Week 1 - Review

Some favorite Chinese words from you:

shāo mài 

shí wù (food)

hóu zi (monkey)

wǔ shù (martial arts)

yīn yáng (Yin and Yang)

hǎi (sea),   hǎi yáng (ocean)

gāng qín (piano)

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Words/phrases/sentences Review:

nǐ hǎo (How are you?/How're you doing?)

nǐ hǎo ma? (How are you?/How're you doing?)

nǐ zěn me yàng? (What's up?) 

wǒ hěn hǎo,  nǐ ne? (Very good/Very well, and you?)

tǐng hǎo de. (I'm fine.)

nǐ jiào  shén me  míng zi? (What's your name?)

wǒ jiào ________. nǐ ne? (______, and you?)

wǒ jiào ________. 

hěn [gāo xìng] [rèn shi] nǐ. (Nice meeting you!)

• hěn (very)
• gāo xìng (happy)
• rèn shi (know)

wǒ yě shì. (Me too.)

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nǐ (you [singular])

nǐ  mén  (you [plural]) 

nǐ de (your/yours) [singular]

nǐ  mén de (your/yours)  [plural]

wǒ (I/me),   wǒ shì______. (I'm.....)

wǒ de (my/mine)

wǒ  mén  (we/us)

wǒ  mén  de (our/ours)

tā (she/he) 

tā de (her/hers/his)

tā  mén  (they/them)

tā men de (their/theirs)

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For fun (To get a sense of tonal language.)

Different tones differentiate meanings.  

Mandarin Chinese has 5 basic tones:

First tone to Fourth tone, and neutral tone. 

[mā ma] qí [mǎ]  (Mom is riding a horse.)

mǎ màn (The horse is running slow.)

[mā ma] mà [mǎ] (Mom blames the horse.)