Prof. Li Universidad Del Este

Review

un ün yún: cloud jūn rén: soldier

ang eng jiàn kāng: health lěng: cold

ing ong jīng jì: economy xióng māo: panda

Practice A: qĭng wèn nín shì ______ma? (Are you a______?) B: bù, wǒ bù shì ______, wǒ shì ______. (No, I’m not a ______. I’m a ______)

I’ll be able to pronunce members of family in Mandarin ask how many menmbers of someon’s family in Mandarin

New words about family

adjective dà: elder, big, huge, xiǎo: younger, little, small

preposition de 的 : of

Family Members 1 bà bà: fathermā mā: mother

Father’s parents yé yé: father’s father nǎi nǎi: father’s mother

Mother’s parents lǎo yé/ wài gōng : mother’s father lǎo lǎo/ wài pó: mother’s mother

songs about family 1 bà bà de bà bà shì yé yé (father’s father is grandpa) bà bà de mā mā shì nǎi nǎi (father’s mother is grandma) mā mā de bà bà shì lǎo yé (mother’s father is grandpa) mā mā de mā mā shì lǎo lǎo (mother’s mother is grandma)

brothers gē gē: elder brother dì dì: younger brother

sisters jiě jiě: elder sistermèi mèi: younger sister

Family Members 2 xiōng dì: elder brother and younger brother jiě mèi: elder sister and younger sister

bà bà de xiōng dì bà bà de gē gē shì bó bo (uncle) bà bà de dì dì shì shū shū (uncle)

bà bà de jiě mèi bà bà de jiě mèi shì gū gu (aunt)

mā mā de xiōng dì jiě mèi mā mā de xiōng dì shì jiù jiu (uncle) mā mā de jiě mèi shì yí mā (aunt)

Family Members 3 zhàng fū: husband qī zi: wife ér zǐ: son nǚ ér: daughter

songs about family 2 ér zǐ de ér zǐ shì sūn zǐ (grandson) ér zǐ de nǚ ér shì sūn nǚ (granddaughter)

songs about family 2 nǚ ér de ér zǐ shì wài sūn (grandson) nǚ ér de nǚ ér shì wài sūn nǚ (granddaughter)

Husband’s parents gōng gong: husband’s father pó po: husband’s mother

Wife’s parents zhàng rén: wife’s father zhàng mu niáng: wife’s mother

More new words about family

jiā: family, house, home yǒu: have, there be jǐ: how many kǒu: a measure word rén: person, people gè: a measure word

Asking and answering about family A: nín jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? (How many people are there in your family?) B: wǒ jiā yǒu sì kǒu rén. (There are 4 people in my family.) wǒ qī zi, yī gè ér zǐ, yī gè nǚ ér hé wǒ. (My wife, a son, a daughter, and me.)

Asking about brothers and sisters A: nǐ yǒu jǐ gè xiōng dì jiě mèi (How many brothers and sisters do you have) B: wǒ yǒu yī gè jiě jie hé liǎng gè dì di. (I have one elder sister and two younger brothers)

Teacher’s expectation Introduce your family to others in Mandarin Draw a family tree without notebook Lw Lw