Lesson 14 (I)

1. Lesson 14 (I) Practical Chinese Reader

2. Objectives • You will be able to talk about your family: how many people you have in your family; what they are and where they work; if you miss them or often write to them, call them...

4. Listen and Learn • Zhè shì wǒ de yì jiā. • Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén: wǒ tàitai, wǒ érzihé wǒ. • Zhè shì wǒ de tàitai, tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò. Tā shì zhíyuán. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. Wǒ méiyǒu jiejie, mèimei, gēge. Wǒ dìdi zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò. Tā shì gōnchéngshī. • Wǒ de bàba māma ye zài Shànghǎi. Tāmen bù gōngzuò, tuìxiū le.

5. Some new words

6. Yǒu 有 to have • Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. • Wǒ méi yǒu jiějie mèimei. • Questions – Do you have…? • Nǐ yǒu gēge ma? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu gēge?

7. Answer the questions using ‘yǒu’ or ‘méi yǒu’ • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu gēge? • Nǐ yǒu měi yǒu dìdi? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu jiějie? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu mèimei? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu dìtú? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu Hànyǔ shū? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu bǐ? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu qián?

8. Listen and Learn • Zhè shì wǒ de yì jiā. • Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén: wǒ tàitai, wǒ érzi hé wǒ. • Zhè shì wǒ de tàitai, tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò. Tā shì zhíyuán. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. Wǒ méiyǒu jiejie, mèimei, gēge. Wǒ dìdi zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò. Tā shì gōnchéngshī. • Wǒ de bàba māma ye zài Shànghǎi. Tāmen bù gōngzuò, tuìxiū le.

10. Questions about Xie family • a. Xiè laoshī yǒu méiyou érzi? (Xiè laoshī you érzi ma?) • b. Tā érzi zài nǎr (nǎlǐ) gōngzuò? • c. Tā érzi zuò shénme gōngzuò? • d. Tā tàitai zuò shénme gōngzuò? • e. Xiè lǎoshī yǒu méiyǒu jiejie? • f. Tā dìdi zài nǎr (nǎlǐ) gōngzuò? • g. Tā dìdi zuò shénme gōngzuò? • h. Tā bàba māma yě zài Shànghai gōngzuò ma?

11. 這是我的一家。我家有三個人：我太太，我兒子和我。這是我的太太，她現在不工作。我有一個兒子。他在銀行工作。他是職員。我有一個弟弟。我沒有姐姐、妹妹、哥哥。我弟弟在上海工作。他是工程師。我的爸爸媽媽也在上海。他們不工作，退休了。這是我的一家。我家有三個人：我太太，我兒子和我。這是我的太太，她現在不工作。我有一個兒子。他在銀行工作。他是職員。我有一個弟弟。我沒有姐姐、妹妹、哥哥。我弟弟在上海工作。他是工程師。我的爸爸媽媽也在上海。他們不工作，退休了。

12. Note • a. 'you méiyou...?' or 'you...ma?' both mean 'do you have...?' • b. Pay attention that 'do not have' is 'méiyou', not 'bù you" • c. 'zuò shénme gōngzuò' means 'what job does one do'. The original word order in Chinese is: 'do what job'. 'gōngzuò here is a noun. The answer to this question is 'Tā shì gōnchéngshī. (He is an engineer.) or Tā shì zhíyuán. (He is a clerk) '

13. 'ge' is a measure word in Chinese. It must appear after numerals and before nouns. For example: • two books      liáng ben shū three teacher   sānge lǎoshī one brother     yí ge dìdi one son          yí ge érzi • where 'běn' and 'ge' are measure words. Use of a specific measure word depends on the noun.

14. gōngzuò' is both a verb and a noun. • It is a verb in 'Tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò.' (She doesn't work now). • It is a noun in 'Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò?' (What job does he do?) • 'tuìxiū' is a verb, to retire. 'tuìxiūle' means 'have retired (for some time)'

15. Say following sentences and questions in Chinese: • have a younger brother (a younger sister, a girl friend, a good friend). • I have a Chinese book (a map of China, a map of America, a car). • I don't have boy friend (elder sister, elder brother, car, job). • Do you have English book (car, pen)? • Where do you work? • I work in bank (bookstore, a store, institute). • What job does your father do? • He is a doctor (teacher, professor, clerk, manager-jīnglǐ, engineer).

16. Answer the questions about your family • 你家有幾個人？ • 你有沒有哥哥、姐姐、弟弟、妹妹？ • 他（她）在哪兒（哪裡）？ • 他（她）做什麼工作？ • 你爸爸媽媽在哪兒（哪裡） • 他們做什麼工作？