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You will be able to ask and answer the following questions in Chinese

You will be able to ask and answer the following questions in Chinese. 1. How many people are there in your family?. 2. Whose picture is this?. 3. Does Mr. Li have a son?. 4. What do your Mom and Dad do for a living?. Kinship Terms:. 子. 女儿. Classifier:. Interrogative QW:. Verb:.

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You will be able to ask and answer the following questions in Chinese

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  1. You will be able to ask and answer the following questions in Chinese 1. How many people are there in your family? 2. Whose picture is this? 3. Does Mr. Li have a son? 4. What do your Mom and Dad do for a living?

  2. Kinship Terms: 子 女儿 Classifier: Interrogative QW: Verb: Important Grammar: Profession: Other:

  3. hái Child 孩子：child 男孩子：boy 女孩子：girl 那个女孩子：that girl 这个男孩子是你弟弟吗？ Is this boy your little brother?

  4. Demonstrative Pronoun: zhè nà this that 那个人 这个人 那些人 这些人 Same as numerals, when demonstrative pronouns are followed by a noun, a classifier is required in between.

  5. children 儿子 女儿 妈妈 = 爸爸 =

  6. zǐ son 儿子 prince 王子 boy,young fellow 小子 son, child, seed, egg, small thing noun suffix 日子 本子 男子 女子 老子

  7. de 有的人,some people 我的老师 爸爸的朋友 possesive, adjectival suffix 谁 谁的 A: 这是谁的哥哥？ C: 这是我哥哥。 B: 这是王朋的哥哥。 Why 的 can be omitted? Why 的 can not be omitted? (Ref. IC Textbook P. 54 & 57) 王朋的哥哥= 王朋哥哥？ Wang Peng's brother Brother Wang Peng

  8. Important Grammar: When 的 de can be omitted? (RosettaStone L1 U2 Lesson 1)

  9. lǜ lawyer 律师 法律 law same 一律 Statute, regulation, principle Is your dad lawyer? 你爸爸是律师吗？ 是，他是律师。 不，他不是律师。

  10. yī cure, heal, doctor, medical 医学 běi 什么是西？ 医生 医师 xī dōng xī 西医 中医 nán 小王的妈妈是医生吗？

  11. zhào to shine, illumine, reflect /灬 照片 Photo, picture 照明 lighting, illumination 小高，那张照片是你的吗？(L2D1) Little Gao, is that photo yours?

  12. piàn 照片 一片 (used as a classifier) 两片 三片 slice, splinter, strip Can 个 always be used as a substitute for another classifier without changing the meaning of the phrase? 一个西瓜 一片西瓜

  13. méi 有人吗? （Anybody？） 没有人。 （Nobody.） not, have not, none 有没有 Do you have ...? 你有哥哥吗? 你有没有哥哥? 我有哥哥。 有，我有哥哥。 我没有哥哥。 没有，我没有哥哥。

  14. right hand meat have, possess, own, exist

  15. dōu all, both, entirely (due to) each 不都是 不都有 都不是 都没有 都不是 都没有 都是 都有 不都是 不都有 不都是 不都有 都不是 都没有

  16. Adverbs （都、也，不，没） & Verbs（是，有） Not all of … are None of … have Not have Not, either Not all of … have None of … are Am/is/are not Not have, either ·不是 ·没有 ·也不是 ·也没有 ·都不是 ·都没有 ·不都是 ·不都有

  17. 都& 没 ·没 is always used to negate 有. However, to say “not all of …have”, we say in Chinese “不都有” rather than 没都有. (Text book, P. 63) ·√不都有 ·X 没都有

  18. 都- 不& 没 都 can occur before or after negation.The relative position of都 and negation influences the meaning of the sentence. ·Partial Negation 不+ 都是 不+ 都有 Negation 不+ 都indicates that the negated predicate does not refer to all of the noun phrase (Text book P. 63) ·Complete Negation 都+ 不是 都+ 没有 都 + Negation 不、没indicates that the negated predicate refers to the entire noun phrase

  19. Words order – 也，不，都 ·I am American. ·I am also American. ·We both are American. ·I am not a college student. ·I am not a college student, either. ·None of us are college students. ·Not all of us are college students.

  20. Words order – 也，没，都 ·Eric has a younger brother. ·Steve also has a younger brother. ·Eric and Steve both have a younger brother. ·John doesn’t have any elder sisters. ·Mike doesn’t have any elder sisters , either. ·None of them has any elder sisters. (them: John, Mike) ·Chris has two elder sisters. ·Not all of them have elder sister. (them: John, Mike & Chris)

  21. zuò + Object 什么 work, make, act , to do focusing sentence structure 你爸爸、妈妈是做什么的？ 你爸爸、妈妈做什么？ 做法 method, procedure Your parents do what for a living? to behave 做人 What do your parents do for a living? What are your parent's jobs? 这是谁做的？ 这是Mitch做的？

  22. wén literature, culture, writing 文字 文学 Britain 英国人 英文 英国 China 中文 中国人 中国 Japan 日文 日本 日本人 法文 France 法国 法国人 Germany 德国 德国人 德文 Candad 加拿大 加拿大人 英文 America 美国 美国人 英文

  23. shéi shéi who whose hái zhè 这个女孩子是谁？ 这个女孩子是Paula. 这是谁的？ 这是我的。

  24. 家- Jiā home, family ·Pigs used to be a symbol of prosperity in Chinese family. ·Home is a roof 宀 on a standing pig 豕, where pigs are sheltered. ·家: (home) indicates that pigs lived around/inside human dwellings. 大家 Your family 家人 My family

  25. ·父 (Fù): father, considered as the chief and instructor of his family. This character contains a right hand and a stick. 父is a radical in the character 爸. ·爸: is a pictophonetic character. It means “dad”, and has the same spelling as 巴, which is “ba”. 爸爸 this phrase is pronounced as “bàba”.

  26. 中文 英文 爸爸和妈妈 Mom and Dad My Mom 我妈妈 Little Wang's Mom 小王的(de)妈妈 Grandma 爸爸的妈妈/妈妈的妈妈 Step-mother hòu妈

  27. 哥 - Gē ·哥 is the character 可 repeated twice. ·可：to send forth 口 a breath. ·歌: (Gē) means “to sing”, expression of satisfaction. The primitive singing consisted probably of a succession of cadenced exclamations of joy. Later,哥 became the appellative of an older brother, and took the pronunciation of歌. What is the opposite word for 哥哥?

  28. dì ·A thread that is wound on a spool, having a catch on the top, and a winch at the bottom. ·Primitive instrument, reel and bobbin. ·Succession of brothers, younger brothers. What is the opposite word for 弟弟?

  29. meì younger sister older sister 姐姐 妹妹 姐妹 大姐 sisters 小妹 Translate: Do you have sisters?

  30. 几 - Jǐ ·几: how many - question word for the small numbers, eg. below 10; - usually it is bound with a classifier. eg. 几个...(几个人？How many people?) 几张...(几张床？How many beds?) ·几: originally meant a seat, a stool. It can be a radical indicating a seat in a character. ·茶几: 茶 means “tea”,”茶几” together refers to the furniture - coffee table.

  31. 个 - Gè ·个: unit ·A twig of bamboo with a knot. ·个 is the most commonly used measure word (classifier). Sometimes it is used as a substitute for other measure words. ·Example: 一个人, 两个人, 三个人 will learn this later If 人 is teacher, student, female student, female teacher, dad, older brother, etc. we can say: 一个老师、一个学生、一个女学生、一个女老师、一个爸爸、一个哥哥 On the RosettaStone Unit 2 Lesson 1, we have: 一位先生、一位警察、一个女人

  32. Classifier (Measure Word) 计量词 中文 英文 Singular form one man 一个男人 Countable noun Plural form three students 三个学生 Singular/Plural a glass of water 一杯水 Uncountable noun noun numberal classifier + + Conclusion: 1. 一 人/老师 个 Classifier can not be misused. 2. sì zhī zhū 四只猪 四个猪 一个 四个 两个 三个

  33. 两 – Liǎng two elder sisters 两个姐姐 ·Chinese, same as English, the word “couple” often replaces “二”. ·两 means couple, and has its origin in two weights balancing as they hang from a simple scale. ·两 is also used to indicate a unit of weight, ounce. ·When two is followed by a classifier (measure word), for example: two of something, it is read as 两. the 2nd elder sis 二姐姐 (ref. IC Textbook P. 62)

  34. zhāng ·张: (proper n.) Family name ·张: (classifier, measure word), is associated with object with flat surfaces. eg. 一张照片 ·张: (verb) open （张是中国人的一个姓。） (RosettaStone) yì zhāng chuáng 一 张 床 One bed

  35. Gāo ·高: a kind of pavilion, raised upon a substructure. An elevated place, high, lofty. 口 represents the hall under the building. ·高: (adj.) tall, high (proper noun), family name （中国人的姓） - 您贵姓？ - 我姓高。 Translate the following phrases: Mr. Gao Junior Gao Senior Gao 高先生 老高 小高

  36. 和- Hé ·禾(hé) – grain ·Put mouth to the grain is a “good thing”. The character 和 means “harmony”. The conjunction of mouth with grain is so natural that this character also means “and” . ·Usage: can’t link two clauses or two sentences as “and” can in English. (P.57) My dad is a teacher, and my mom is a doctor. 我爸爸是老师，我妈妈是医生。(Correct) 我爸爸是老师，和我妈妈是医生。(Wrong) Mom & Dad 爸爸和妈妈 - 你有姐妹吗？ - 有，我有一个姐姐和一个妹妹。 Watch video "2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony" episode

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