The students are going to the school field to play games and do activities like reading books and writing words. They are carrying their school bags and asking how everyone is doing on their way to school on a sunny early morning.
This document discusses strokes and stroke order in written Chinese characters. It introduces the basic strokes - dot, horizontal, vertical, fall, rise, and hook strokes. It provides examples of characters and the strokes they contain. It explains that learning proper stroke order is important as it makes learning and writing characters easier and more effective. There are only eight basic stroke order rules to remember that dictate the sequencing of strokes from top to bottom, left to right, inside to outside etc. Mastering these rules from the beginning establishes a habit of writing characters correctly. The document concludes by noting Chinese characters can be broken down into single, top/bottom, left/right, and left/center/right structures.
P1 How to speak chinese in 10 hours -S01-S76 basic abc LEGOO MANDARIN
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The document provides an introduction to basic Chinese, emphasizing that it is a pictorial language without an alphabet, utilizing radicals and characters to form words and phrases. It outlines the structure of Chinese grammar, including sentence order, verb tenses, and the absence of conjugation, gender, or plurals, which contrasts with many other languages. Additionally, it explains the tone distinctions in pronunciation that can change meanings of words, along with various vocabulary related to time and numbers.
The document explains how to express time in Chinese, using 点 (hour), 分 (minute), and 半 (half) for different time formats. It also covers distinguishing between AM and PM, the order of time words in sentences, and provides examples for translating various sentences related to class timings. Additionally, it introduces the use of 是 to denote 'am/is/are' in sentences.
Chinese link textbook Lesson 5 dialogue Joanne Chen
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1) Joanne introduces Wenzhong to her roommate Wang Hong and her friend Wenzhong.
2) Wang Hong asks Li Wenzhong if he has roommates, to which he replies that he has two roommates.
3) When asked their names, Li Wenzhong responds that his two roommates are Ding Ming and Fang Xiaowen, and that they are both Chinese, as he often speaks Chinese with them.
This document discusses Chinese measure words, which are used to count nouns in Mandarin Chinese. It provides examples of common measure words like "个" and "棵" and explains that a measure word must be used between a number and a noun. It also includes pictures and asks questions to prompt learning about different measure words used for people, animals, plants, buildings and containers.
Chinese Link textbook Lesson 1 core vocabularyJoanne Chen
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This document provides vocabulary and phrases for a basic Chinese lesson. It introduces common greetings like "Ni Hao" meaning "Hello" as well as words for "I", "you", "good", "student", and "teacher". Examples sentences show how to ask questions using words like "ma" at the end or make tag questions using "ne". Additional vocabulary includes words for "also", "no", and "very". The document models basic conversations and questions asking if someone is a teacher or student.
Chinese Link Textbook Lesson 2 vocabularyJoanne Chen
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This document provides Chinese vocabulary and grammar structures for introducing oneself and asking basic questions. It includes terms for asking and stating one's name, asking what someone's name is called, asking who someone is, and forming negative sentences. Sample dialogues are provided that demonstrate using these terms, such as asking and answering "What is your name?" and "How are you?". The document teaches polite and respectful ways to ask for someone's last name in Chinese culture.
Chinese Link Lesson 6 sentence patternsJoanne Chen
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This document contains sample questions and responses for learning Mandarin Chinese. It includes questions about family, occupation, place of origin, studies, and pets. Sample questions ask where someone is from, how many people are in their family, what their father's occupation is, and what they study. Responses provide details about having a family of four people and a father who is an engineer.
The document contains examples of conversations in Chinese where speakers ask how many family members, pets, brothers, sisters, cats, or dogs another person has. Sample responses are provided such as "I have 3 people in my family", "I have 2 younger sisters", or "I have 1 cat". The conversations follow a pattern where one person asks "你有几个/只 [noun]" and the other responds with "我有[number] [noun]" to indicate quantity.
The document discusses the Chinese measure word "kou" which is used in northern China to refer to the number of family members. It provides three examples sentences using kou to describe families with 3, 6, and 8 members respectively, including parents, siblings, pets. The word "ge" is used instead of "kou" in southern China for counting family members.
This document discusses how to ask and answer questions about who someone is in Chinese. It provides examples of asking "who is he?" and the answers using the names Liu Laoshi, Jackie Chan, Lin Shuhao, Yao Ming, and Bruce Lee. Short biographies are included for Lin Shuhao, Yao Ming, and Bruce Lee.
This document discusses the Chinese measure word 个 (ge), which is used with people, things that don't have a specific measure word assigned, and intangible objects like movies or weeks. It provides examples of using 个 with numbers and people of different nationalities, as well as with the demonstrative pronouns 这个 and 那个. Learners are prompted to practice writing out phrases combining numbers, people, and 个 to check their understanding of its use.
This document discusses the difference between the Chinese characters 二 and 两. 二 is used for counting numbers from one to two digits, while 两 is used to measure quantities of two items, and must be used with a measure word. Some examples are provided of using 两 with different measure words to indicate quantities of two people from different countries or relationships.
P1 How to speak chinese in 10 hours -S01-S76 basic abc LEGOO MANDARIN
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The document provides an introduction to basic Chinese, emphasizing that it is a pictorial language without an alphabet, utilizing radicals and characters to form words and phrases. It outlines the structure of Chinese grammar, including sentence order, verb tenses, and the absence of conjugation, gender, or plurals, which contrasts with many other languages. Additionally, it explains the tone distinctions in pronunciation that can change meanings of words, along with various vocabulary related to time and numbers.
The document explains how to express time in Chinese, using 点 (hour), 分 (minute), and 半 (half) for different time formats. It also covers distinguishing between AM and PM, the order of time words in sentences, and provides examples for translating various sentences related to class timings. Additionally, it introduces the use of 是 to denote 'am/is/are' in sentences.
Chinese link textbook Lesson 5 dialogue Joanne Chen
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1) Joanne introduces Wenzhong to her roommate Wang Hong and her friend Wenzhong.
2) Wang Hong asks Li Wenzhong if he has roommates, to which he replies that he has two roommates.
3) When asked their names, Li Wenzhong responds that his two roommates are Ding Ming and Fang Xiaowen, and that they are both Chinese, as he often speaks Chinese with them.
This document discusses Chinese measure words, which are used to count nouns in Mandarin Chinese. It provides examples of common measure words like "个" and "棵" and explains that a measure word must be used between a number and a noun. It also includes pictures and asks questions to prompt learning about different measure words used for people, animals, plants, buildings and containers.
Chinese Link textbook Lesson 1 core vocabularyJoanne Chen
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This document provides vocabulary and phrases for a basic Chinese lesson. It introduces common greetings like "Ni Hao" meaning "Hello" as well as words for "I", "you", "good", "student", and "teacher". Examples sentences show how to ask questions using words like "ma" at the end or make tag questions using "ne". Additional vocabulary includes words for "also", "no", and "very". The document models basic conversations and questions asking if someone is a teacher or student.
Chinese Link Textbook Lesson 2 vocabularyJoanne Chen
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This document provides Chinese vocabulary and grammar structures for introducing oneself and asking basic questions. It includes terms for asking and stating one's name, asking what someone's name is called, asking who someone is, and forming negative sentences. Sample dialogues are provided that demonstrate using these terms, such as asking and answering "What is your name?" and "How are you?". The document teaches polite and respectful ways to ask for someone's last name in Chinese culture.
Chinese Link Lesson 6 sentence patternsJoanne Chen
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This document contains sample questions and responses for learning Mandarin Chinese. It includes questions about family, occupation, place of origin, studies, and pets. Sample questions ask where someone is from, how many people are in their family, what their father's occupation is, and what they study. Responses provide details about having a family of four people and a father who is an engineer.
The document contains examples of conversations in Chinese where speakers ask how many family members, pets, brothers, sisters, cats, or dogs another person has. Sample responses are provided such as "I have 3 people in my family", "I have 2 younger sisters", or "I have 1 cat". The conversations follow a pattern where one person asks "你有几个/只 [noun]" and the other responds with "我有[number] [noun]" to indicate quantity.
The document discusses the Chinese measure word "kou" which is used in northern China to refer to the number of family members. It provides three examples sentences using kou to describe families with 3, 6, and 8 members respectively, including parents, siblings, pets. The word "ge" is used instead of "kou" in southern China for counting family members.
This document discusses how to ask and answer questions about who someone is in Chinese. It provides examples of asking "who is he?" and the answers using the names Liu Laoshi, Jackie Chan, Lin Shuhao, Yao Ming, and Bruce Lee. Short biographies are included for Lin Shuhao, Yao Ming, and Bruce Lee.
This document discusses the Chinese measure word 个 (ge), which is used with people, things that don't have a specific measure word assigned, and intangible objects like movies or weeks. It provides examples of using 个 with numbers and people of different nationalities, as well as with the demonstrative pronouns 这个 and 那个. Learners are prompted to practice writing out phrases combining numbers, people, and 个 to check their understanding of its use.
This document discusses the difference between the Chinese characters 二 and 两. 二 is used for counting numbers from one to two digits, while 两 is used to measure quantities of two items, and must be used with a measure word. Some examples are provided of using 两 with different measure words to indicate quantities of two people from different countries or relationships.
This document is a YouTube video that discusses the Chinese character 家, which means "family" or "home". The video explores the pictographic origins of the character, showing how its design evolved from pictographs of a pig (猪) housed under a roof (宀). It provides insight into how some Chinese characters convey meaning through their component graphical parts.