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Nowadays, there is an increasing number of people who are interested in Chinese culture and language. And it is useful to know about the language when coming to China for travel or business. This is an ABC Chinese course for beginners, including introduction of phonetics and daily expressions. After taking this class, learners can have a basic understanding of Chinese Mandarin and make basic conversations of daily living such as exchanging personal information, talking about daily arrangements and food, asking about price, introducing the city and the weather, telling your hobbies etc. Selected topics and situations come from real life scenarios and can be used for everyday communications. In addition to the dialogues, the selection of reading materials and practice activities will make the content as rich and varied as possible, in order to stimulate the learners’ interests. This is an elementary course on Chinese speaking. The learners don’t need to study Chinese characters, so it is easier to follow and complete this course.
This first lesson begins with some simple greetings that you can use at any time of day. Grammar focuses on two common forms of asking questions. Explanations are given for writing the eight new characters taught in this lesson.
Conversation: 你好吗?
How are you?
I am fine, thank you.
And you?
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I am fine too.
New Words | ||
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你 | nǐ | pron.(singular) you |
我 | wǒ | pron. I, me, self |
好 | hǎo | adj. good, fine |
很 | hěn | adv. very, quite, very much |
也 | yě | adv. also; too |
谢 | xiè | vb. thanks, thank you |
吗 | ma | pt.(question form used at the end of sentence) |
呢 | ne | pt.(for questions on a subject under consideration) |
Correct Usage
你好(nǐ hǎo) is the most common greeting and can be used at any time of day.
您nín is a polite usage of 你 that is used to show respect when addressing elders.
Grammar Points
Asking questions with 吗
There are many forms for interrogative sentences in Chinese. One of the most common is to add 吗 to the end of a sentence. It is not necessary to change the word order of the sentence.
Asking questions with 呢
Another form of interrogative sentence in Chinese is to add 呢 after the noun and pronoun. 你呢? is similar to “And you?” in English.
Exercises
Read the following phrases and translate them into English. Autotune antares free download.
Writing Exercises
If possible use paper with squares on it. Remember each character should appear as if it is inside a square without touching the edges of the square. Refer to the writing basics lesson if you are unsure of the different strokes.
This concludes the first lesson. You should now be familiar with 7 different Chinese characters and be able to make several sentences using them. Read over this lesson’s contents as many times as necessary until you feel you have mastered all the material.