Lesson One Lesson One Class One Class One 你好！ Hello! 你好！ Hello!

Lesson Objectives Conduct simple greetings in Chinese Ask simple yes/no questions Answer simple yes/no questions Discuss other people

Today’s Vocabulary ChinesePinyinPOSMeaning 你 nǐ Pron.you 好 hǎo Adj.good, well 是 shì V.to be, (affirmative answer) yes 学生 xuésheng N.N.student

Today’s Vocabulary ChinesePOSMeaning 你 Pron.you 好 Adj.good, well 是 V.to be, (affirmative answer) yes 学生 N.N.student

Sentence Patterns A: 你好！ Nǐhǎo! B: 你好！ Nǐhǎo!

Strokes The basic elements of Chinese characters are strokes. There are a total of 31 different kinds of strokes used in Chinese writing. Among these are eight basic strokes that are most commonly used.

Common Strokes 横 héng Horizontal 竖 shù Vertical 撇 piě Left-slanted 捺 nà Right-slanted 点 diǎn Dot 提 tí Up-lift 钩 gōu Hook 折 zhé Bend

Directions of Strokes Start the horizontal strokes from the left and move to the right. Start the vertical strokes from the top and move downwards. Left-slanted strokes start from the upper right and towards the lower left. Right-slanted strokes move from top left to bottom right.

Principles of Stroke Order Stroke OrderExamples Top first, then bottom 交 Left first, then right 很 Horizontal first, then verticle 十 Left-slanted first, then righ-slanted 父 Center first, then both sides 小 Outside first, then inside 同 Enter first, and then close the door 国

Radicals Radicals are pictographs which represent objects in the real world. Some radicals can stand alone as independent, one-semantic-unit characters. e.g., 人 (person), 口 (mouth), 雨 (rain) Others may be combined with other components to form a new character for which the radical serves as a clue to its meaning: e.g., 吹 (to blow), 妹 (younger sister)

Homework Complete Exercises 7.

Vocabulary Review 1. 你 2. 好 3. 是 4. 学生