How to say ” My mom is a newbie at learning ballroom dance” in Chinese: 我妈妈是一个学交际舞的菜鸟wo3 ma1 ma5 shi4 yi2 ge5 xue2 jiao1 ji4 wu3 de5 cai4 niao3

How to say ” My mom is a newbie at learning ballroom dance” in Chinese: 我妈妈是一个学交际舞的菜鸟 Wo3 ma1 ma5 shi4 yi2 ge5 xue2 jiao1 ji4 wu3 de5 cai4 niao3. Wo3 (wo3 is wo3 de5 for short, means my 我) ma1 ma5 (mom 妈妈) shi4 (is 是) yi2 (one 一) ge5 (a measure word for person 个) xue2 (learn 学) jiao1 ji4 wu3 (ballroom dance or social dance 交际舞) de5 ( a particle to connect two nouns 的) cai4 niao3 (newbie or rookie 菜鸟). We can translate mother as ma1 ma5 or mu3 qin1. Ma1 ma5  妈妈 is like mom in English, and mu3 qin1 母亲 is like mother. In ancient China, people called their father and mother as die1 （爹）niang2 （娘）. For social dance, there are a few way to say it: she4 jiao1 wo3 (社交舞）, jiao1 ji4 wu3 （交际舞）or jiao1 yi1 wu3 （交谊舞）. All of the three phrases mean social dance.