Learn Chinese phrases, sentence – learn Mandarin – How to say “Thanksgiving is an important holiday, and it is also called Turkey Day” in Chinese: 感恩节是个重要的节日，我们也叫它火鸡日。Gan3 en1 jie2 shi4 ge5 zhong4 yao4 de5 jie2 ri4, wo3 men5 ye3 jiao4 ta1 huo3 ji1 ri4. Gan3 en1 jie2 (感恩节 proper noun, Thanksgiving holiday. Separately, 感 gan3 is a verb means feel thankful, 恩 en1 is a noun, means mercy, and 节 jie2 means holiday) shi4 (是 a copula verb to link the subject -gan3 en1 jie2 – and the complement-zhong4 yao4 de5 jie2 ri4) ge5 (个 a general measure word for holiday) zhong4 yao4 (重要 adjective, important) de5 (的 a particle to connect the attribute – 重要 zhong4 yao4 – and the noun – 节日jie4 ri4 – it modifies) jie2 ri4 (节日 holiday), wo3 men5 (我们 we, 们men5 is a suffix to show plural form of pronoun) ye3 (也 adverb, also) jiao4 (叫 verb, is called) ta1 (它 a singular third party pronoun to refer to a thing, here means Thanksgiving) huo3 ji1 (火鸡 turkey, 火 huo3 originally means fire, and 鸡 ji1 means chicken) ri4 (日 noun, day). Let’s learn about some domestic fowls – jia1 qin2 家禽: 鸡 ji1 chicken, 鸭 ya1 duck.
Listen to the Chinese version 稻草里的火鸡 dao4 cao3 li3 de5 huo3 ji1 Turkey in the straw song – children’s song.
Also turkeys play soccer — funny video