Building

Year 7 Chinese Term 2, 2012

Countries, people and nationalities Countries

odly

jind

xbny

ydl

xnxlnrbn

zhnggu

migu

ynggu

hngu

fgu

(gu) means country, and is normally added to a mono-syllable to indicate a certain country, e.g. (zhnggu) (migu)(fgu) etc., and phonetic translation is used for those poly-syllables such as (odly)(ydl)(jind) etc.

odly

jind

xbny

ydl

rbn

xnxln

zhnggu

migu

hngu

ynggu

fgu

PeopleHow do we express the people of a country? rn

zhnggurn

ydlrn

migurn

rbnrn

hngurn

xnxlnrn

jindrn

ynggurn

fgurn

xbnyrn

Asking and Saying Ones NationalityA: Where are you from?

B: I am Australian.

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