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 Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:53 pm
Beginner Classes 容易课 Mandarin NPCR text
___________________________________________This is where the beginner lessons will be! So if you are just begining mandarin chinese then this is where you should be!The following lessons do come from a legitamate chinese language book known as the New Practical Chinese Reader (NPCR). Though the book is at college level i will try to make it easier to understand.
I will be working on sounds because getting the sounds right for the chinese language, especially mandarin is very important for communication!
And do remember that chinese is a difficult language to learn so don't become discouraged at the begining, because this is the hardest part, as you continue throughout learning the language you will begin to understand it and comprehend it better just like any other language!remember: NO POSTING!!Table of ContentsIntroduction: (very important please read before continuing to lessons!)Lesson 1: 你好 nǐ hǎo HereLesson 2: 你忙吗 nǐ máng ma? HereLesson 3: 她是哪国人 tā shì nǎ guó rén? HereLesson 4: 认识你很高兴 renshi ni hen gaoxin HereLesson 5: 餐厅在哪儿 canting zai nar Here
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:54 pm
Preface!前言qián yán
__________________________Welcome to the Beginner's Chinese class! 你 欢迎 容易中文课! nǐ huān yíng róng yì zhōng guó kè!
Now what is typed below comes from the actual text book so bear with me. (this you don't have to read but hey it's interesting... sort of :b) New Practical Chinese Reader is a series of Chinese Textbooks compiled at the begining of the new millenium for the purpose of teaching chinese to native English speakers or those who use English as their principal second language. It aims to develop the learner's communicative ability in Chinese by learning language structures, functions and related cultural knowledge as well as by training their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The series consists of seventy lessons in six volumes (this sticky includes the whole first volume 14chapters... or at least will it's alot of typing) The first four volumes, consisting of fifty lessons, are for beginners and pre-intermediate... okay so that's an excerpt the rest is about the more advanced volumes which is not what we are on right now.So the set up of these lessons are as follows:
there are two sets of new words and texts for each set followed by a list of random words that the book decided to include which are also important to learn. The translation to the texts will be located at the bottom of the post though you shouldn't need it. Then after the translation i will put excercises and/or quizzes so you can test your knowledge! Also examples of word frases will be in this color proceeding the word's definitionNow to make things clear: pinyin is the romanized way of writing chinese, it's how english speakers learn the sounds. Chinese people know the pinyin because they were taught it in school as first graders and use it to type chinese on a computer but besides that they never use it. ex: nǐ hǎo that is the pinyin for 你好 which means hello Also if you notice the different tones above the vowels in the words ni and hao, pay close attention to those! They are very important when speaking mandarin! there are four tones 1st tone: looks like "-" ex: yōu means excellent; superior 2nd tone: looks like "/" ex: yóu means wart 3rd tone: looks like "v" ex: yǒu means to have 4th tone: looks like "ex: yòu means entice; tempt no tone: has no tone ex: you means friend, but "you" must add "péng" before it to mean something friend; péng you 朋友. These aren't the only meanings to "you" there are many others! The key is that they usually don't go by themselves. ex: wǒ hěn yōu yuè (i am very superior) instead of saying wǒ hěn yōu, you add "yuè" because that means more and when you put yōu and yuè together it means superior (confusing, i know, it's hard to explain through typed words). Also how to say tones: tones are only used on vowels!
go to this site to hear what the different tones sound like and you can see the pronounciation table which enables you to hear all of the chinese sounds!!
Also in the table at the bottom the empty boxes means that there is no such sound used in the mandarin language[THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, BEFORE YOU PROCEED YOU SHOULD HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO SPEAK OR KEEP THIS WINDOW UP AS YOU ARE LEARNING SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR HOW IT SOUNDS]http://www.newconceptmandarin.com/support/Intro_Pinyin.asp
ALSO!!! by the 3rd lesson i am going to stop putting the tones over the pinyin because it's takes to long to type so i will type with the tone number after the word ex: ni3 hao3 = nǐ hǎo
Now that you have read everything in the preface (except perhaps the excerpt from the actual book) you are fully prepared to embark on your first lesson of chinese!!!! But First!
Meet the Characters that will often be seen in the text:
Dīng Lì bō 丁 力 波: A canadian student, age 21, male.
Mǎ Dáwéi 马达 维 An american student, age 22, male.
Lín Nà 林 娜 A british student, age 19, female.
Sòng Huá 宋 华 A chinese student, age 20, male.
Wáng Xiǎo Yún 王 小 云 A chinese Student, age 20, female.
Lù Yǔ Píng 陆 雨 平 A chinese reporter, age 26, male.
Chén lǎoshī 陈 老师 A chinese teacher, age 30, female.
Zhāng jiàoshòu 张 教授 A chinese professor, age 48, male.
Yáng lǎoshī 杨 老师 A chinese teacher, age 32, male.Good Luck!! :b
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:19 pm
LALALALALALALALA LESSON 1!! 第一课!! 你好 nǐ hǎo: Hello________________________________________________________ New Words: Shēng Cí 生词:nǐ 你: you hǎo 好: good Lù Yǔ Píng 陆雨平: (name of a chinese reporter) Lì Bō 力波: (name of a Canadian student)
Text 1:
Lù Yǔ Píng: Lì Bō nǐ hǎo 陆 雨 平: 力 波 你 好。Lì Bō: nǐ hǎo Lù Yǔ Píng 力 波: 你 好 陆 雨 平。New Words: Shēng Cí 生词:ma 吗 : (word used at end of a sentence to indicate a yes or no question) hǎo ma?(good?)wǒ 我 : I; me hěn 很 : very hěn hǎone 呢 : (word used to ask same question that person asked you (as if you were saying "and you?") wǒ hǎo nǐ ne?yě 也 : too; also wǒ yě hǎoLín Nà 林娜 : (name of a British Student)
Text 2:Lì Bō: Lín Nà nǐ hǎo ma? 力 波: 林 娜 你 好 吗? Lín Nà: wǒ hěn hǎo nǐ ne? 林娜: 我 很 好 你 呢? Lì Bō: yě hěn hǎo 力 波: 也 很 好。
Other Words:
一 yī: one 八 bā: eight 力 lì: strength 门 mén: door 马 mǎ: horse 五 wǔ: five 木 mù: wood 火 huǒ: fire Translations:
Text 1:Lù Yǔ Píng: Lì Bō hello. Lì Bō: Hello Lù Yǔ Píng. Text 2:Lì Bō: Lín Nà, hello how are you? Lín Nà: I am very good and you? Lì Bō: i am also very good.
Word Order:
Subject + Predicate
Ex:
Nǐ hǎo
Lì Bō yě hěn hǎo
Quizzes/Review:Please translate and read these sentences without the pinyin (until you can read these without pinyin do not proceed to next lesson) and yes i know that the phrases are kinda random... heh: 你好吗?
你马好吗?
我马很好，你呢?
我也很好。
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:11 pm
Lesson 2!! 第二课!!: 你忙吗?________________________________________________________ New Words: Shēng Cí 生词máng 忙 busy ma 吗 a word used at the end of a statement that makes it a yes or no question. bàba 爸爸 father māma 妈妈 mother tāmen 他们 they; them tā 他 he/she men 们 used after pronouns or certain nouns to denote plural. dōu 都 both; all bù 不 not; no nán 男 male péngyou 朋友 friend ne 呢 word used to ask same question that person asked you (as if you were saying "and you?") Text 1: Lín Nà: Lù Yǔ Píng nǐhǎo ma. 林娜: 陆 雨 平 你 好 吗?Lù Yǔ Píng: wǒ hěn hǎo nǐ bàba māma hǎo ma. 陆 雨 平: 我很好。你 爸 爸 妈 妈 好 吗?Lín Nà: tāmen dōu hěn hǎo. nǐ máng ma? 林娜: 他们都很好。 你忙吗?Lù Yǔ Píng: wǒ bù máng nǐ nánpéngyou ne. 陆 雨 平: 我不忙。你男朋友呢?Lín Nà: tā hěn máng. 林娜: 他很忙。New Words: Shēng Cí 生词gēgē 哥哥 older brother yào 要 to want kāfēi 咖啡 coffee dìdì 弟弟 younger brother wǒmen 我们 we; us hē 喝 drink Text 1: dīng lì bō: gēgē nǐ yào kāfēi ma? 丁 力 波 ： 哥哥 ， 你 要 咖啡 吗 ？gēgē: wǒ yào kāfēi. 哥哥 ： 我 要 咖啡 。dìdì: wǒ yě yào kāfēi 弟弟 ： 我 也 要 咖啡 。dīng lì bō: hǎo wǒmen dōu hē kāfēi 丁 力 波 ： 好 ， 我们 都 喝 咖啡 。
Other Words:丁dīng: nail 刀dāo:nife 又yòu:again 大dà: big 口kǒu: mouth 土tǔ:earth 六liù: six 不bù: no, not 尼ní:Buddhist nun 可kě: can, may
Translation:Text 1:
Lín Nà: Lù Yǔ Píng ,how are you? Lù Yǔ Píng: i am very good. how is your mother and father? Lín Nà: they are both very good. are you busy? Lù Yǔ Píng: i am not busy. and you boyfriend is he busy? Lín Nà: he his very busy. Text 2:
dīng lì bō: big brothe, do you want coffee? gēgē: I want coffee. dìdì: i also want coffee. dīng lì bō: good, we'll all have coffee.
Quizzes/Review:Sentence Structer: Subject/ predicate你/ 好。nǐ/ hǎo他/ 很忙tā/ hěn máng我/ 不忙wǒ/ bù máng他/ 们都很好tāmen/ dōu hěn hǎo
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:19 pm
Lesson 3!! 第三课!!: 她是哪国人?________________________________________________________ New Words: Shēng Cí 生词tā 她 she; her shì 是 to be nǎ 哪 which guó 国 country; nation rén 人 person; people nà 那 that shéi 谁who; whom lǎoshī 老师teacher dōu 都both; all zhōngguó 中国 China Text 1: gēgē: lì bō nà shì shéi 哥哥: 力波，那是谁？dīng lì bō:nà shì wǒmen lǎoshī 丁 力 波:那是我们老师。gēgē:tā shì nǎ guó rén 哥哥: 她是哪国人？dīng lì bō:tā shì zhōngguórén wǒmen lǎoshī dōu shì zhōngguórén 丁 力 波: 她是中国人。我们老师都是中国人。New Words: Shēng Cí 生词nín 您 you (formal/polite form) zhè 这this tā 他he; him wàiyǔ 外语foreign language nǐ 你you yīshēng 医生doctor nǎinai 奶奶grandmother on father's side wàipó 外婆grandmother on mother's side Chén 陈(a surname) Text 2: dīng lì bō: chén lǎoshī nǐhǎo zhè shì wǒde gēgē tā shì wàiyǔ lǎoshī 丁 力 波:陈老师，你好！这是我的哥哥，他是外语老师。chén lǎoshī: nǐhǎo 陈老师: 你好。dīng lì bō: zhè shì wǒde péngyou 丁 力 波:这是我的朋友。chén lǎoshī: nǐhǎo nǐ yě shì lǎoshī ma 陈老师:你好！你也是老师吗？péngyou:nín hǎo wǒ bùshì lǎoshī wǒ shì yīshēng 朋友：您好！我不是老师，我是医生。chén lǎoshī: lì bō zhè shì nǐ nǎinai ma? 陈老师:力波这是你奶奶吗？dīng lì bō: bùshì tā shì wǒ wàipó 丁 力 波: 不是，她是我外婆。chén lǎoshī: wàipó nín hǎo 陈老师:外婆您好!Other Words:十shí: ten 匕bi3:dagger 中zhong1:middle 日ri4: sun 贝bei4: shell 玉yu4:jade 矢shi3: arrow 生sheng1: to be born; suffix denoting person 者zhe3:person; thing Practice:
Read these expressions outloud.dǎ kāi shū 打开书: Open the book gēn wǒ niàn 跟我念：read after me dǒng bu dǒng 懂不懂：do you understand dǒng le 懂了：yes i understand bù dǒng 不懂： ni i don't understand Complete the Following Sentences:Asking someone's nationality(1) A: Nín shì nǎ guó rén? B: ______________. A: Tā ne? B: ______________. (2) A: Nín shì yīngguó rén ma? B: Bù shì _________. Nín shì nǎ guó rén? A: ______________. Introducing People:(1) A: Zhè shì Lín yīshēng. Zhè shì Chén lǎoshī B: _______________________. C: Nín hǎo, Lín yīshēng. (2) A: Zhè shì ________. Zhè shì _________. B: ___________________. C: ___________________.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:01 pm
Lesson 4!! 第四课!!: 认识你很高兴________________________________________________________ New Words: Shēng Cí 生词Ren2shi 认识 to know (somebody) Gao1xing4 高兴 happy; pleased Ke3yi3 可以 may Jin4lai 进来 come in Jin4 进 in Lai 来 come Qing3 请 please Nin2 您 you (formal; polite form) Peng2you 朋友 friend ji4zhe3 记者 reporter Qing3wen4 请问 may I ask... Wen4 问 ask Gui4xing 贵姓 what's your honorable surname? Xing4 姓 one's surname is... / surname. Jiao4 叫 to be called Xian1sheng 先生 Mr. Yang2 杨 ( a surname) Text 1: Lao3shi1: ke3yi3 jin4lai ma? 老师：可以进来吗？Lin2 Na4: qing3 jin4! Yang2 lao3shi1, nin2 hao3. zhe4 shi4 wo3 de peng2you, ta1 shi4 ji4zhe3. 林娜: 请进！杨老师，您好。这是我的朋友，她是记者。Lao3shi1: qing3wen4, nin2 gui4xing4? 老师: 请温，您贵姓？Lù Yǔ Píng: wo3 xing4 Lu4 Yu3Ping2 陆 雨 平: 我姓陆，叫陆雨平lao3shi1: ni3 hao3, lu4 xian1sheng, ren4shi ni3 hen3 gao1xing4. 老师: 你好，陆先生，认识你很高兴。Lu4 Yu3ping2: Yang2 lao3shi1, ren4shi nin2, wo3 ye3 hen3 gao1xing4. 陆雨平：杨老师，认识您，我也很高兴。 New Words: Shēng Cí 生词yu3yan2 语言 language xue2yuan4 学院 institute; college de 的 ( a possesuve or modifying particle) xue2sheng 学生 student shen2 me 什么 what xue2xi2 学习 to study; to learn han4yu3 汉语 chinese (language) Ying1guo2 英国 Great Britain; England Ma3 Da4wei2 马大为 (name of American student) Jian1na2da4 加拿大 Canada Mei3guo2 英国 the United States; America Text ２: Lin2 Na4: wo3shi4 yu3yan2 xue2yuan4 de xue2xuesheng. wo3 xing4 Lin2, jiao4 Lin2 Na4. Wo3 shi4 Ying1guo2 ren2. ni3 xing4 shen2me? 林娜 ： 卧是语言学院的学生。我姓林，叫林娜。我是英国人。你姓什么？Ma3 Da4wei2: wo3 xing4 Ma3, jiao4 Ma3 Da4wei2. 马大为 ： 我姓马叫马大为 。Lin2 Na4: Ni3 shi4 Jia1na2da4 ren2 ma? 林娜： 你是加拿大人吗Ma3 Da4wei2: wo3 bu4 shi4 Jia1na2da4 ren2 wo3 shi4 Mei3guo2 ren2, ye3 shi4 Yu3yan2 xue2yuan4 de xue2sheng. Wo3 xue2xi2 Han4yu3. 马大为 ： 。我不是加拿大人，我是美国人，也是语言学院的学生。我学习汉语
Other Words:七qi1: seven 小xiao3: small 心xin1: heart 水shui3: water 月yue4: moon 手shou3: hand 田tian2: field 白bai2: white 只zhi3: only 言 yan2: speech
Translation:Text 1:
Text 2:
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:51 am
Lesson 5!! 餐厅在哪儿________________________________________________________ New Words: Shēng Cí 生词can1ting1 餐厅 dining room zai4 在 to be (location) na3 er or nar 哪儿 where qing3wen4 请问 may i ask wen4 问 ask zhe4 这 this su4she4 宿舍 dormitory nǚ 女 female xue2sheng 学生student jin4 进 to enter zuo4 坐 to sit xie4xie 谢谢 to thank dui4buqi3 对不起 i'm sorry wo3 我 I; me zhi1dao 知道 to know mei2 guan1xi 没关系 nevermind hao3 好 good zai4jian4 再见 good bye zai4 再 again wang2 xiao3yun2 王小云 ( a name of a chinese student) Text 1: Ma3 Da4wei2: qing3wen4, zhe4 shi4 Wang2 Xiao3yun2 de su4she4 ma? 马 大为： 请问, 这 是 王 小云 的 宿舍 吗?nǚ xue2sheng: shi4. qing3 jin4, qing3 zuo4. 女学生: 是 请 进, 请坐. Ma3 Da4wei2: xie4xie. Wang2 Xiao3yun2 zai4 ma? 马 大为: 谢谢. 王 小云 在吗?nǚ xue2sheng: ta1 bu2 zai4. 女学生: 她 不 在Ma3 Da4wei2: ta1 zai4 nar3 马 大为: 她 在 哪儿? 4 nǚ xue2sheng: dui4buqi3, wo3 bu4 zhi1dao. 女学生: 对不起 我 不 知道. Ma3 Da4wei2:mei2 guan1xi. Hao3,zai4jian4. 马 大为: 没关系. 好, 再见.nǚ xue2sheng: zai4jian4 女学生: 再见。New Words: Shēng Cí 生词xiao3jie3 小姐 Mis; young lady er4 二 two ceng2 层 story; floor ling2 〇 zero si4 四 four hao4 号 number bu2yong4 不用 need not zher4 这儿 here wan3 晚 late le 了 (modal partical/ aspect partical) Song4 Hua2 宋华 name of a Chinese Student Text ２: Ma3 Da4wei2: Xiao3jie3, qing3wen4 can1ting1 zai4 nar3? 马大为 ： 小姐, 请问 餐厅 在 哪儿?Xiao3jie3: Zai4 er4 ling2 si4 hao4, 小姐 ： 在二层 二 〇 四 号。Ma3 Da4wei2: xie4xie 马大为 ：谢谢Xiao3jie3:bu2yong4 xie3. 小姐： 不用 谢. Song4 Hua2: Da4wei2, wo3men zai4 zher4. 宋华 ： 大为, 我们 在这儿.Ma3 Da4wei2: dui4buqi3, wo3 lai2 wan3 le. 马大为 ： 对不起, 我 来 晚 乐.Ma3 Da4wei2: mei2 guan1xi. 王 小云 ： 没 关系Other Words:儿er4: son 子zi3: son 井jing3: well 文wen2: written language 见jian4: to see 且qie3: and 青qing1: blue-green
Translation:Text 1:
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:42 pm
Lesson 6 (Review) !! 复习________________________________________________________ New Words: Shēng Cí 生词qu4 去 go you2yong4 游泳 to swim zuo2tian1 昨天 yesterday jing1ju4 京剧 Beijing opera zen3meyang4 怎么样 how is ... you3 yi4si2 有意思 interesting jin1tian1 今天 today tian1 天 day tian1qi4 天气weather tai4 太 too; extremely shen2me 什么 what shi2hou 时候 time; moment xian4zai4 现在 now MOf_bleah Text 1: Wang2 Xiao3yun2: Lin2Na4, zuo2tian1 de jing1ju4 zen3meyang4? 王小云： 林娜，昨天的京剧怎么样？Lin2 Na4: Hen3 you3 yi4si. jin1tian1 tian1qi4 hen3 hao3, wo3men qu4 you2yong3, hao3 ma? 林哪: 很有意思。 今天 天气很好，我们去游泳，好吗？ Wang2 Xiao3yun2:tai4 hao3 le! shen2me shi2hou qu4? 马 大为: 太好了！ 什么时候去Lin2 Na4: xian4zai4 qu4, ke3yi3 ma? 女学生: 现在 去，可以 吗Wang2 Xiao3yun2: ke3yi3 马 大为: 可以。New Words: Shēng Cí 生词ming2tian1 小姐 Mis; young lady you3 二 two shi2jian1 层 story; floor shuo1 〇 zero bian4 四 four da3 qiu2 号 number bao4qian4 不用 need not mang2 这儿 here kong3pa4 晚 late xing2 xie4xie ni3men le 了 (modal partical/ aspect partical) Song4 Hua2 宋华 name of a Chinese Student Text ２: Ding1 Li4bo1: Xiao3jie3, qing3wen4 can1ting1 zai4 nar3? 马大为 ： 小姐, 请问 餐厅 在 哪儿?Xiao3jie3: Zai4 er4 ling2 si4 hao4, 小姐 ： 在二层 二 〇 四 号。Ma3 Da4wei2: xie4xie 马大为 ：谢谢Xiao3jie3:bu2yong4 xie3. 小姐： 不用 谢.
Song4 Hua2: Da4wei2, wo3men zai4 zher4.
宋华 ： 大为, 我们 在这儿.
Ma3 Da4wei2: dui4buqi3, wo3 lai2 wan3 le.
马大为 ： 对不起, 我 来 晚 乐.
Ma3 Da4wei2: mei2 guan1xi.
王 小云 ： 没 关系
Other Words:儿er4: son 子zi3: son 井jing3: well 文wen2: written language 见jian4: to see 且qie3: and 青qing1: blue-green
Translation:Text 1:
Text 2:
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