Week 12 - Introduce my Family ( Short Video )

Week 12 - Introducing My Friend ( Short Video )

Week 11

We did a family tree and asked my friend to exchange it and write a short essay about it. 

Parents (父母 – fù mǔ)

father (父亲 – fù qīn)

dad (爸爸 – bà ba)

mother (母亲 – mǔ qin)

mom (妈妈 – mā ma)

siblings (兄弟姐妹 – xiōng dì jiě mèi)

older brother (哥哥 – gē ge)

younger brother (弟弟 – dì dì)

older sister (姐姐 – jiě jie)

younger sister (妹妹 – mèi mei)

grandparents (祖父母 – zǔ fù mǔ)

paternal grandpa (爷爷 – yé ye; 祖父 – zǔ fù)

paternal grandma (奶奶 – nǎi nai; 祖母 – zǔ mǔ)

maternal grandpa (外公 – wài gōng; 老爷 – lǎo ye)

maternal grandma (外婆 – wài pó; 姥姥 – lǎo lao)

Week 10

Exercise/ Homework in Week 10

Week 9

Exercise/ Homework in Week 9

Week 8

Exercise/ Homework in Week 8

Week 7

Directions To Know and Learn! Lesson #5

Zuobian 左边 - Left
Yuobian 雨哦变 - Right
Shangmian 上面 - Up
Xiamian 下面 - Down
Zhongjian 中间 - In the middle
Limian 里面 - Inside
Waimian 外面 - Outside
Duimian 对面 - Opposite
Pangbian 旁边 - Next to you
Qianmian 前面 - In front
Houmian 后面 - Behind

A lil update on lesson 5 

Week 6

Exercise/Homework for Week 6

Week 5

In week 5 , We learned to write and practiced writing Chinese characters from lesson 1 and 2 . 

Week 4

We learned about Initials this week !

Initials

There are 21 initials in Chinese and 12 of them have almost the same pronunciation as English.

m, f, n, l, h, and sh are pronounced as in English

d like “t” in “straight”(unaspirated)

j like “g” in “genius” (unaspirated)

z like “ds” in “beds”

zh like “j” in job

b like “p” in “spin” (unaspirated)

g a soft unaspirated “k” sound

x like “sh” in “sleep” but with the corners of the lips drawn back

r somewhat like “ge” in lodge

There is some special attention to be paid on the so called “aspirated” consonants. It is necessary to breath heavily after the original consonant is sounded:

p = p'(like in “pop”)

q = ch harder than “ch” in cheap

t = t’ (like in “tap”)

c = ts’ (like in “cats”), with aspiration

k = k’ (like in “kangaroo”)

ch = ch’ (tongue curled back, aspiration)

Tones


Tone Tone Mark Description Example

First Tone First Tone high, level pitch 妈 mā = mother

Second Tone Second Tone starting high and rising 蔴 má = hemp

Third Tone Third Tone falling first, then rising 马 mǎ = horse

Fourth Tone Fourth Tone starting high and falling 骂 mà = scold


Got this info online and its pretty impressive. 

Week 3

As usual learned more words this weeks and it was really fun engaging in the class. Had a little hard time when laoshi asked a few in chinese and I was totally unable to answer hahah. 

 周 zhōu  - week

年 (n) nián - year

今天  jīntiān  - today

明天  míngtiān - tomorrow

昨天 zuótiān -  yesterday

日历 rìlì - calendar

秒 miǎo - second

小时  xiǎoshí - hour

分钟 fēnzhōng -  minute

点  diǎn - o'clock

钟表  zhōngbiǎo - clock

And we also had  learn a few greetings suchs as  
Zǎoshàng hǎo , Good morning ; 
Wǎnshàng hǎo , Good evening ;

Nǐhǎo ma ? How are  you ;

and also tried talking to my partner and it was fun.

Week 2

Hi, 大家好

Here are some of the words we learned during the 2nd week , we lots of fun especially when trying to pronounce the words but somehow we came closer to it hahah. 

能 néng -  can

用 yòng - use

做 zuò - do

去 qù - go

来 lái - come

笑 xiào -  laugh

做  zuò  - make

看  kàn  - see

远  yuǎn  - far

小  xiǎo  - small

好 hǎo - good

We also had a small convo with my partner on how to greet each other before ending the class and also did some pinyin practice 

Quick update : Lesson 2

#Lesson2 ; Some new vocabularies  ; Family members


 1. 哥哥 Gēgē - Older brother

 2. 姐姐 Jiějiě - Older sister

 3. 弟弟 Dìdì - Younger brother

 4. 妹妹 Mèimei - Younger sister

 5. 有 yǒu - To have

 6. 没有 Méiyǒu - To not have

 7. 猫 Māo - Cat

 8. 狗 Gǒu - Dog

 9. 爱 Ài - Love

10. 人 Rén - Person, People

 11. 都 Dōu - All 

Quick update : Lesson 3

#Lesson3 ; Normal conversation

A: 你好 Nǐ hǎo - Hello there

 B: 你好 Nǐ hǎo 你好吗 Nǐ hǎo ma? - Hello there, how are you?



 A: 我很好，你呢？Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? - I am fine, you?

 B: 马马虎虎 Mǎmǎhǔhǔ - So-so



 A: 你忙吗 Nǐ máng ma? - Are you busy?

 B: 我不忙 Wǒ bù máng - I'm not busy



 A: 你要咖啡吗？Nǐ yào kāfēi ma? - Do you want coffee?

 B: 要 Yào - Want

Quick update : Lesson 4

#Lesson 4 ; Greetings


 1. 早上好 Zǎoshang hǎo - Good morning

 2. 下午好 Xiàwǔ hǎo - Good afternoon

 3. 晚上好 Wǎnshàng hǎo - Good evening

 4. 晚安 Wǎn'ān - Good night