Lessons 1-36
Everyday conversation — How an opening, a response, a repair, a confirmation and a close make a full exchange.
6:53
One more question — Why Mandarin question words stay exactly where the answer information would go.
6:40
Listen to new voices — Why the same intent sounds different in every voice — and which keywords stay stable.
6:40
Lost items, urgent help — The three things to give when something is lost: the object, the last place and a contact detail.
6:44
Reactions & small talk — How short reactions show you are listening and open the door to one follow-up question.
6:51
Wi-Fi & delivery — Why service requests work best when you name both the object and where it should go.
6:42
Say what you need — How to describe a health need plainly, without trying to diagnose it yourself.
6:46
Hotel check-in — How the reservation name, your document and the room details make check-in one smooth exchange.
6:29
Subway & fast rail — How to pull just the line, station or transfer detail you need out of an announcement.
6:37
Delays & wrong ways — Why stating the problem first, then your destination, gets you help the fastest.
6:45
Taxi & ride-hailing — The four useful moves in a ride: show the place, confirm it, ask how long, then ask to stop.
6:50
Ask where things are — Why direction words and landmarks matter more than the full sentence when you are lost.
6:36
Pay by phone & returns — Why payment and return phrases only ask about possibility — the shop's policy decides the answer.
6:44
Compare and decide — How 太, 比较 and 就要这个 carry you from comparing two items to choosing one.
6:30
Color, size & trying on — How a short description plus 可以试一下吗 takes you from asking to trying the item on.
6:46
Pay & fix a mistake — The three moves at the end of a meal: ask for the bill, ask how to pay, then name the exact problem.
6:41
Ask for an item — How 有…吗 plus a number and a measure word gets you the exact thing you want.
6:40
Place an order — How order, quantity, recommendation and confirmation form one complete exchange.
6:33
Change a request — How to state a restriction politely — then confirm the other person understood it.
6:48
Read a menu — Why scanning for high-value characters and numbers beats reading every line of a menu.
6:47
Preferences and reasons — How 比较喜欢 and 因为 turn a bare opinion into a preference with a reason.
6:27
Accept or decline — How to pick a reply that matches your certainty — from 好啊 to a polite 下次吧.
6:38
Find a time that works — Why day, time and meeting point are three separate details to confirm, not one.
6:35
Suggest an activity — Three natural ways to invite someone: 一起, 想不想 and the sentence-final 吧.
6:41
How often and when — Where frequency words sit in a sentence — before the verb — and how to describe a habit.
6:24
Yesterday, today, tomorrow — How time words set the frame of a sentence and how 了 marks a finished event.
6:32
Where it happens — The core order of a Mandarin sentence: subject, 在 plus place, then the action.
6:14
A simple daily routine — How time blocks organise several short actions into one ordered account of your day.
6:24
Work, school and roles — Why the place comes after 在 and the activity after the place — a sentence frame you can reuse all day.
6:24
Describe people — How 很 links a person to a simple adjective — and why it does not mean very strongly here.
6:23
Talk about family — How 有 and 没有 describe what a family includes — and how to ask how many people there are.
6:21
Introduce someone — How 这是, a name and a relationship phrase combine into one clean introduction.
6:15
Repair the talk — How to keep a conversation alive when you miss a word — confirm what you heard, then ask for the rest.
6:29
Hear words as chunks — How to hear a sentence as meaningful chunks instead of chasing every single syllable.
6:18
Slow to natural speed — Why the same sentence gets easier at slow speed — and the three listens that turn it into understanding.
6:26
Reset, then speak — Why a quick readiness check beats repeating the whole beginner course — plus the four survival phrases that come first.
6:22