• Prof. Li
• Universidad Del Este
Review
of Greetings
GREETINGS
nǐ hǎo
你 好
nín hǎo
您 好
xiè xiè
谢 谢
bú kè qi
不客气
duì bù qǐ
对不起
méi guān xi
没 关 系
Zài jiàn
再 见
ACTFL
http://www.actfl.org/publications/gu
idelines-and-manuals/actflproficiency-guidelines-2012/english
European Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commo
n_European_Framework_of_Referen
ce_for_Languages
Power Speak
http://www.suagm.edu/une/
Reflection of KWL
Color in China
RED
White
Yellow
Green
One-child policy
toilet
You’ll be able to
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Learn more basic expressions
Learn pinyin in a general way
Learn initials and finals in a general way
Learn 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese
Basic Expressions 2
zǎo shàng hǎo
早 上 好
días
buenos
morning good
Good morning
xià wǔ
hǎo
下 午
好
tardes
buenos
afternoon good
Good afternoon
wǎn shàng hǎo
晚 上
好
evening
good
noches
buenos
Good evening
Practice
Introduction of Pinyin
The consists of Mandarin Chinese
Pinyin
Chinese
character
Pictures of pinyin and Chinese
characters
nǐ hǎo
你 好
xiè xiè
谢 谢
duì bù qǐ
对不起
nín hǎo
您 好
bú kè qi
不客气
méi guān xi
没 关 系
• Putonghua is the common language of the
Han ethnic group in China. It's standard
Chinese language. It's Mandarin and official.
It's based on Beijing phonetics and the dialect
of the northern China.
• There are two system in written Chinese. One
is simplified, the other is traditional. The
simplified is used in Mainland. The traditional
is used by Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and
overseas Chinese communities.
Pinyin
Chinese Phonetic System
One syllable＝initial ＋final＋tone
• initials
• There are 23
initials in
Mandarin
Chinese
• finals
• There are 24
finals in
Mandarin
Chinese
Introduction of initial
initial
• The initial refers to a consonant which appears
in the initial position of a syllable
Song of Pīnyīn Initials
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3plQP1
60E&list=PLB6266DC316090F76 (1.2 min)
Introduction of final
finals
• appear in the final position of a syllable
Song of Pīnyīn finals
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sS5f5u6
QGA ((29 sec))
Introduction of Tones
TONES
1. Definition
• Chinese is tone language. By tone language I
mean the language in which every word has
its specific tone or tones.
2. Importance
• Tones can distinguish meanings. Different
tones have different meanings. For example,
the four pinyin have the same initial and final.
They are different only in tones.
Tones
1st tone
2nd tone
3rd tone
4th tone
In a syllable, the tone falls on the vowels: a, o, e, I, u, Ü;
e.g. ā
á
ă
à
• Where to place tone marks?
• Generally, put it on the major vowel of the
"final". Then what's the major vowels? It's
that one that appears ahead according to the
order "a o e i u ü".
e.g.
in “hao”, “a” comes before “o”, so we have
“hǎo”
• Some words have unstressed syllables which
one toneless and therefore they are not given
tone marks. Eg. Xiè xie
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5BTf0MB7k
• Tones start from 2:00