12/14/16
Vocabulary
2. 天(tiān): day / sky / heaven
3. 今(jīn) 天(tiān) : today (Jean)
4. 月(yuè) : month / moon
5. 日 (rì): day / sun / date / day of the month
6. 号 (hào): days of month/#
8. 生(shēng) : to be born / to give birth
9. 生(shēng) 日(rì) : birthday
11. 乐(lè) : laugh/ happy / cheerful
12. 快(kuài) 乐(lè) : happy
13. 几(jǐ) 月(yuè) 几(jǐ) 日(rì): What is the date?
14. 今(jīn)天(tiān)是(shì)几(jǐ)月(yuè)几(jǐ)号(hào)/日(rì)？ What’s today’s date?
15. 我(wǒ)不(bú)知(zhī)道(dào)。: I don’t know
16. 今(jīn)天(tiān)是(shì)几(jǐ)月(yuè)几(jǐ)号(hào)？
对(duì)不(bu)起(qǐ)，我(wǒ)不(bú)知(zhī)道(dào)。
17. 你(nǐ)的(de)生(shēng)日(rì): your birthday
18. 你(nǐ)的(de)生(shēng)日(rì)是(shì)几(jǐ)月(yuè)几(jǐ)号(hào)/日(rì)？: When is your birthday?
19. 祝(zhù)你(nǐ)生(shēng)日(rì)快(kuài)乐(lè)！: Happy Birthday!
20. 年(nián) : year
21. 哪 (nǎ)一年(nián)？: Which year?
22. 你是哪一年 生(shēng)的(de)？: Which year were you born?
http://quizlet.com/62202062/1-date-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/62204175/1-date-no-pinyin-flash-cards/
Quiz on 12/20/16
12/16/16
1. Review for vocab quiz
2. Months of the Year in Chinese
Name of each month
一月, 二月, 三月, 四月, 五月, 六月,
七月, 八月, 九月, 十月, 十一月, 十二月
Counting months
一个月, 两个月, 三个月, 四个月, 五个月, 六个月,
七个月, 八个月, 九个月, 十个月, 十一个月, 十二个月
Days of the Month
*日: formal 号: informal (spoken)
12/21
Days of the Week
1. 星(xīng) : star
2. 期(qī) : period of time
3. 星(xīng) 期(qī) : week/days of the week
4. 星期一：Monday
5. 星期日/星期天：Sunday
6. 周: zhōu week
7. 末: mò end
8. 周末: zhōu mò weekend
9. 周末快乐:zhōu mò (kuài) (lè) Have a nice weekend!
10.上(shàng) 个(gè) : last
11. 下(xià) 个(gè) : next …
12. 这个: this……
13. 那个: that……
14. 哪个: which……
16. 明(míng) 天(tiān): (Yaoming) tomorrow
17. 后(hòu): back / behind / after
18. 后(hòu)天(tiān) : (Santa) in 2 days
19. 昨(zuó) 天(tiān) : (Zoro) yesterday
20. 前(qián): before / in front / ago
21. 前(qián)天(tiān): (Mr. Chin) 2 days ago
22. 今(jīn) 年(nián) : this year
23. 明(míng) 年(nián): next year
24. 后(hòu) 年(nián): the year after
25. 去(qù): to go / to leave / to remove
26. 去(qù) 年(nián): the past year / last year
27. 前(qián) 年(nián): the year before
28. 哪(nǎ) 一(yì) 年(nián) ？: Which year?
29. 新(xīn)年(nián): new year
30. 新(xīn)年(nián)快(kuài)乐(lè)！Happy New Year!
31. 从(cóng)…到(dào): to/until/till/, to arrive/to get to
http://quizlet.com/62431608/1-week-and-days-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/62432450/1-week-and-days-no-pinyin-flash-cards/
Quiz on 1/5/17
Learn the pattern for saying the names of all the months and days of the week
Learn new words: “up, down, this week, next week, last month”
Learn the pattern for describing past, present and future events in Chinese
Say lots of new words without memorization by using a Chinese pattern
Say “last week, this week, next week, last Monday, this Thursday and next Friday”
Learn to say the word “Sunday” which doesn’t follow the normal pattern
Learn words and phrases related to days and years
New vocabulary: “today, tomorrow, this year, next year, front/before, back/after”
Use patterns to say “the day after tomorrow” and “the day before yesterday”
Review words and patterns related to day and year
Learn new vocabulary: “yesterday, last year, free time”
Make sentences like “Are you free tomorrow?” and “How about this weekend?”
Learn the formula for how to say today’s date
Learn a new word to ask about the day and date: jǐ （几)
Ask questions like “What’s the date today” and “What day of the week is today?”
Review how to talk about the date
Learn two different ways of saying the word “happy”
Make sentences like “When is your birthday?” and “Happy Birthday!”
Review the words for “up, down, middle”
Learn a pattern to help you remember words to describe parts of the day
Learn new vocabulary: “morning, noon, afternoon, evening”
Review the pattern to create words that describe different parts of the day
New vocabulary: “early morning, late morning, evening, breakfast, lunch, dinner”
Review greetings like “good morning!” and “good evening!”
Time Tables
Counting:
1. When Counting days and years, no need for measure word “个”:
四年 两天 几年？ 几天？哪一年？哪一天？
2. When counting months and weeks, “个” is needed:
两个星期， 八个月， 几个星期？几个月？
哪个月？哪个星期？上个星期，下个月
*Remember: No 个 for the biggest and the smallest time.
2012年1月日历(中国)
http://www.yoyochinese.com/content/lesson-49-month-and-week-part-1-3
http://www.yoyochinese.com/content/lesson-50-month-and-week-part-2-3
http://www.yoyochinese.com/content/lesson-51-day-and-year-part-1-3
1/9
Speaking Test
You will be able to ask and answer the following questions in Chinese. Some of the answers can be open ended based on your own situation. You can use “对不起，我不知道”once :
https://quizlet.com/114717721/1-speaking-dates-flash-cards/
What is today's date?
What day of the week is today?
Your birthday is when ? (What month and what day?)
Which year were you born?
Happy Birthday!
Have a nice weekend!
Happy New Year!
With Characters:
1. What is today's date?
Q. 今天是几月几号？
A. 对不起，我不知道。
2. What day of the week is today?
Q: 今天是星期几？
A: 今天是星期_____。
3. Your birthday is when ?
Q: 你的生日是几月几号？
A: 我的生日是___月_____号。
4. Which year were you born?
Q: 你是哪(一）年生的？
A: 我是一九九八(your real birth year)年生的。
5. 祝你生日快乐！Happy Birthday!
谢谢！Thank you!
6. (祝你)周末快乐！Have a nice weekend!
7. (祝你）新年快乐！Happy New Year!
With Pinyin
1. What is today's date?
Q. 今天是几月几号 (jīntiānshìjǐyuèjǐhào)？
A. 对不起 (duìbuqǐ), 我不知道 (wǒbùzhīdào)。
2.. What day of the week is today?
Q: 今天是星期几(jīntiānshìxīngqījǐ)？
A: 今天是星期(jīntiānshìxīngqī)_____。
3. Your birthday is when ? (What month and what day?)
Q: 你的生日是几月几号(nǐdeshēngrìshìjǐyuèjǐhào)？
A: 我的生日是(wǒdeshēngrìshì)___月(yuè)_____号(hào)。
4. Which year were you born?
Q: 你是哪年生的 (nǐshìnǎniánshēngde)？
A: 我是一九九三 (wǒshìyījiǔjiǔsān) 年生的 (niánshēngde)。
4.祝你生日快乐 (zhùnǐshēngrìkuàilè)！Happy Birthday!
5. (祝你 zhùnǐ)周末快乐 (zhōumòkuàilè)！Have a nice weekend!
6. (祝你zhùnǐ）新年快乐 (xīnniánkuàilè)！Happy New Year!
play games for review
今天是几月几号？: What's today's date?
今天是七月四号。: Today is July 4th.
你是哪年生的？: Which year were you born?
我是一九九?年生的。: I was born in 199?.
你的生日是几月几号？ When is your birthday?
后天是我的生日。: My birthday is in 2 days.
祝你生日快乐！: Happy Birthday!
谢谢！再见！: Thanks! Bye!
今天是星期几？: What day is today?
今天是星期五。: Today is Friday.
周末快乐！: Have a nice weekend!
新年快乐！: Happy New Year!