HEYGOW ASMR

Studying the language

10 phrases
HD
wǒ zài xué Hànyǔ.
我在学汉语。
ENI'm learning Chinese
HD
wǒ xué le bànnián le.
我学了半年了。
ENI've been learning half a year
HD
wǒ shuō de bù hǎo.
我说得不好。
ENI don't speak it well
HD
qǐng shuō màn yìdiǎn.
请说慢一点。
ENplease speak a little slower
HD
nǐ de Hànyǔ zhēn hǎo.
你的汉语真好。
ENyour Chinese is really good
HD
nǎlǐ nǎlǐ.
哪里哪里。
ENyou're too kind
HD
wǒ tīng de dǒng yìdiǎn.
我听得懂一点。
ENI can understand a little
HD
wǒ kàn bu dǒng Hànzì.
我看不懂汉字。
ENI can't read Chinese characters
HD
nǐ zài nǎlǐ xué de?
你在哪里学的?
ENwhere did you learn it?
HD
wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó liúxué.
我想去中国留学。
ENI want to study in China

This set contains the single most useful exchange for a learner: someone says 你的汉语真好 and you answer 哪里哪里. It literally means "where, where" and functions as a modest deflection. Accepting the compliment outright is not wrong, but the deflection is what a Chinese speaker expects, and producing it fluently earns more goodwill than the compliment was worth.