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Daily Conversation
Let’s review what we learned in Lesson 1. We learned Self Introduction.
Could you introduce yourself in Chinese?
Today, we learn how to introduce your family.
This is my mom.
In Chinese, 这是我的妈妈。 (zhè shì wǒ de mā ma)
This is my dad.
In Chinese, 这是我的爸爸。 (zhè shì wǒ de bà ba)
PinYin
What’s Pinyin? Pinyin is “spelling sound” or “phonetics” of Chinese.
It expresses the sounds in the Chinese language using the alphabet. Pinyin is also the most common way to input Chinese characters into a computer. Although Pinyin and English both use the alphabet, many letters are not expressed with the same sounds that English uses.
We learned “a” as in “father” in Lesson 1.
Mandarin Chinese has four pitched tones and a “toneless” tone. Different tone expresses different meaning.
Four tones of “a” is pronounced like this.
In today’s lesson, we learn “o“, approximately as in “office”, but the lips are much more rounded.
Four tones of “o” like this.
Vocabulary
We learned three words in Lesson 1.
Name, 名字 (míng zi)
I, 我 (wǒ)
You, 你 (nǐ)
In today’s lesson, we learn 3 new words.
My, 我的 (wǒ de)
Mom, 妈妈 (mā ma)
Dad, 爸爸 (bà ba)
Review
Let’s review what we learned today.
We learned Family Introduction.
This is my mom.
In Chinese, 这是我的妈妈。 (zhè shì wǒ de mā ma)
This is my dad.
In Chinese, 这是我的爸爸。 (zhè shì wǒ de bà ba)
Dialog Practice
Let’s do a dialog practice.
I am going to introduce my self first, then introduce my mom and my dad, then, Amy’s turn. OK?
Let’s use English first.
In Chinese,