1) Joanne introduces Wenzhong to her roommate Wang Hong and her friend Wenzhong. 2) Wang Hong asks Li Wenzhong if he has roommates, to which he replies that he has two roommates. 3) When asked their names, Li Wenzhong responds that his two roommates are Ding Ming and Fang Xiaowen, and that they are both Chinese, as he often speaks Chinese with them.

1. Chinese Link
Lesson 5
Introductions
介绍
Jièshào
Language in Use
Joanne Chen
IVC Chinese instructor
2015

2. •Wu Xiao Mei: wénzhōng, lái!
(Wenzhong, come here.)
• wǒ lái jièshào yíxià, zhè shì wǒ shìyǒu, wáng hóng.
• (Let me introduce you. This is my roommate Wang Hong.)
• zheshì wǒ péngyǒu, wénzhōng.
(This is my friend Wenzhong.)
•Li wenzhong: nǐhǎo.
(Hello.)
•Wang Hong: nǐhǎo. nǐ yǒu shìyǒu ma?
(Hello, do you have roommates?)
课文 Text
Language In Use page 74

3. •Li wenzhong: Yǒu, wǒ yǒu shìyǒu.
(Yes, I have roommates.)
•Wang Hong: nǐ yǒu jǐge shìyǒu?
(How many roommates do you have?)
•Li wenzhong: wǒ yǒu liǎngge shìyǒu.
(I have two roommates.)
•Wang Hong: tāmen dōu shì shéi?
(Who are they?)
课文 Text
Language In Use page 74

4. 课文 Text
Language In Use page 75
•Li wenzhong:
•tāmen shì Dīngmíng hé Fāng xiǎowén.
(They are Ding Ming and Fang xiaowen.)
Tāmen dōu shì zhōngguó rén.
(Both of them are Chinese.)
wǒ cháng gēn tāmen shuō zhōngwén.
(I often speak Chinese with them.)

5. 中文课文 Text
Language In Use page 66
吴小美：文中，来！我来介绍一下。
这是我室友，王红。 这是我朋友，文中。
李文中： 你好，
王红： 你好。你有室友吗？
李文中： 有,我有室友。
王红： 你有几个室友?
李文中： 我有两个室友。
王红： 他们都是谁？
李文中： 他们是丁明和方小文。他们都是中国人。
我常跟他们说中文。

6. Sentences with Have and Not Have
有 / 没有 yǒu (have) / měi yǒu (not have)
•Wǒ yǒu yíge shìyǒu.
• 我有一个室友。
(I have one roommate.)
•Wǒ méiyǒu shìyǒu.
• 我没有室友。
• (I don’t have any roommates.)
•Nǐ yǒu shì yǒu ma?
• 你有室友吗？
• (Do you have roommates?)
Textbook page 75-76

7. Question with 几 jǐ
•你有几本书？
• Nǐ yǒu jǐ běn shū? (How many books do you have?)
•你有几个老师？
• Nǐ yǒu jǐ ge lǎoshī shī? (How many teachers do you have?)
•你有几个哥哥？
• Nǐ yǒu jǐ ge gēge ? (How many older brothers do you have?)
Textbook Page 76
Question word + Measure word + Noun
Jǐ + ge + rén
(how many people?)

8. 常cháng (often) + Verb
• Often to do something
•Wǒmen cháng shuō zhōngwén.
• (we often speak Chinese.)
•Wǒmen bùcháng shuō yīngwén..
• (We do not speak English often.)
•Wǒ cháng gēn wǒde péngyǒu shuō zhōngwén.
• (I often speak Chinese with my friends.)

9. The Adverb 都dōu
textbook page 77
• Sentence Order
Subject + 都 + Verb + Object
•IVC de lǎoshī dōu hěn máng.
• (All of ivc’s teachers are very busy.)
•Wǒ gēn tā dōu xué zhōng wén.
• (Both me and him are learning Chinese.)
(A+B )+Dou +Verb
Both / All (two and above)

10. Dōu shì 都是
•Tāmen dōu shì zhōngguó rén.
• (They are all Chinese.)
•Wǒmen dōu xué gōngchéng.
• (We all study engineering.)
•Lǎoshī hé xuéshēng dōu shuō zhōngwén.
• (The teacher and students all speak Chinese.)
Textbook page 77

11. Dōu with bù
都 /不
•Wǒmen dōu búshì rì běn rén.
• (None of use is Japanese.)
•Wǒmen bù dōu shì rì běn rén.
• (Not all of us are Japanese.)
Textbook page 77

12. yě dōu 也都
•Tāmen yě dōu shì zhōngguó ren.
• (They are also Chinese.)
•Wǒmen yě dōu xué gōngchéng.
• (All of us also study engineers.)
Textbook page 77