1. Pinyin
2. Greetings
3. Strokes: add variations of turns and hooks to the basic strokes page (see Lesson Two)
4. Numbers (see attachment for Lesson Two)
Wo3 jiao4 (be named)/bu2 jiao4 …
Wo3 shuo1 (speak) …
Wo3 dong3 (understand) …
Wo3 shi4 (be) /bu2 shi2
wo3 hui4 (know how to) /bu2 hui4…
Use of qing3: qing3 is used to invite someone politely to do something. It is always placed at the beginning of a sentence/phrase.
Qing3 wen4 Excuse me.
Qing chi1 Please eat.
Adverb ye3 也 (also): always place 也before verbs:
Wǒ ye3 shì Měi guó rén (I am also American.)
Wo3 ye3 hen3 gao1 xing4 jian4 dao1 ni3. (I’m very pleased to meet you too.)
Greetings and self-introduction (See Lesson Three)
Review Essential Phrases and Greetings attached for Lesson 2
Xue2 sheng1 student
Xueshengmen students
Tong2 xue2 classmate/schoolmate/Teachers address students as…
Tongxuemen plural
Jiu3 yang3, jiu3 yang3. I have heard about you for a long time.
Zao3 shang4 hao3 Good morning
Xia4 wu3 hao3 Good afternoon
Bu4 no, not (used to negate a verb, verb-adjective or adverb hen3, e.g. wo3 bu4 gao1 xing4; When bu4 followed by another fourth-tone, it changes to the second tone.)
Bu4 hao3 not good
Bu2 shi4. No (used to respond shi4 questions.) shi4 de for Yes.
Bu2 dui4 That’s not correct.
Bu2 yao4 Don’t want.
Bu2 hui4 can’t
Wo3 jie4 shao4 yi1 xia4 … May I introduce…
Zhe4 shi4… This is…
Ba4ba dad; father
Ma1ma mom; mother
Ge1ge elder brother
Jie3jie elder sister
Xian1 sheng1 Mr./husband
Xiao3 jie3 Miss
Tai4 tai4 Mrs./wife
Lao3 old, elderly
(Lao3 + family name to address an older person to show respect and friendliness like Lao Liu.)
Xiao3 small, little (xiao3+family name is a casual, friendly form of address to a person younger than oneself like Xiao3 Li.)
De particle word to form the possessive such as my/yours/his/Norman’s
(In Chinese, simply add de to the personal pronouns wo3, ni3 ta1, etc to form possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives not as in English, such as my for possessive adjective mine for possessive pronoun.)
Ta1 shi4 wo3 de tong2 xue2. He is my classmate.
Ta1 shi3 wo3 de lao3 shi. She is my teacher.
Wo3 shi1 chen2 lao3 shi1 de xue2 sheng1. I am a student of teacher Chen.
Wo3 de ba4ba shi4… My father is…
Zhe4 shi4 wo3de… This is my…
Shui2 who/whom
Shui2 shi4 ni3 de lao3 shi1? Who is your teacher?
Ta1 shi4 shui2? Who is he?
You3 have/has; there are/is
Wo3 you3… I have…
Ta1 you3… He/She has…
Women/tamen/nimen you3 We/They/You have…
Ren2 人 person, people e.g. nǎ guó rén? zhǒng guó rén Měi guó rén
Jia1 family, household, home
wo3 jia1 you3… There are … in my family.
Ge4 个 measure word (Almost every noun in Chinese has a specific measure word. ge4 is the most common measure word; normally pronounced in the neutral tone. Yi1 ge ren/laoshi. Ba1 ge tong2 xue2. )
Kou3口 mouth; measure word for how many members in a family
e.g. wo3 jia1 you3 si4 kou3 ren2. There are four people in my family.
ji3 几 some, several, how many/much (used to ask how much or how many, need to add a measure word after几. Eg. ni you ji ge laoshoi?)
Da4 big, large
Xiao3 small; little
Mao1 cat
Gou3 dog
Assignment: Learn words about family members and your occupations (see attachment)
(See Lesson Three)
You are going to learn how to write your own name in Chinese when you are comfortable with basic strokes and their order.