My Family

My family members mum dad Big brother Little brother Big sister Little sister grandpa grandma My family members

My family members mum mā mā 妈妈 dad bà bà 爸爸 Big brother gē gē 哥哥 Little brother dì dì 弟弟 Big sister jiě jiě 姐姐 Little sister mèi mèi 妹妹 grandpa yé yé 爷爷 grandma nǎi nǎi 奶奶 My family members

Topic: Chinese Measure Words Mandarin Chinese requires a measure word for every noun. In English we can say, “three cars,” but in Mandarin Chinese, we need to say “three (measure word) cars.” Generic Measure Word: 个 (gè). Example: 三个人 ； 五 个书包 (five schoolbags) Common Measure Word: 口 （kŏu） Refer to the number of family members, e.g.三口人

Topic: 二 （èr） and 两 （ liǎng ） Both ‘二’and ‘两’mean two, but their usage differs. We use ‘两’before a measure word and noun. For example, 两个朋友 （two friends); 两个人（two people). When counting, we use ‘二’, like ‘二十’， ‘二百’.

Try your turn now! Translate the following phrases: 5 people (人) 2 big sisters 3 younger brothers Rule: number+measure word+noun.

Answers！ 5 people 5个人 （wǔ gè rén）or 五口人（wǔ kǒu rén） 2 big sisters 两个姐姐 （liǎng gè jiě jiě ） 3 younger brothers 三个弟弟（sān gè dì dì）

Tiger Mum’s Family Your family has how many people? 你nǐ 家 jiā 有 yǒu 几个人 jǐ gè rén ? My family has 4 people. 我wǒ 家 jiā 有 yǒu 四个人 si gè rén: 爸爸, 妈妈, 姐姐 和 妹妹.

Language Online Games Google: language online Victoria http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/chinese/chinese.htm Play: Family members and talk about your family