Chinese Language

One of the most difficult, and yet most interesting parts of this trip will be learning some of the Chinese language (Mandarin). We already started learning some phrases at our first meeting. I find reading them correctly when they are written phonetically for me in English...is not that hard. Trying to read ANYTHING in Chinese script...is another thing all together. Below is my first lesson.

THANK YOU=Xie Xie Ni
(or just Xie Xie)

The X sound tends to sound like the SH sound in English, but actually has more of a hard sound. It isn't the SH as in SHe....it is more the sound SH and then follow through with kind of a buzz sound. Sort of like an electric razor sound that follows...ha ha.
(Just watch the video below)

Ni is like (Knee)you can use it or not use the Ni for THANK YOU.
So Xie Xie Ni or just Xie Xie (I think that is the difference between THANK YOU and THANKS) The idea is the same.