinese. Nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì John, wǒ shì měi guó rén. Wǒ huì
shuō yì diǎn r zhōng wén. One more time. Nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì John, wǒ shì měi guó
rén. Wǒ huì shuō yì diǎn r zhōng wén. Perfect, alright in our next lesson we are
going to learn the sentence, I can speak English and a little Chinese. zài jiàn.