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Lesson 1: Self Introduction

Time:2014-11-29Source:Internet
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Daily Conversation

Today, we are going to learn how to make a self introduction. Before that, we learn a short greeting. Usually before we introduce our self, we say hello.

Hello! or Hi!

In Chinese, 你好! (nǐ hǎo)

Aihua Hello
 
  hǎo
Amy
  hǎo

Next, we learn how to make a self introduction.

Aihua I’m Aihua. In Chinese,
 
  shì ài huá  
  What’s your name?
Amy I’m Amy.
Aihua In Chinese, you say
 
  shì ài  
Amy
  shì ài  
Aihua I’m 30 years old. In Chinese,
 
  sān shí suì le  
  How old are you, Amy?
Amy I’m 5 years old.
Aihua In Chinese, you say
 
  suì le  
Amy
  suì le  

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.

Today, we learn a as in father.

Aihua a
Amy a

Tones

Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. It has four pitched tones and a toneless tone. Different tone expresses different meaning.

Four tones of a are pronounced like this.

Aihua ā á ǎ à
Amy ā á ǎ à

Vocabulary

Today, we are going to learn three words.

Name, 名字 (míng zi)

I,  (wǒ)

You,  (nǐ)

Aihua Name
 
  míng zi
Amy
  míng zi
Aihua I
 
 
Amy
 
Aihua You
 
 
Amy
 

Review

Let’s review what we learned today. We learned Self Introduction.

Aihua I’m Aihua, I’m 30 years old.
  In Chinese,
 
  shì ài huá  
 
  sān shí suì le  
  Could you introduce yourself in Chinese, Amy?
Amy
  shì ài  
 
  suì le  

Dialog Practice

Pretend we meet each other at first time. I am going to introduce myself to you, and then you are going to introduce yourself to me. First, we are going to use English, then use Chinese.

Aihua Hello!
  I’m Aihua,
  I’m 30 years old.
Amy Hello!
  I’m Amy,
  I’m 5 years old.

In Chinese,

Aihua
  hǎo  
 
  shì ài huá  
 
  sān shí suì le  
Amy
  hǎo  
 
  shì ài  
 
  suì le  
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