Prof. LiUniversidad Del Este

Review• Finals (ai , ei, ui, ao, ou, iu)• Numbers• Names for days of the week and months • Reading dates

ai ei uibái: white hēi: black guī: turtle

ao ou iutáo: peach kǒu: mouth niú: ox

Practice

Chinese character numbers in pinyin English

零 líng Zero

一 yī One

二 èr Two

三 sān Three

四 sì Four

五 wǔ Five

六 liù Six

七 qī Seven

八 bā Eight

九 jiǔ Nine

十 shí Ten

bǎi 百 : hundredqiān 千 : thousandwàn 万 : ten thousand

qián tiān 前天 :the day before yesterdayzuó tiān 昨天： yesterdayjīn tiān 今天： todaymíng tiān 明天： tomorrowhòu tiān 后天 : the day after tomorrow

shì 是 : am is are(be)

rì 日 day yuè 月 month nián 年 year

I’ll be able to

• Pronounce more finals (ie, üe, er, an, en, in) and sample vocabulary

• Engage in conversations: how to ask and answer nationality

ie• jié: holiday

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKARZhxcZtM

üe• xué xí: study

er• ěr duǒ: ear

an• kàn: look

en• hěn hǎo: very good

in• yín háng: bank

Nationality

波多黎各 bō duō lí gè: Puerto Rico

中国 zhōng guó: China

美国 měi guó: America

加拿大 jiā ná dà: Canada

澳大利亚 ào dà lì yà: Australia

新西兰 xīn xī lán: New Zealand

英国 yĪng guó: UK

法国 fǎ guó: France

德国 dé guó： Germany

意大利 yì dà lì: Italy

西班牙 xī bān yá:Spain

葡萄牙 pú táo yá: Portugal

日本 rì běn: Japan

韩国 hán guó: Korea

泰国 tài guó: Thailand

墨西哥 mò xī gē: Mexico

巴西 bā xī: Brazil

阿根廷 ā gēn tíng: Argentina

智利 zhì lì: Chile

New words about nationality• Shì(v.): to be• nǎ (Pron.): where• guó (n.): country• rén (n.): people, citizen• dōu (adv.): all

wŏ shì … rén.tā shì … rén.

Stating my nationality

•wŏ shì Bōduōlígè Rén. I’m Puerto Rican.• tā yě shì Bōduōlígè Rén. He/She is also Puerto Rican.•wŏmen dōu shì Bōduōlígè Rén. We are all Puerto Ricans.

Guessing about nationality

A: nĭ shì bōduōlígè rén ma? Are you Puerto Rican?B: shì, wŏ shì bōduōlígè rén. Yes,I’m Puerto Rican.

Guessing about nationalityA: nĭ shì bāxĪ rén ma? Are you Brazilian?B: bú shì, wŏ bú shì bāxĪ rén, wŏ shì bōduōlígè rén. No,I’m not Brazilian, I’m Puerto Rican.

Guessing about nationality

A: nĭ shì bōduōlígè rén ma? Are you Puerto Rican?B: shì, wŏ shì bōduōlígè rén. Yes,I’m Puerto Rican.

Let’s practice(positive)Singular Plural

Wŏ shì bōduōlígè rén. Wŏ men shì bōduōlígè rén.

nǐ shì bōduōlígè rén. nǐ men shì bōduōlígè rén.

tā yě shì bōduōlígè Rén. tā men yě shì bōduōlígè Rén.

Let’s practice(negative)Singular Plural

Wŏ bù shì bōduōlígè rén. Wŏ men bù shì bōduōlígè rén.

nǐ bùshì bōduōlígè rén. nǐ men bù shì bōduōlígè rén.

tā yě bùshì bōduōlígè Rén.

tā men yě bùshì bōduōlígè Rén.

Instructions (Feb 26th)• 1.The purpose of this exercise is to determine your progress

in understanding vocabulary, phrases and statements in MandarinPīnyīn.• 2.The teacher reads the Item #; and the students are allowed

15 seconds to read the item’s alternatives.• 3.The teacher will read a prompt three (3) times at normal

speed,and then, proceed to the next.

Because this is a Listening Comprehension exercise, the teacher is unable to repeat any item.

EXAMPLE1. ________________________ a. nĭ hǎo! b. nĭ ne c. Xiè xie 2.__________________________ a. zǎoshang hǎo! b. Xìng huì xìng huì! c. Xiè xie 3.___________________________ a. Xiè xie b. Xìng huì c. Wǎnshang hǎo!

Teacher’s expectations

• Review finals (ie, üe, er, an, en, in)• Practice and teach others how to ask and

answer about nationalities in Mandarin