User:Yacht/Sandbox/Elementary Chinese/Lesson 1
Hello! Welcome to the Elementary Chinese! In this lesson, we are going to learn how to greet people and introduce yourself.
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你好! / 你好!: Hello!
[edit | edit source]Dialogue 1
[edit | edit source]You can check out the translation here
金妮: 你好。 |
金妮: 你好。 |
Jīnní: Nǐhǎo. |
Dialogue 2
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金妮:他们 是 谁? |
金妮:他們 是 誰? |
Jīnní: Tāmen shì shéi? |
Vocabulary
[edit | edit source]Simplified / Traditional | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | English [m.] | |
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1. | 你 / m.=你, f.=妳 | nǐ | pron. | you (singular) |
2. | 好 | hǎo | adj. | good |
3. | 们 / 們 | men | n. suffix | (pluralizing suffix for pronouns) |
4. | 你们 / 你們 | nǐmen | pron. | you (plural) |
5. | 我 | wǒ | pron. | I, me |
6. | 我们 / 我們 | wǒmen | pron. | we, us |
7. | 他 | tā | pron. | he, him |
8. | 她 | tā | pron. | she, her |
9. | 他们 / 他們 | tāmen | pron. | they, them |
10. | 叫 | jiào | v. | to be named |
11. | 什么 / 什麽 | shénme | pron. | what |
12. | 名字 | míngzi | n. | name |
13. | 是 | shì | v. | to be (am/is/are) |
14. | 谁 / 誰 | shéi | pron. | who, whom |
15. | 国 / 國 | guó | n. | country |
16. | 人 | rén | n. | person |
17. | 也 | yě | adv. | also |
18. | 吗 / 嗎 | ma | part. | (question particle) |
19. | 呢 | ne | part. | (question particle for known context) |
20. | 哪 | nǎ | pron. | what, which |
21. | 不 | bù | adv. | (negates verbs) |
Proper Nouns
[edit | edit source]Simplified / Traditional | Pīnyīn | English | ||
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1. | 金妮 | Jīnní | Ginny | |
2. | 欧文 / 歐文 | Ōuwén | Owen | |
3. | 艾美 | Àiměi | Amy | |
4. | 东尼 / 東尼 | Dōngní | Tony | |
5. | 中国 / 中國 | Zhōngguó | China | |
6. | 美国 / 美國 | Měiguó | America | |
7. | 英国 / 英國 | Yīngguó | Britain | |
8. | 法国 / 法國 | Făguó (Taiwan: Fàguó) | France |
Stroke orders
[edit | edit source]Grammar
[edit | edit source]Supplementary Vocabulary
[edit | edit source]Exercise
[edit | edit source]Translation for the text
[edit | edit source]Sentences breakdown | English translation |
Dialogue 1
Ginny: Hello. |
Dialog 1
Ginny: Hello. |
Dialogue 2
Ginny: They are who? |
Dialog 2
Ginny: Who are they? |