Mandarin Language Level 1Unit 5: Personal Description

Lam Kai CheeCentre for Language StudiesUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak

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In this session, you will be• introduced to the common sentences used to

describe oneself• exposed to some basic vocabularies in

describing oneself

Session objectives

• Some common sentences used to describe oneself:

or

Describing oneself

• Take note that the general measure word ‘ge’ is used for people.

• Moving on ...

• Now recall what have you learnt about numbers• Focus on number ‘2’

• In addition to being written as ,number 2 has another variation:

• Whereas is used mostly in counting, is used in expressing time, or when the figure ‘2’ is followed by a measure word such as ‘ge’

• So, you would say:

• Some vocabularies to tell people about your hobby(s):

• In a pair, – try introducing yourself to your friend in Mandarin– try understanding your friend’s self description

Shìshi kàn: now you try