Presentation to WIT-LA for beginner Mandarin Chinese class

1. GETTING PAST NI HAO
Terri Batch
Tel: 818-795-3636
Email: newhorizons.chinese@gmail.com

2. SOME HOUSEKEEPING RULES
Everyone must participate
Mistakes are encouraged!
No laughing or making fun of others mistakes
Questions and clarification welcomed
Have fun!
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3. TODAY’S CLASS
Introduction to Chinese pronunciation using pinyin
Takeaway Phrases
Basic Pronouns
Greetings
Dinner/Banquet Phrases
Chinese language resource sheet
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4. WHAT IS PINYIN?
Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音; pinyin: pīnyīn), is currently the
most commonly used romanization system for Standard
Mandarin . Pīnyīn means "phonetics", or more literally,
Source: Wikipedia
"spelling sound" or "spelled sound".
The system is only for Standard Mandarin, not for other
Chinese languages. The system is now used in mainland
China, Hong Kong, Macau, parts of Taiwan, Malaysia and
Singapore to teach Mandarin Chinese and internationally
to teach Mandarin as a second language.
It is also often used to spell Chinese names in foreign
publications and can be used to enter Chinese characters on
computers and cell phones.
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5. LET’S LEARN THE BASICS OF PINYIN
Initials/Consonants
There are 20 consonant letters used. Letter 'V' is not
used. Three consonants are represented by
combinations of two letters - 'zh', 'ch' and 'sh':
b p m f
d t n l
g k h
j q x
z c s
zh ch sh r
y w
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6. LET’S LEARN THE BASICS OF PINYIN
Finals/Vowels
There are 6 vowel letters used:
a o e i u ü
Tones
There are 4 tones in pinyin
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
__ / /
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7. LET’S PRACTICE THE SOUNDS…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwyQK62tO_U
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8. SOME MORE BASICS
I - wǒ
You - nǐ
We - wǒ men
You all - nǐ men
It/He/She – tā
Them - tā men
Is/Am/Are - shì
Mandarin is easy! No gender specific nouns and no
conjugation of verbs… just listen for the tones!
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9. NOW THAT WE’VE GOTTEN SOME OF THE
BASICS DOWN….
nǐ hǎo
Hello.
nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ?
What is your name?
wǒ jiào _______.
My name is _______.
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10. ROLE PLAY - GREETINGS
Pick a partner
Practice for 5 minutes introductions
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11. DINNER/BANQUET
chī fàn
To eat
hěn hǎo chī
Very good to eat
gān bēi
Cheers
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12. SOME FINAL PHRASES TO LEARN
wǒ hěn gāo xìng rèn shí nǐ .
I’m very happy to meet you.
xiè xiè
Thank you
zài jiàn
Good bye
qǐng
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13. LET’S PRACTICE SOME MORE…
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14. WANT TO KEEP LEARNING?
Chinese language resource handout
Classes at local universities & community
colleges
More sessions with WIT-LA
Remember – Practice, practice, practice!
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15. THANK YOU!
Terri Batch
Tel: 818-795-3636
Email: newhorizons.chinese@gmail.com
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