Marco Polo Mandarin challenge (Elementary level)

Learn three ways to ask what's your name in Chinese: direct casual, indirect polite for elders, and formal business style, with first, given, and surname distinctions.

Explore five authentic ways to say hello in Chinese, including ni hao and ni hao ma. Learn greetings for meals, on the go, and long time no see.

Learn the beginner Mandarin pattern 'subject + noun phrase' to state nationality or profession, use pronouns, and form yes-no and negative questions, with pronunciation practice against native speakers.

Explore three ways to ask where you come from in Mandarin, with regional usage differences between south and north China, and practice tone and reading to form responses.

Learn three ways to express thank you in China: directly say thank you, invite the helper to a meal with host paying, and offer a small gift to show appreciation.

Learn how to express dates in Chinese, moving from year to month to day, using bigger units first, and practice with June 7th, 2016, as an example.

Learn how Chinese expresses the seven days of the week and uses numbers to indicate weeks, with Sunday treated as an exception and Japanese influences like Joe.

Learn how to say years in Chinese by reading digits one by one, pronounce years like 2016, and use terms for this year, next year, and last year, including exceptions.

Learn the past tense particle le in Chinese grammar and how it marks completed actions after verbs, with examples like I went to China last month.

Becky guides you through the basic Chinese sentence structure, teaching subject-verb-object order that mirrors English, with simple example sentences to practice forming clear statements.

Master basic Chinese sentence structure by using a subject with multiple objects and placing time expressions, with examples like eating bananas, coffee in the morning, and buying water.

Master basic Chinese sentence structure by placing time and location in the subject–time–location–object pattern, practicing short sentences to express actions like going to a cafe or eating bananas.

Learn the five most useful sentences for learning Chinese, including how to say it in Chinese, how to read after me, and how to ask politely.