1. My Family

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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’.

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

7. 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）

8. 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.

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