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Around the world - Countries in Chinese
- 1. Around the world 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì
- 2. New words 中国 澳大利亚 zhōng guó ào dà lì yà
- 5. 西班牙 巴基斯坦 xī bān yá bā jī sī tǎn
- 7. the world shì jiè guó fǎ guó yīng guó ào dà lì yà Country/natio n France China zhōng guó měi guó U.K U.S.A Germany dé guó India yìn dù xī bān yá Australia Spain rì běn bā jī sī tǎn Japan Pakistan
- 8. Grammar: Country/nationality/language To talk about nationality in Chinese, usually you add 人 (rén, person) after the name of the country. To say the name of a language, change 国 (guó) into 语 (yǔ) which means language. Country Nationality Language 法国 法国人 法语 fǎ guó fǎ guó rén fǎ yǔ 英国 英国人 英语 yīng guó yīng guó rén yīng yǔ
- 9. Grammar: Country/nationality/language For those countries without 国 (guó), you often just add 语 yǔ to the end. 文 wén (as we learned in Jinbu 1) is also used for languages. Country Nationality 西班牙 西班牙人 xī bān yá Language 西班牙语 /文 xī bān yá rén xī bān yá yǔ/wén 日本 日本人 rì běn rì běn rén 日语 / 日文 rì yǔ / rì wén
- 10. Things to know The Chinese Language In Chinese, the Chinese language has two names: 中文 and 汉语 (hàn yǔ) 。 Why do we call Chinese langauge hàn yǔ? 汉 comes from Han，the name of the main ethnic group in China. 汉语 means “language of the Han people”. What’s “Mandarin” ? Mandarin is the standard language that people use in China. In Chinese we call it 普通话 pǔ tōng huà.
- 11. Review the grammar 岁 Do you still remember How to say “age” in Chinese? 是 How to say the verb “to be” (am, is, are) in Chinese? 会 How to say the verb “can” in Chinese?
- 12. “To speak/to say” in Chinese In Chinese, “说” (shuō) means “to speak or to say” in English. Speak Chinese, we can say “说中文”， Can speak Chinese, we can say “会说中 文”。 I can speak Chinese = 我会说中文。 Still remember how to say “India” in Chinese? The language used in India is Hindi. In Chinese is: 印地语 (yìn dì yǔ).
- 13. Grammar: use of 哪 nǎ 哪 means which and it’s a question word. 哪国人 literally means “which country person? And is used to ask about nationality. 你是哪国人？ = what nationality are you? To answer, we say: 我是_________人。 Now, please practise with your partner asking and answering by using the above sentence structures in Chinese.
- 14. Grammar: use of 哪 nǎ Similarly, 哪 can be used in 哪个人? = which person? or 哪只猫? = which cat? Can you work out the meaning of this sentence? 你喜欢哪只猫？ It means which cat do you like? As you might have already noticed, you need a measure word between “哪” and the noun.
- 15. Let’s move to listening exercise 4. Before the listening exercise. Let’s quickly review words about weather. How to say “weather” in Chinese? How to say “hot” and “very hot” in Chinese? How to say “Beijing’s weather” in Chinese? How to say like and dislike in Chinese? How to say do you like Beijing’s weather? 你喜欢北京的天气吗？