Please note: "a" makes the sound of someone getting their throat checked.. "o" makes the sound of "floor" with a heavy LI accent "i" makes the "ee" sound except after zh,ch,shi and ri.
Trang 2In order to start speaking Chinese, you'll first need to know how to make the sounds There are four tones in Chinese
The first is level
The second is rising
The third is dipping
The fourth is falling.
Please note:
"a" makes the sound of someone getting their throat checked
"o" makes the sound of "floor" with a heavy LI accent
"i" makes the "ee" sound except after zh,ch,shi and ri
"ei" makes the "ei" in eight sound
"u" makes the sounds of "oo" in boo
"u" makes a tight, curled "eeww" sound
Trang 3Names of Basic Strokes:
Trang 417 pie dian 女
18 heng zhe gou 卫
20 shu zhe zhe gou 鸟
21 heng zhe zhe pie 这
24 heng zhe zhe zhe gou 奶
Stroke Order
First across and then down 下 十
First slant down left then right 人 天
Start at the top and work down 三 足
First left then right 红 你
Trang 5First outside/then inside 月 肉
First inside then outside 山 这
First middle then two sides 小 水
First what's inside a "box" then close it up 日 四
Ni zui xihuan shenme yanse? 你最喜欢什么颜色 ?
What's your favorite color?
Wo zui xihuan lanse 我最喜欢蓝色
My favorite color is blue
F.Y.I may be an extra credit question
fenhongse 粉红 pink
Trang 7THIS PATTERN is fun and EASY TO LEARN TRY IT!
"Ni xiang chi shenme rou? Ni yao bu yao chi yu?"
Trang 8Zhongguo he meiguo dou you shenlin he shamo
Both the US and China have forests and deserts
Zhongguo you huoshan ma?
Does China have volcanoes?
Trang 9The above can be followed with "fang" "bian" or "bu"
方 边 部 which are all variations of place/side/section
Sentence Pattern:
中国的山东省在哪儿? Where is China's Shandong Province?
zhongguo de shandong sheng zai nar?
中国的山东省是在中国的东北部 It's in northeast China
zhongguo de shandong sheng shi zai zhongguo de dong bei bu
Trang 10Front/Back/Left/Right
后hou=back, rear
左zuo=left 右you=right
*前qian=front
*This represents a front view
Qian/hou is usually proceeded by zai 在:
他在前面看书 He's in the front reading "Ta zai qian mian kan shu ."
.他住在学校的右边
"Ta zhu zai xuexiao de youbian "He lives to the right of the school."
Trang 11
Sentence Pattern: Ni zui xihuan shenme jijie? 你
Trang 12Sentence Pattern: Ni de yifu zai nar mai de?
你的衣服在哪儿买的? Where'd you buy your clothes?
Trang 13水果 Shuiguo
Sentence Pattern: Wo jiejie ai chi xigua
我姐姐爱吃西瓜 My sister loves water melon
Trang 15gong gong qi che 公共汽车 bus
xiao hua chuan 小划船 row boat
Sentence pattern:
你会不会开车?
Ni de feiji piao yijing mai le mei you?
你的飞机票已经买了没有 ? Did you buy your plane ticket yet?
Trang 16感情 GanQing/Thoughts/Feelings
gaoxing 高兴 happy!
bu gaoxing 不高兴 not happy, upset
xiwang 希望 hope, wish
shiwang 失望 disappointed, let down
ji de 记得 remember, recall
wang le 忘了 forget, forgot
xiang 想 miss
pa 怕 scared, afraid
shengqi 生气 angry, mad
zhaoji 着急 nervous, worried
Sentence Patterns
今天是她的生日 她很高兴
Jintian shi ta de shengri Ta hen gaoxing
Today is her birthday She is very happy
他叫什么名字? 我忘 Ta jiao shenme mingzi? Wo wang le
What is his name? I forgot it
他不会游泳 他害怕 Ta bu hui you yong Ta pa shui
He doesn't know how to swim He's afraid.
别着急 我们会想办法 Bie zhaoji women hui xiang banfa
Don't worry we'll find a way.
Trang 17Let's Start Talking Chinese!
Trang 18今天的天气很好 很晴朗 J intian de tianqi hen haoi hen
qinglang The weather is really nice (sunny and clear) today.
北京的冬天很冷.Beijing de dontian hen leng Beijing winter's are cold
夏天天气很热 Xiatian tianqi hen re It's hot in the summer
Trang 19Sentence:
这个菜很好吃 很新鲜 我吃得很饱, 谢谢!
zhege cai hen hao chi hen xinxian wo chi de hen bao xie,xie!
This is delicious very fresh I'm very full thank you
Trang 20Basic Grammar Patterns:
I am the teacher
们 men 我们, 你们, 他们 wo men , ni men , ta men
You are the students