Hey Guys, Look At This Chinese Poem I Found!

Hey guys, look at this chinese poem I found!

Hanzi:

施氏食狮史

石室诗士施氏, 嗜狮, 誓食十狮。

氏时时适市视狮。

十时, 适十狮适市。

是时,适施氏适市。

氏视是十狮, 恃失势,使是十狮逝世。

氏拾是十狮尸, 适石室。

石室湿,氏使侍拭石室。

石室拭, 氏始试食是十狮。

食时, 始识是十狮, 实十石狮尸。

试释是事。

Pinyin :

Shīshì shíshī shǐ

shíshì shī shì shī shì, shì shī, shì shíshí shī.

Shì shí shíshìshì shì shī.

Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shí, shì shī shì shì shì.

Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shī shì, shǐ shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shíshì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.

Shíshì shī, shì shǐ shì shì shí shì.

Shí shì shì, shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.

Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī, shí shí shí shī shī.

Shì shì shì shì.

English translation:

Shi's history of eating lions

Shi Shishi, a poet in the stone room, was fond of lions and swore to eat ten lions.

It is always appropriate to see the lion in the city.

At ten o'clock, the ten lions are suitable for the city.

It's time for Shishi's market.

Shi regarded the ten lions as ten lions, and lost his power, so that the ten lions died.

Shi Shi is ten lion corpses, suitable for stone chambers.

The stone room was wet, so the clergyman wiped the stone room.

The stone room was wiped, and Shi Shi first tried to eat ten lions.

When eating, the first consciousness is ten lions, which are actually ten stone lion corpses.

Explanation is a thing.

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I am not ok-

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!

So at my school, there is a Chinese girl in my baking class that I've been getting along with for a while. She just moved to Australia earlier this year and speaks very little English just like many other students here at my school. Ive calculated about a third of my entire school is asian (many of which are Chinese international students) and on the senior campus, just under 50% are asian. Many of the Chinese students can't speak much English and they sort of just keep to themselves in their ethnic groups in classes and during break due to the language barrier. This one girl however, is the only Chinese speaking student in my baking class, and me, studying Mandarin, finally built up the courage to attempt "breaking the ice" with her; I wanted to practice my Mandarin with her so that maybe she'd feel more comfortable. Guess what? it worked! Ever since then, we've been having conversations in every class together, with her broken English and my broken mandarin, helping each other out along the way, making jokes, and even walking home together after a long day at school. Today she gave me a big hug and told me I was a good friend for the first time. I'm so, so happy.

i’m technically a mandarin chinese native speaker (general grasp of the language/characters and such but mandarin needs frequent practice 😅)

seeing people interested and happy to learn is so great! :) the way it contrasts to how i learnt mandarin is really interesting to! i wish you luck 🍀

Thank you, lovely 🥰

I'm literally crying rn, thank you so much 😭 💗

Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

[语序] Phrase order in Mandarin

大家好！最近我再用MMCG的书复习汉语。 这本书的文字非常简单！

让我们来看看它！ ☆ ～('▽^人)

4.2. The position of direct and indirect objects In neutral sentences, the direct and indirect objects of the verb may follow it (verb phrase). Most verbs take only a direct object. If there`s an indirect object, it precedes the direct object.

他给我一本书。 Tā gěi wǒ yī běn shū.

Subject + main verb + indirect object + direct object

老师教我们中文语法。 Lǎoshī jiào wǒmen zhōngwén yǔfǎ.

4.3. The position of prepositional phrases Prepositional phrases (phrases that start with prepositions, such as 在， 跟，前 etc.) generally come right before the verb and its object. It also works for location phrases.

他跟他的朋友吃晚饭。 Tā gēn tā de péngyǒu chī wǎnfàn.

Subject + prepositional phrase + verb + direct object

我在家吃饭。 Wǒ zàijiā chī fàn.

4.5. The position of ~time when~ phrases A phrase that indicates the time when a situation takes place comes at the beginning of the predicate. It also comes before the location or prepositional phrase.

我每天喝咖啡。 Wǒ měitiān hē kāfēi. Subject + time when + verb + direct object

我每天在家吃饭。 Wǒ měitiān zàijiā chī fàn. Subject + time when + prepositional phrase + verb + direct object

他每天跟他的朋友吃晚饭。 Tā měitiān gēn tā de péngyǒu chī wǎnfàn. Subject + time when + prepositional phrase + verb + direct object

4.6. The position of adverbs Adverbs also occur at the beginning of the predicate, before the prepositional phrase and after the time when phrase.

我每天只在家吃饭。 Wǒ měitiān zhǐ zàijiā chī fàn. Subject + time when + adverb + prepositional phrase + verb + direct object

4.6. The position of duration phrases Phrases that indicate the duration of an action usually come after the verb with no use of preposition.

我在中国住了三年。 Wǒ zài zhōngguó zhùle sān nián Subject + prepositional phrase + verb + duration phrase

非常有用呢！

Source: Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (2nd Ed.)