Participation
in Listening challenge, September 2022
56 minutes 0.93h
Sunday, September 25th
18 min
Ask Andy: Difference between 要 vs 想
https://youtu.be/qNCn8fDr0Pg
Things I didn’t realize:
想念 refers to thinking about or missing things
我想念吃可口的甜点。
Uses for 要 I didn’t know
I had forgotten to use the 了 with 要 in my writing and speech with future tense.
我要去看医生了。
我今天要练习听力了。
Amount of time to do something
他决定喜不喜欢电影的要15分钟。
他吃完饭要30分钟。
Cost of something
那边个可爱的婴娃娃要一百美元。
搬家要六千美元。
I will remember to be extremely polite and use 想要。
13 min 25 s = 13.42 min
和,与,跟
https://youtu.be/j7uSNrkGAIY
10 min
老人与海 Audible Audiobook
15 min
Various YT shorts
~56.42 min
86 minutes 1.43h
Saturday, September 24th
Little Fox: 小蝙蝠和朋友们
Episodes 20-22
Sys Mandarin 功夫熊猫
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
YT shorts
老人与海 Audible
Repeated the same five minutes of content three times.
Total: 86 min
76 minutes 1.27h
Friday, September 23rd
Learn Chinese From Daily Headline: HSK 3 Friday, September 23rd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtSDpp0S3E
Sys Mandarin 功夫熊猫
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uusmoe7lZA8
Part 2 (1st time viewing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwWHKkAGcFA
ChinesePod
YT Shorts
Total: ~76 min
42 minutes 0.7h
动画
4:02
Various YT shorts
5 min
怎么用宁可HSK5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogtCmeH2Ek
1 min
小蝙蝠和朋友们
Episodes 17-20
Chinese Pod
(20 min)
Total: 41.6333 (rounding up to 42)
21 minutes 0.35h
动画
回忆 (verb) HSK 4
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7gsZ3Cp54GM
Little Fox
动物们吃什么
小象
小蝙蝠和朋友们: Episodes 12-16
Lingling Mandarin
Intermediate Conversations: 魔鬼邻居: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2jD2vZgN-k
Total 21.1 min
25 minutes 0.42h
Tuesday, September 20th
动画
Little Fox
小蝙蝠和朋友们: Episodes 1-11
Total 24.95 min (rounding up to 25)
117 minutes 1.95h
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 11
https://youtu.be/_0UKD31H0t0
15 min
Various 动画 shorts
3 min
HSK 5 Vocab 纪念
Keepsake, souvenir
https://youtu.be/ha-3yG8L2dE
~1 min
HSK 4 Vocab 严肃 serious, strict, solemn
https://youtu.be/kc0UqvQd7jU
~1 min
Audio Drama
Passive listening, read zero subtitles, understood nothing.
~79 min
Audio Drama
~3 min listened and read MTL subtitles
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 12
15 min
117 min
41 minutes 0.68h
Sunday Sep 18
Trailer for LGBTQIA+ Taiwanese Drama
~3 min
羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP10
https://youtu.be/4KNI0MZy10o
Remaining episode
11.5 min
Little Fox: Meet The Animals~章鱼🐙
~3 min
Learn Chinese Through News: Queen Elizabeth II
23:11 (23.18 min)
New Words from Simple Characters
https://youtube.com/shorts/HBm0P_yKEIo?feature=share
Notable to me:
回收 ♻️
一打 dozen
回声 echo
(~1 min)
Total:
41.68
40 minutes 0.67h
Saturday Sept 17
羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP10
https://youtu.be/4KNI0MZy10o
Partial Episode
4.5 min
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 09
https://youtu.be/38QngWKWXog
~15 min
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 08
https://youtu.be/TI4MtVSVFyI
~15 min
宁可。。。。也不(想,会,愿)
Would rather do v1 than v2
S + 宁可 + v1 + 也不(想,会,愿)+ v2。。。
我宁可吃巧克力,也不想打扫我的房间。
我宁可输,也不会放弃。
https://youtube.com/shorts/vaXpiN2aVU4?feature=share
~1 min
Chinese Pod: At the Office
4 min 56 s ~4.93 min
Total
40 min 43 s ~40.72 min
21 minutes 0.35h
Little Fox
Meet the Animals
海象
~2.5 min
猎豹
~3. 5 min
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 03 狗狗好伙伴
https://youtu.be/MKGtcyIW3iw
~15 min
Total: 21 min
26 minutes 0.43h
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 02 月圆之夜
https://youtu.be/sK-roJwuFMo
~15 min
Chinese Pod idioms using 五
~10 min
前途 vs 前景
https://youtube.com/shorts/aAqQAUZopCw?feature=share
前途 <—— describes people’s future prospects; opportunities
前景 <—— describes future prospects of entities like countries, businesses, etc.
~1 min
Total: 26 min
27 minutes 0.45h
Various 动画
(~10 min)
Makeup Tutorial https://youtu.be/gydhl6zQdP4
(~10 min) This was really too fast for me to understand.
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 04 灰太狼的诡计
https://youtu.be/Fy-Y9CiLmAk
(~7.5 min) Half of this episode)
Total: 27.5 min
68 minutes 1.13h
小点点们在镜子之家
https://youtu.be/bPDJkF1Qo7Y
(~2.5 min)
羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 06
https://youtu.be/mAtO3qufTqo
(~15 min)
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 05 身份危机
https://youtu.be/kAQ_uC3-iU0
(~15 min)
喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 04 灰太狼的诡计
https://youtu.be/Fy-Y9CiLmAk
(~7.5 min) Rest of episode from Thursday, Sept 15
有名 vs 著名
https://youtube.com/shorts/mxuZGStGTqc?feature=share
(1 min)
有名 <—informal;(adjective)
著名 <—formal with a positive connotation and implies achievements (can be adjective or verb)
(resource that goes into greater detail, but not listening a listening activity)
https://www.echineselearning.com/blog/differences-between-three-famous-chinese-words
~~~
knowing and understanding
https://youtu.be/WGhOJmsUHWY
明白vs 懂
知道 vs 认识
了解 vs 理解
明白vs 理解
~17 min
How to use 所? Example: 你所说的。。。It shows a more advanced command of the language
https://youtu.be/D_fckFFNavA
10.75 min
Total
68.75 min
6 minutes 0.1h
Little Fox Meet the Animals: 猎豹 Cheetah [https://youtu.be/GFFMsH6LPfY]
Little Fox Meet the Animals: 海象 Walrus [https://youtu.be/pj9CvkPXItY]
These little videos are very cute and enjoyable, however, I wouldn't be able to understand very much without subtitles.
15 minutes 0.25h
https://youtu.be/YRnE2yB5jVA
I listened and read the subtitles at the same time. I understood most of the words but only when reading along.
65 minutes 1.08h
ChinesePod, 说说 Zhongwen YT channel, Eazy Chinese with Li Can Harry Potter Audiobook (from Patreon Page)
| Challenge time progress: | |
|---|---|
| Goal progress: |
| Score | 12.19 |
|---|---|
| Rank | 8th |
| Hours reported | 12.19 |
| Goal | 10h |
Timely - It is a question I wrote down (about 要 v 想) to look up. Great channel recommendation!