Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 41: 无聊 Boring

我 的 工作 百般 无聊。 My work is very boring.
Wǒ de gōngzuò bǎibān wúliáo.
I of work hundred-way no-kill time.

住 在 韩国 很 无聊。 Living in Korea is very boring.
Zhù zài Hánguó hěn wúliáo.
Live at Han-country very no-kill time.

我 听说 学习 英语 很 无聊。 I've heard that studying English is very boring.
Wǒ tīngshuō xuéxí Yīngyǔ hěn wúliáo.
I listen-hear study English-language very no-kill time.

我 听说 这位 老师 很 无聊。 I've heard that the teacher is very boring.
Wǒ tīngshuō zhèwèi lǎoshī hěn wúliáo.
I listen-hear this-one old-master very no-kill time.

她 男朋友 很 无聊。 Her boyfriend is very boring.
Tā nánpéngyou hěn wúliáo.
She male-friend very no-kill time.

住 在 加拿大 无聊 吗? Is living in Canada boring?
Zhù zài Jiānádà wúliáo ma?
Live at Canada no-kill time question?

学习 汉语 不 无聊。 Studying Chinese is not boring.
Xuéxí Hànyǔ bù wúliáo.
Study Han-language not no-kill time.

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Mandarin is a tone language--that is, different pitch patterns actually distinguish one word from another. Mandarin has no irregular verbs or noun plurals to learn, because words have only a single form. Because Mandarin is completely unrelated to any European language, you may think it might be difficult to develop your vocabulary. However, it really is not that difficult. Why? The reason is that the meanings of many words consisting of two or more characters can be inferred from the meanings of the characters or even the roots of individual characters. So, your vocabulary can rapidly expand when you have grasped the basic characters and character roots.