Welcome to Our Beginner Chinese Class

Sponsored by MCLS and BMW (Bless Me Wag)

About the beginners class

• We are Nora and Albert• Nora• wsheng@student.unimelb.edu.com• Albert• sometime5858@gmail.com

What do you think about Chinese?

CHINESEISA

B*TCH!

Syllabus

• Week 3: Greeting & goodbye – Hi. Hello. How are you?• Week 4: Introducing yourself – I am a uni student. • Week 5: Number & counting – This year is 2015. I’m

turning 23.• Week 6: Time and chronical units – 5 hours, 20 minutes

and 32 seconds• Week 7: Directions – Which way will you run?• Week 8: Family tree – How do you call the mother of

your mom?• Week 9: Hobby – You like playing sports? So do I. • Week 10: Jobs and occupations – What you want to do

in the future?

Learning outcomes-Doing a detailed self-introduction

-Know the most commonly used expressions

-Can write 25-40 Chinese Characters

-Know how to pronounce a character using

Pinyin

-Design a Chinese name for yourself

Some Housekeeping Issues

Intonations• Phonemes• Intonation assigning• Intonations are crucial in Chinese as they

indicate different characters being used

Expressions你好早上好 / 下午好 / 晚上好

谢谢不客气对不起没关系你好吗我很高兴认识你再见

HelloGood morning/afternoon/eveningThank you.You’re welcome.Sorry.It doesn’t matter.How are you.It’s very nice to meet you.Goodbye.

Practice

A: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。 Good evening. My name is xxx. B: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。 Good evening. My name is xxxA: 你好吗？ How are you?B: 我很好，谢谢。你好吗？ I am good, thanks. How are you?A: 我也很好。我很高兴认识你。 I am good, too. It is nice to meet you.B: 我也很高兴认识你。 It is nice to meet you, too.A: 再见。 Goodbye.B: 再见。 Goodbye.

你好早上好 / 下午好 / 晚上好

谢谢不客气对不起没关系你好吗我很高兴认识你再见

HelloGood morning/afternoon/eveningThank you.You’re welcome.Sorry.It doesn’t matter.How are you.It’s very nice to meet you.Goodbye.

Dialogue for this week• A: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。• Good evening. My name is xxx. • B: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。• Good evening. My name is xxx

• A: 你好吗？• How are you?

• B: 我很好，谢谢。你好吗？• I am good, thanks. How are you?

• A: 我也很好。我很高兴认识你。• I am good, too. It is nice to meet you.

• B: 我也很高兴认识你。• It is nice to meet you, too.

• A: 再见。 Goodbye.

• B: 再见。 Goodbye.