Newbie lesson: Ahma's poem

tvan，　谢谢你！

Here's the video embedded with the media tool added since the original posting.

I thought I'd drag this out of the lost and found and share...it's my mom with whom I will be visiting Taiwan this week. See if you understand what she says...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbVBbiheB-E

太好笑了！！！

That's not what my wife says.

A-ha! I thought you sounded older than a 2nd grader : )

Ok, Henning. You win.

dai,

please morph back to our generation.

Do you think your students will take a nihilistic 6-year-old seriously? ;)

Not 'til October 30.

That's right, xiaodai! You have the entire poem down.

Are you really only 7 years old?

大头大头

Dàtóu dàtóu

下雨不愁

xiàyǔ bù chóu

人家有伞

rénjiā yǒusǎn

我有大头

wǒ yǒu dàtóu.

谢谢。太可爱了。

Thanks Dave, Lunetta : ) I thought it was hilarious, so had to tape it and share it!

Eileen, you are right! Since my kids were born after 我的 大哥的小孩子, it was just easier to have them call my mom 阿媽 also, even though it is technically incorrect : )

Good to have to you back!

That was really funny.

Hi Alice,

I'm guessing that that's your mom in the background... the 阿媽 gives it away since I call my paternal grandmother that too. :-)

Man2Toe

I chuckle everytime I watch it : O

I think it's 阿媽; that's a hint to who she is. Here's another hint: my brother's kids first started calling her 阿媽...perhaps the lesson below is relevent...

http://chinesepod.com/learnchinese/introducing-oneself-to-the-family/discussion

Who is your friend in the video? She has a fun spirit about her.

Glad you are back Doc.

Ahma=阿媽 or 阿姨?