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Welcome to the Welcome to the Mandarin Mandarin

Chinese lessonChinese lesson

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

Sentence patterns:Sentence patterns: Hello/exchange greetingHello/exchange greeting

What’s your name?What’s your name?

Saying who you are and asking who other people areSaying who you are and asking who other people are

Describing peopleDescribing people VocabularyVocabulary on greeting and parts of the bodyon greeting and parts of the body

Culture:Culture: Chinese nameChinese name

Do you know?Do you know?

How do Chinese people greet each other? How do Chinese people greet each other? How do you say “hello” in Mandarin Chinese?How do you say “hello” in Mandarin Chinese? Do you have a special meaning in your name?Do you have a special meaning in your name?

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Chinese NamesChinese Names

Surname + first nameSurname + first name for example: John Smithfor example: John Smith Smith JohnSmith John

Special and good meaningsSpecial and good meanings girls’ names: mei, zhen, li, yun, feng, yan, yugirls’ names: mei, zhen, li, yun, feng, yan, yu boys’ names: hai, shan, tian, wei, hang, long boys’ names: hai, shan, tian, wei, hang, long

Wǒ Wǒ 我 我 II Nǐ Nǐ 你 你 YouYou Tā Tā 他 他 He/she/ItHe/she/It Jiào Jiào 叫 叫 to callto call shēn me shēn me 什么 什么 WhatWhat

Can you say?Can you say?• nǐ hǎo! Nǐjiàonǐ hǎo! Nǐjiào shēn me shēn me

你好你好 ! ! 你 叫 什 么你 叫 什 么 ?? ( (What’s your name?)What’s your name?)• wǒ jiào míngmíngwǒ jiào míngmíng

我 叫 明 明我 叫 明 明 . ( . ( My name is Mingming.)My name is Mingming.)

How to ask who other people are?How to ask who other people are?

• tā jiào shēn me?tā jiào shēn me?他叫什么他叫什么 ??

• tā jiào …tā jiào …他叫他叫 JackJack

tā jiào shēn me tā jiào shēn me ??他叫什么他叫什么 ??

tā jiào tā jiào ……他叫…他叫…

tā jiào shēn mē tā jiào shēn mē ??

tā jiào tā jiào ……

Today we shall study the face – in Mandarin

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How do you say…? How do you say…? Let’s play a game!Let’s play a game!

How do you say…? How do you say…? Let’s play a game!Let’s play a game!

What have you learnt today?What have you learnt today?

HelloHello

What’s your name?What’s your name?

My name is…My name is… Describe people: parts of the body and Describe people: parts of the body and

adjectivesadjectives Culture: Chinese name Culture: Chinese name