mandarin class exam jus finished. i didnt realy study that hard on it but during the exam, it was kinda scary. five us were told that there will be 3 subjects and it will be total up for the final percentage. the first was ting xia, spelling. spelling for 103 words. the most i hav ever did in my entire life.

i tot i did okey but eventually i got LOTS of minor wrong. ryan got first with 96/103. i was second wif 92. chi wai's mum got 3rd while ek wif 4th and chi wai last.

next exam was jotting down the meaning. we r started with 103 mandarin words in a piece of paper. we then have to translate it to tell the meaning. after that, another 25 words with combined mandarin words and we hav to tell the meaning. the exam was quite easy, as i scored with only 4 wrongs in total. i think i got the highest.

the next was the most challenging for me. it was reading and pronunciations. i always got a problem with pronouncing it. plus, it was a one on one in the office room. ryan was called first while the rest of us waited. it was like harry potter and the order of phoenix (in the book) where during the Oridnary Wizarding Level exam. harry potter and the rest were called one by one to the office. chi wai's mum was next, followed up by eng khim, me was third and chi wai is last.

after the whole thing, ig to the total of 10 wrong. giving me 93/103 points. ryan and chi wai's mum was first scoring only 4 wrongs. ek was second with 6 wrongs. i was third and chi wai again was last with 20 wrongs.

Tecaher Sam which we only call him sam totalled up but i didnt see all. i think ryan got first place, i was second, chi wai's mum as third, ek grabbed 4th with chi wai last but again, i am not sure. next week, we will proceed to level 2. here are the words we hav to learn in level 1. it will b long so u can skip the whole thing if u one. there are 03 all together.

ming: clear

li: beautiful

pai: bounce or clap

qiu: ball

zai: continuously

ye: also

da: big

xiow: small

le: already

xiao: laugh

yi: one

shou: hand

kan: look

hua: flower

bai: white

hong: red

zhe: this

shi: is

zhen: real/really

mei: beautiful

shen + me: what

shuo: say

bu: no

hu + die: butterfly

ge: elder brother

mei: little sister

ni: you

wo: me

de: show possesion

ma: mum

men: a group of people

he: and

de: show action

hao: good

you: have

ge: coolective noun for people

hai: still

ba: dad

hua: draw

er: small objects

shang: up

zhi: collective noun for animals

xia: down

cao: grass

na: where

mei: don't

tu: rabbit

chi: eat

tiao: jump

zou: walk

lai: come

hui: back

li: inside

yu: fish

shui: water

you: swim

kuai: fast

man: slow

guo: over

qu: go

hen: very

mao: cat

yao: want

hui: know

chu: go/come

qing: please

zhuo: catch

wan: play

ma: question

ti: jump

gei: give

jiu: then

fei: fly

dao: reach

shu: tree

pa: climb

ba: do something to something

xie: thanks

jia: family

zhu: stay

men: door

hou: behind and after

qian: infront and before

niao: bird

dou: both

mian: face / noodles

he: river

kai: open

xin: heart

duo: many

hai: sea

bian: side

lan: blue

tian: sky

chuan: boat

ren: human

na: there

ai: love

zuo: sit

wai: outside

gong: grandad / male/ public