Ni hao, wo jiao Jackie.
Hello, my name is Jackie.
Ni jiao shenme mingzi?
What is your name?
Xinghui.
Nice to meet you.
Xie Xie.
Thank you.
Dui bu qi.
Sorry.
Wo zai xue xie Putonghua.
I am learning to speak Mandarin.
Ting bu dong.
I don't understand.
Wo xi huan ping guo.
I like apples.
Ni xi huan ming fan ma?
Do you like rice?
Wo bu xi huan dan gao.
I don't like cake. (Of course we all know this is a lie, like the cake itself.)
You mei you xi huan zhe ge?
Do you like this?
Mei you.
I don't like it.
You.
I do.
Qing.
Please.
Chr le ma?
How are you? (lit. Have you eaten? Rhetorical.)
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It's a start at least. I imagine that by the end of the month you'll be completely fluent in Mandarin. Or at least enough to order a meal in which you recognize most of the ingredients! ;P
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Glad you're learning things! :) I miss you.
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