Chinese link lesson 2

1. Chinese Link Lesson 2
Vocabulary
Nín guì xìng?
您贵姓？
Joanne Chen
IVC Chinese instructor
2014

2. 您 nín
(polite) you
•您贵姓？
•Nín guì xìng?
• What is your honorable last name?
• (A polite way of asking someone’s last name.)

3. 贵 guì
noble, expensive
•您贵姓？
•Nín guì xìng?
• What is your honorable last name?

4. 姓 xìng
last name
•您贵姓？
•Nín guì xìng?
• What is your honorable last name?

5. 请问 qǐngwèn
may I ask
•请问， 您贵姓？
•Qǐngwèn , nín guì xìng?
• May I ask, what is your honorable last name?

6. 的 de
particle
• 我的 wǒde
(my)
• 你的 nǐde
(your)
In Chinese, the possessive is formed by placing the particle de
after a noun to form the possessor of an object. A noun + de
is similar to apostrophe +’s construction in English.
• 他的 tāde
(his)
• 她的 tāde
(her)

7. 英文 yīngwén
English
•我的英文老师很好
• Wǒ de yīngwén lǎoshī hěn hǎo.
• My English teacher is very nice.

8. 名字 míngzi
name
•你叫什么名字？
•Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ?
• What is your name?

9. 中文 zhōngwén
Chinese
•我的中文老师很好
• Wǒ de zhōngwén lǎoshī hěn hǎo.
• My Chinese teacher is very nice.

10. 叫 jiào
call, to be called
• 你叫什么名字？
• Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ?
• What is your name?

11. tā xìng Chan (His last name Chan)
tā jiào Jacky Chan （He is called Jacky Chan)

12. 什么 shénme
what
•你叫什么名字？
•Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ?
• What is your name?

13. 什么 shénme
what Question
• Chinese sentence structure 
You called what name?
•nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
• (What is your name?)
•wǒ jiào Joanne.
• (I am called Joanne)

14. 她 tā
she
•她叫什么名字？
•tā jiào shénme míngzi ?
• What is her name?

15. 谁 shéi
who
•他是谁？
•Tā shì shéi?
• Who is he?

16. 谁“Shei?”
who question
• Who is he ?
• Chinese sentence structure
He is Who?
•  Ta shi shei?
• 他是谁？

17. 同学 tóngxué
classmate
•他是我的同学。
•Tā shì wǒde tóngxué.
• He is my classmate.

18. Introducing a person:
1. Tā xìng Chan. (His last name is Chan.)
2. Tā jiào Jacky. (He is called Jacky.)
3. Tā de míngzi jiào Jacky Chan.
(His name is called Jacky Chan.)
4. Tā de míngzī shì Jacky Chan.
(His name is Jacky Chan.)

19. “Ma?” question
• Is he your classmates?
•  He is your classmates + ma?
• tā shì nǐde tóngxué ma ma?
• 他是你的同学吗？

20. 不 bù / bú +verb
• To make a negative sentence,
simply place the adverb 不 before the verb.
• bù / bú : 不 tone changes according to the tone followed.
•不是 bú shì
•不好 bù hǎo

21. A/B dialogue presentation ( 5 sentences each)
• 1.qing wen, Ni jiao shenme mingzi?
• 2. wǒ shì xuesheng, nǐ ne?
• 3. nǐ hao ma? Zenme yang?
• 4.ta shi shei?
• 5. ni chi le ma? ni mang ma?