Free Chinese Video Lesson from ChinesePodTV:<br /><br />When I first started learning Chinese, I got really confused about how time works in Chinese, because it is completely backwards from what I know as an English speaker. Why is next week "under week" and last month "up month"? Fiona taught me this handy tip and I finally was able to correctly use time expressions. -Gwil<br /><br />Key Dialogue:<br />上（个）星期 (shàng (gè) xīngqī) - last week<br />下（个）星期 (xià (gè) xīngqī) - next week<br />上个月 (shàng ge yuè) - last month<br />下个月 (xià ge yuè) - next month<br />下下个月 (xià xià gè yuè) - next next month; two months from now (colloquial)<br />上上个月 (shàng shàng ge yuè) - last last month; two months ago (colloquial)<br />上次 (shàngcì) - last time<br />下次 (xiàcì) - next time<br />下次我买茶吧！(xiàcì wǒ mǎi chá ba) - I'll buy the tea next time!<br />上次是我买茶的 (shàngcì shì wǒ mǎi chá de) - I bought the tea last time.<br />下次见！(xiàcì jiàn) - See you next time!<br /><br />Like this video? Subscribe to ChinesePodTV's free online Chinese lesson of the week and start to see your Chinese level improve in 5 minutes a day.<br /><br />Get Free ChinesePod Lessons: <br />http://bit.ly/free-lessons-chinesepod<br /><br />Follow us on social media for the latest free Chinese video lessons, easy tips and tricks to learn Chinese in five minutes a day:<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/ChinesePod<br />https://twitter.com/chinesepod<br /><br />#ChinesePod #QingWen #TimeWordTips #MandarinStateOfMind #LearnChinese #SpeakChinese
