Chinese Beginners CourseChinese Beginners Course

Lecture 6Lecture 6

Instructor: Ya Ping HsiaoInstructor: Ya Ping Hsiao

Introducing

Questions or sentence patterns

Answers

1 Nǐ xìng shénme? Wǒ xìng _____ (Family name).

2 Nǐ jiào shénme? Wǒ jiào ______ (First name or Full name).

3 Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén? Wǒ shì ______(Country) rén.

4 Tā shì shéi? Tā shì_______(any person or name).

5 Tā shì _____xiānsheng/tàitai/xiǎojiě.

Pair-work: Nice to meet you!

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LanguagesQuestions Answers

1 Nǐ xuéxí shénme? Wǒ xuéxí Zhōngwén. (name or written form of the language)Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.(spoken form of the language)Wǒ xuéxí Zhōngguó huà (Country+speech: spoken form of the language).

2 Nǐ shuō nǎ guó huà? Wǒ shuō Hànyǔ/Zhōngguó huà (Country+Speech).

3 Book de Zhōngwén shì shénme?

Book de Zhōngwén shì shū.

4 Nǐ kàn nǎ guó shū? Wǒ kàn Hélán shū.

5 Nǐ kàn shénme shū? Wǒ kàn Héwén shū.

Food & DrinksQuestions Answers

1 Nǐ yào shénme? Wǒ yào _____ (Food or Drinks).

2 Nǐ chī shénme? Wǒ chī ______(Food).

3 Nǐ hē shénme? Wǒ hē ______ (Drinks).

4 Nǐ yào chī shénme? Wǒ yào chī ______ (Food).

5 Nǐ yào hē shénme? Wǒ yào hē ______ (Drinks).

6 Nǐ yào ____ (Food or Drinks) ma?

Wǒ yào.Wǒ bú yào.

7 Nǐ chī ____ (Food) ma? Wǒ chī.Wǒ bù chī.

8 Nǐ hē ____ (Drinks) ma? Wǒ hē.Wǒ bù hē.

Topic words: Food & Drinks

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Verbs: yào, chī, hē-1

wèntí (question)

dá’àn (answer)

English translations

1 Nǐ yào shénme? Wǒ yào miàn. I want noodles.

2 Nǐ chī shénme? Wǒ chī miàn. I eat noodles.

3 Nǐ hē shénme? Wǒ hē chá. I drink tea.

4 Nǐ yào chī shénme?

Wǒ yào chī miàn.

I want to eat noodles.

5 Nǐ yào hē shénme?

Wǒ yào hē chá. I want to drink tea.

Verbs: yào, chī, hē-2

positive negative

1 Wǒ yào miàn. Wǒ bú yào miàn.

2 Wǒ chī miàn. Wǒ bù chī miàn.

3 Wǒ hē chá. Wǒ bù hē chá.

4 Wǒ yào chī miàn. Wǒ bú yào chī miàn.

5 Wǒ yào hē chá. Wǒ bú yào hē chá.

Verbs: yào, chī, hē-3

positive Yes/No questions

1 Wǒ yào miàn. Nǐ yào miàn ma?

2 Wǒ chī miàn. Nǐ chī miàn ma?

3 Wǒ hē chá. Nǐ hē chá ma?

4 Wǒ yào chī miàn. Nǐ yào chī miàn ma?

5 Wǒ yào hē chá. Nǐ yào hē chá ma?

JobsQuestions Answers

1 Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò? Wǒ shì xuésheng.

2 = Nǐ de gōngzuò shì shénme? = Wǒ de gōngzuò shì xuésheng.

3 Nǐ shì xuésheng ma? Wǒ shì.Wǒ bú shì.

Negation: 不 / 没 + Verb (Reader dì-76 yè)

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Pronunciation of 不 (Reader dì-76 yè)

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Sentence patterns: AdjectivesPositive Subject hěn (very) Adjective. English translations

Tā hěn hǎo. He is (very) fine/good.

Tā hěn máng. He is (very) busy.

Negative Subject bú/bù (not) Adjective.

Tā bù hǎo. He is not fine/good.

Tā bù máng. He is not busy.

Yes/no Questions

Subject Adjective ma?

Tā hǎo ma? Is he fine/good?

Tā máng ma? Is he busy?

How-questions

Subject How?

Tā zěnmeyàng? How is he?

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Choose the correct tone of 不 for the following verbs.

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The tone sandhi (tone changes) of 不 NOT

不 bú/bù Verb Pinyin Definition

bú/bù 是 shì

bú/bù 姓 xìng

bú/bù 叫 jiào

bú/bù 要 yào

bú/bù 看 kàn

bú/bù 吃 chī

bú/bù 喝 hē

bú/bù 说 shuō

bú/bù 学 xué

bú/bù 学习 xuéxí

bú/bù 休息 xiūxi

bú/bù 上课 shàngkè

bú/bù 复习 fùxí

bú/bù 好 hǎo

bú/bù 忙 máng

bú/bù 累 lèi

bú/bù 美 měi

bú/bù 饿 è

bú/bù 渴 kě

Topic words: Jobs

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Topic words: Things in the living room

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Topic words: Things in the living room

* Compulsory to learn: you need to recall the word in Pinyin transcriptions.

沙发 桌子 椅子 纸

shāfā* zhuōzi* yǐzi* zhǐ*

sofa table chair paper

报(纸) 名片 书 笔

bào(zhǐ)* míngpiàn* shū* bǐ*

newspaper business/name card book pen

电话 电脑 手机 电视

diànhuà* diànnǎo* shǒujī* diànshì*

Topic words: Adjectives (State Verbs) (Reader dì-78 yè)

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Topic words: Numbers

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Numbers 1-20: Listen and write the numbers you hear.

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

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Answers

1 2 3 4 5

4 10 17 19 256 7 8 9 10

30 41 47 56 60

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Say these numbers!

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Fùxí_Classroom Chinese-1

• Pinyin • English• fùxí • to review

• Gěi nǐ. • Here you are.

• Xièxie. • Thank you.

• Bú kèqi. • You’re welcome.

• Hǎo le ma? • Are you ready/done?

• Hǎo le! • Ready/Done!

• Hái méi. • Not yet.

• Wǒmen shàngkè, hǎo ma? • Let’s do the class, shall we/ok?

• Wǒmen xiūxi, hǎo ma? • Let’s take a break, shall we/ok?

• Duì le ma? • Is it correct?• Have you done it correctly?

• Duì le! • Correct!

• Bú duì. • Incorrect/Wrong.22

Fùxí-Classroom Chinese-2

• Pinyin • English

• shēngcí • new words

• tīng • to listen

• dǎ kāi • to open

• hé shang • to close

• zàijiàn • goodbye

• zài yí biàn • one more time

• Wǒ bù zhīdao. • I don’t know.

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Classroom Chinese-3

• Pinyin • English• tíng • to stop

• Duìbuqǐ. • I am sorry.

• Méi guānxi. • It’s all right/ok. It doesn’t matter.

• Bǎozhòng! • Take care! God bless you!

• dì-yī yè • the first page; page 1

• Dì-yī ge shì shénme? • What is the first one?

• Dì-yī ge shì hànbǎo. • The first one is hamburger.

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Classroom Chinese-4

• Pinyin • English

• Nǐ shuō yíxià (a bit/Dutch: maar even).

• You say it a bit.• Zeg het maar even.

• = Nǐ shuōshuo.• Q: Door de Zhōngwén shì shénme?

• What is the Chinese word for door?

• A: Door de Zhōngwén shì mén. • The Chinese word for door is mén.

• qǐng • please

• Kèyǐ jìnqu ma? • May I go in?

• Kěyǐ chūqu ma? • May I go out?25