Everyday Chinese
1. Phonetic knowledge:
     Initials and finals
     Tones
    Tonal Change
2. Initial-Final Combinations
3. Greetings
4. Placing an Order
5. Attending Class 6. Making Inquiries
7. Shopping 8. About Time
 
 
上课  Attending Class
(Click the links to listen. All tone marks here show the actual tones.)
 
1. Vocabulary 2. Dialogue 3. Sentence Patterns
 

Yī 
一、

Cíhuì 
词汇


Vocabulary 

 

同学

tóngxué

classmate/ schoolmate/ student

jiào

to call/ to be called

shì

to be

jiāo

to teach

汉语

Hànyǔ

Chinese language

老师

lǎoshī

teacher

lái

to come

多久

duōjiǔ

how long

tiān

day

以前

yǐqián

before

xué

to learn

没有

méiyǒu

do not have

机会

jīhuì

chance

今天

jīntiān

today

有课

yǒukè

have class(es)/ lesson(s)

上午

shàngwǔ

in the morning

第一节课

dì-yī jié kè

the first lesson

几点

jídiǎn

what time/ when

谢谢

xièxie

thank you

cóng 

from

对不起

duìbuqǐ

sorry

迟到

chídào

to be late

to go

 
Notes:
In Putonghua, there are a number of syllables that lose their original tones and are pronounced soft and short. Such syllables are known as neutral tone syllables and are identified by the absence of tone marks, e.g. "xièxie", "duìbuqǐ".
 
Èr Duìhuà
二 、对话
    Dialogue
( 一 )

A : 

Tóngxuémen 
同学们

hǎo,
好,

wǒ 

jiào

 

Yáng Yún,
杨  云,

              Hello everyone, my name is Yang Yun. I am a Chinese language teacher.

 

B : 

Lǎoshī 
老师

nín 

hǎo, 
好,

wǒ 

jiào 

Àilìsī, 
艾丽斯,
wǒ 
             Hello teacher, my name is Alice. I am American.

 

A : 


lái 

Xiānggǎng 
香港

duōjiǔ 
多久

le? 
了?

 

             How long have you been in Hong Kong?  

 

B : 


lái 

Xiānggǎng 
香港

qī 

tiān 

le. 
了。

 

              I have been in Hong Kong for seven days.

 

A : 

Nǐ 

yǐqián 
以前

xuéguò 
学过

Zhōngwén 
中文

mɑ? 

 

             Have you studied Chinese before?

 

B : 

Méiyǒu, 
没有,

yīzhí 
一直

méiyǒu
没有

jīhuì. 
机会

 

              No, I've never had the chance.

 

 


( )

 

A : 


jīntiān 
今天

yǒu 

kè 

mɑ? 
吗?

 

 

          Do you have class today?

 

 

B : 


jīntiān 
今天

shàngwú 
上午

yǒu 

kè. 
课。


 

   I have class this morning.

 

 

A : 

Dìyī
第一

jié 

kè 

shì 

jí 

diǎn? 
点?


 

  What time does the first class start?

 

 

B : 

Dì-yī 
第一

jié 

kè 

shì 

zǎoshɑng 
早上

jiúdiǎn. 
九点

 

  The first class is at nine in the morning.

 

 

A : 

Hǎo 

de,
的,

xièxie! 
谢谢!

 

   Great, thank you!

 

 

Sān 
Jùxíng 
句型
yǔ 
tìhuɑn
替换    
Sentence patterns and pr actice phrases


1. 

Wǒ 
我(1)

shì 

cóng 

Měiguó 
美国(2) 

láide. 
来的。


 

  I am from the United States.

 

(1)

(2)

我们

wǒmen

we

中国

Zhōngguó

China

她/他

she/he

日本

Rìběn

Japan

她们/他们

tāmen

they (female)/ (male)

加拿大

Jiānádà

Canada

你/你们

nǐ/
nǐmen

you (singular)/ (plural)

澳洲

Àozhōu

Australia








 

           

2. 

Wǒ 

jīntiān 
今天(1) 

shàngwú 
上午(2)

yǒu 

kè. 
课 。

 

  I have class this morning.

 

(1)

(2)

昨天

zuótiān

yesterday

早上

zǎoshɑng

morning

明天

míngtiān

tomorrow

中午

zhōngwǔ

noon

后天

hòutiān

day after tomorrow

下午

xiàwǔ

afternoon

大后天

dàhòutiān

3 days from now

晚上

wǎnshɑng

evening/night

 

 

 

 

 

           

3. 

Wǒ 

shì 

xué 

Yīngyǔ 
英語

de.

 

 

  I study English.

 

(1)

(2)

日语

Rìyǔ

Japanese

法律

Fǎlǜ

Law

法語

Fáyǔ

French

工商管理

Gōngshāng Guánlǐ

Business Administration

经济

Jīngjì

Economics

文学

Wénxué

Literature

Medicine

历史

Lìshǐ

History

音乐

Yīnyuè

Music

艺术

Yìshù

Art

 

 

 

 

 
 

4. 

Duìbuqǐ, 
对不起,

wǒ 

chídào 
迟到

le.
了。

Wǒ 

qù 

kànbìng 
看病

le. 
了。

 

 

  Sorry I am late. I had to see a doctor.

 

吃饭

chīfàn

to have lunch/ dinner

书店

shūdiàn

bookstore

看电影

kàn diànyǐng

at the movies

机场

jīchǎng

the airport

游泳

yóuyǒng

swimming

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