What are some useful phrases in Mandarin? What would you advise learning first?

I'm not actually going to answer your question. I am going to suggest what you should do second, after you have a few basic words and phrases under your belt.


At this point go to ChinesePod.com - It has hundreds of MP3 downloads of Mandarin conversation which are explained in detail.What are some useful phrases in Mandarin? What would you advise learning first?
hello- ni hao 你好


I - wo 我


we - wo men 我们


good bye- zai jian 再见





use this site to find other daily phrases, how they're pronounced, and what the characters look like: nciku.comWhat are some useful phrases in Mandarin? What would you advise learning first?
this is a useful web-site, there are many useful phrases there:


http://www.chinese.cn/online/happy
zao an - Good morning


ni hao ma? - How are you


wo bu dong zhong wen - I don't understand Chinese