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Basic Mandarin Chinese | Lesson 11 | Basic Numbers and Talking about your family
This document provides a Mandarin language lesson on family terms and numbers. It includes: - Vocabulary for family members and numbers 1-10 in Mandarin with pronunciations. - Sample dialogues for having a conversation about family size in Mandarin, including translations. - Breakdowns of the sample dialogues into individual Mandarin words and phrases. - Grammar tips on measure words and tone differences in Mandarin. The document aims to teach basics of having a conversation about family in Mandarin through vocabulary lists, sample dialogues, and translations.
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- 1. To view thiswith Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 2. Nǐ hǎo Lesson 11on Basic Mandarin! To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 3. Revision English Mandarin Family, home Jiā Father Bàba Mother Māma Son Érzi Daughter Nǚ’er To viewthis with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 4. Revision English Mandarin Elder sister Jiějie Younger sister Mèimei Elderbrother Gēge Younger brother Dìdi To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 5. Revision - Familialrelations English Mandarin Colloquial My home Wǒ de jiā Wǒ jiā My father Wǒ de bàba Wǒ bàba My mother Wǒ de māma Wǒ māma My son Wǒ de érzi Wǒ érzi My daughter Wǒ de nǚ’er Wǒ nǚ’er My elder brother Wǒ de gēge Wǒ gēge My younger brother Wǒ de dìdi Wǒ dìdi My elder sister Wǒ de jiějie Wǒ jiějie My younger sister Wǒ de mèimei Wǒ mèimei To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 6. Lesson objectives 1 Numerals 2 Familialconversation To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 7. What's in storetoday? Today we will learn how to say numerals and have a small conversation regarding family! To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 8. Lesson objectives 1 Numerals 2 Familialconversation To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 9. Numerals Let us learnto read and pronounce numerals in Mandarin! We’ll start with 1-5, revise and then cover 6-10! Let’s begin! To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 10. Numerals One Yī It is pronouncedwith a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 11. Numerals Two Èr It is pronouncedwith a falling tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 12. Numerals Three Sān It is pronouncedwith a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 13. Numerals Four Sì It is pronouncedwith a falling tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 14. Numerals Five Wǔ It is pronouncedwith a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 15. Revision-Numerals English Mandarin One Yī Two Èr Three Sān Four Sì Five Wǔ Great! Now let’scover 6-10! To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 16. Numerals Six Liù It is pronouncedwith a falling tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 17. Numerals Seven Qī It is pronouncedwith a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 18. Numerals Eight Bā It is pronouncedwith a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 19. Numerals Nine Jiǔ It is pronouncedwith a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 20. Numerals Ten Shí It is pronouncedwith a mid rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 21. Revision - Numerals English Mandarin Six Liù Seven Qī Eight Bā Nine Jiǔ Ten Shí Toview this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 22. Grammar tip Remember thatpronunciation is key in Mandarin Notice that the translation for ‘ten’ is ‘Shí’ while that of ‘am’ is ‘Shì’, the only difference being that of tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 23. Lesson objectives 1 Numerals 2 Familialconversation To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 24. Familial conversation Great! Nowthat we know how to say numbers, lets learn vocabulary for a familial conversation! To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 25. Familial conversation How many/a few Jǐ It is pronounced with a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 26. Familial conversation Measure word(for family) Kǒu It is pronounced with a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 27. Revision To view thiswith Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 28. Grammar tip The literalmeaning of the word ‘Kǒu’, is ‘mouth’, as a noun However, as a measure word, ‘Kǒu’ means ‘how many’ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 29. Familial Conversation How manypeople are there in your family? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 30. Familial conversation How many people arethere in your family ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Jǐ rén yǒu nǐ jiā measure word kǒu To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 31. Familial conversation How manypeople are there in your family? Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? Literally, ‘Your family has how many (kǒu) people?' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 32. Let's see ifyou remember… To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 33. Pick the rightoption How do we say ‘How many'? 1 2 3 Jǐ Rén Kǒu To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 34. Soution How do wesay 'How many'? 1 2 3 Jǐ Rén Kǒu To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 35. Familial Conversation Moving on,in answer to the question, we say the following: My family has four people, my dad, mom, an elder brother and me, what about your family? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 36. Familial conversation To learnthis, we will break the sentence into three parts My family has four people, My dad, mom, an elder brother and me What about your family? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 37. Familial conversation My family has four people (measure word) ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Wǒ jīa yǒu sì rén kǒu Toview this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 38. Familial conversation There arefour people in my family Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén Literally, ‘my family has four (kǒu) people' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 39. Familial conversation To viewthis with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 40. Familial conversation My dad, mom, an elder brother and me ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Wǒ bàba, māma, yíge gēge hé wǒ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 41. Familial conversation My dad,mom, an elder brother and me Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé wǒ Remember that 'yí ge' means 'an' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 42. Familial conversation ‘What aboutyour family?’ is translated as ‘Your family has how many people?’ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 43. Familial conversation Your family has how many people measureword ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ rén kǒu To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 44. Familial conversation What aboutyour family? Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? Literally, ‘Your family has how many people? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 45. Familial conversation English How manypeople are there in your family? There are four people in my family My dad, mom, an elder brother and me What about your family? Mandarin Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé wǒ Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 46. Grammar tip Note that,‘How many people are there in your family?’ and ‘What about your family?’ have the same translation To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 47. Let's see ifyou remember… To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 48. Pick the rightoption How do we say 'There are four people in my family' ? 1 2 3 Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén Yě wǒ shì rén To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 49. Solution How do wesay 'There are four people in my family' ? 1 2 3 Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén Yě wǒ shì rén To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 50. Moving on… In replyto this conversation, we say ‘There are five people in my family, my dad, mum, an older brother, an older sister and me’ We shall break this into two again To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 51. Familial conversation ‘There arefive people in my family’, translates as ‘My family has five people’ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 52. Familial conversation My family has five people (measure word) ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ rén kǒu Toview this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 53. Familial conversation There arefive people in my family Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén Literally, ‘My family has five (kǒu) people' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 54. Familial conversation ‘My dad,mum, an older brother, an older sister and me’ is translated literally To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 55. Familial conversation My dad mom elder brother eldersister and me ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Wǒ bàba māma gēge jiějie hé wǒ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 56. Familial conversation My dad,mom, elder brother, elder sister and me Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 57. Let’s see ifyou remember… To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 58. Pick the rightoption How do you say ‘My dad, mom, elder brother, elder sister and me’? 1 2 Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 59. Solution How do yousay ‘My dad, mom, elder brother, elder sister and me’? 1 2 Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 60. Pick the rightoption How do we say ‘And me’? 1 2 3 Hé wǒ Kǒu rén Wǒ jīa To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 61. Solution How do wesay ‘And me’? 1 2 3 Hé wǒ Kǒu rén Wǒ jīa To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 62. Let’s revise! English How manypeople are there in your family? There are four people in my family My dad, mom, an elder brother and me Mandarin Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé wǒ What about your family? Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? There are five people in my family Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén My dad, mum, older brother, older sister and me Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 63. Culture leaf To viewthis with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 64. Culture leaf Tea culturein China differs from that of Europe, Britain or Japan in such things as preparation methods, tasting methods and the occasions for which it is consumed In addition to being a drink, Chinese tea is used in traditional Chinese medicine and in Chinese cuisine To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 65. Culture leaf In modernChina, virtually every dwelling — even down to the simplest mud hut — has a set of tea implements for brewing a hot cup of tea These implements are symbols of welcome for visitors or neighbours To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 66. Culture leaf China alsoboasts of a tea museum located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China The exhibitions display tea production, and different kinds of tea To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
- 67. What's next? In thenext lesson we will learn about occupations! To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin
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