Reading Time in Mandarin

Time in Chinese Mandarin. Listen and figure out....
Just listen or download and try to figure out the time a native speaker is reading. There are two parts - 24h clock time reading and the reading of 12h clock with AM/PM indicators.


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tā shìbúshì tài kuài la? Then listen for a record with reduced tempo by 30%: Part 1, Part 2

The answers are here Reading Time #1.

Useful vocabulary

Words introduced (Simplified/Traditional):

• 点／點 [diǎn] - point, dot, hour
• 钟／鐘 [zhōng] - clock
• 分／分 [fēn] - piece, section, minute
• 半／半 [bàn] - half

Morning

• 早上 [zǎoshàng] 5am~12pm
• 上午 [shàngwǔ] 10am~12pm

Noon

• 中午 [zhōngwǔ] 12pm

Afternoon

• 下午 [xiàwǔ] 1pm~6pm

Evening/Night

• 晚上 [wǎnshàng] 6pm~12am

Midnight

• 半夜 [bànyè] 12am~4am (Taiwan)
• 凌晨 [língchén] 12am~4am (China)

There are excellent tutorials about reading time prepared by HyperLingual:





Once again I'd like to express my gratitude to Joyce from Taiwan for her contribution, help and incredible patience.

Numbers in Chinese Mandarin. Listen and figure out....

Just listen or download and try to figure out the number a native speaker is reading ...



tā shìbúshì tài kuài la? Then listen for a record with reduced tempo by 30%:



The answers are here Numbers #1.

I'd like to express my gratitude to Joyce from Taiwan for her contribution, help and incredible patience.

PS soon coming Numbers #2

Seed Price Analysis

I've done FB FarmVille seed price analysis: FarmVille Seed Profitability. Profit evaluation's done assuming that the harvesting takes place 1 hour after the crop is ripen. In conclusion - the most profitable are Raspberries, Aloe Vera and Peppers, and then Rice, but the least profitable are Soybeans and Artichokes:

Google Translator in Google Spreadsheets

New feature from Google - two functions for Spreadsheets: GoogleTranslate and DetectLanguage:

Self-explanatory examples:

=GoogleTranslate("Hola, ¿cómo estás?","lv","en") gives "方腊和地方似的开了色犯了可靠的死了然后来了哈利两个联合人类色热望人类的?" obviously and

=DetectLanguage("Hola, ¿cómo estás?") would give "ur" as a result.