Lesson 1 nǐ hǎo

Sentence:

 A: nǐ hǎo ! (hello!)

B: nǐ hǎo ! (hello!)

Hello ! nǐ: you hǎo: good, fine

 Notes:

1.  There are four tones in Chinese.

ā á ǎ à

2. If there are two third tone syllables together, first one should pronounce as second tone.

For example: nǐ hǎo ! ----- we should pronounce as: ----- ní hǎo !

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Lesson 2 wǎnshang hǎo

Sentence:

A: wǎnshang hǎo ! (good evening!)

B: wǎnshang hǎo ! (good evening!)

wǎnshang: evening, night. hǎo: good, fine

Notes:

1. “shang” here is a neutral tone, we should pronounce softer and shorter.

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Lesson 3 xièxie

Sentence:

A: xièxie! (thank!)

B: bú xiè ! (you are welcome!)

xiè: to thank bú: no, not

Notes:

1.  “ bú xiè” is literally translated as “ no need to thank.”

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Lesson 4 nǐ hǎo ma ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ hǎo ma ? ( how are you? )

B: wŏ hĕn hǎo. (I am fine.)

ma: a particle wŏ : i , me hĕn: very

Notes:

1. In Chinese, “ma” can be put after a statement sentence, and change it into a general question sentence.

Statement sentence : nǐ hǎo.

General question sentence: nǐ hǎo ma?

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Lesson 5 nǐ chī le ma ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ chī le ma ? (have you eaten?)

B: wŏ chī le. (yes)

Hái méiyŏu. (haven’t yet)

chi: to eat le: a particle , indicate the completion of action.

hái: yet méiyŏu: no, not, without

 Notes:

1. “le” is a particle , which is put after verb to indicate completion of action.

2. “méiyŏu” means “haven’t, didn’t, be not doing etc.” “bù” means “don’t, won’t ”

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Lesson 6 Review

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Lesson 7 nǐ shì lǎoshī ma ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ shì lǎoshī ma ? (Are you a teacher ? )

B: wŏ shì. (Yes, I am.)

wŏ bú shì. (No, I am not.)

shì: to be lǎoshī: teacher bú: no, not

Notes:

1. for “shì” sentence,

affirmative sentence pattern can be :

subject + shì + object.

E.g. wŏ shì lǎoshī.

negative sentence pattern can be:

subject + bú shì + object.

E.g. wŏ bú shì lǎoshī.

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Lesson 8 nǐ shì xuésheng ma ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ shì xuésheng ma ? (Are you a student ? )

B: wŏ shì. (Yes, I am.)

wŏ bú shì. (No, I am not.)

xuésheng: student

A: zàijiàn ! (good bye! )

B: zàijiàn ! (good bye! )

Zài: again jiàn: to see

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Lesson 9 nǐ shì zhōngguó rén ma?

Sentence:

A: nǐ shì zhōngguó rén ma? (Are you Chinese?)

B: bú shì , wŏ shì hánguó rén. (No, I am Korean.)

zhōngguó: China rén: person, people hánguó: korea

Notes:

1. “ country name + rén” means the people from this country. E.g.

zhōngguó rén: Chinese

hánguó rén: Korean

xīnjiāpō rén: Singaporean

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Lesson 10 nǐ shì xīnjiāpō rén ma?

Sentence:

A: nǐ shì xīnjiāpō rén ma? ( Are you a Singaporean ?)

B: wŏ bú shì xīnjiāpō rén, nǐ ne ? (I am not a Singaporean, how about you ?)

A: wŏ bú shì . (I am not.)

Xīnjiāpō: Singapore nǐ ne: how about you ? (“ne” is a particle.)

Notes:

1. “ne” is a particle , it can be put after a noun to indicate “how about … ?” E.g.

nǐ ne ? : how about you ?

lǎoshī ne ? : how about teacher?

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Lesson 11 wŏ yĕ hĕn hǎo

Sentence:

A: nǐ hǎo ma ? (How are you?)

B: wŏ hĕn hǎo. Nĭ ne ? (I am fine, how about you?)

wŏ yĕ hĕn hǎo. (I am fine too.)

yĕ: too, also.

Notes:

1. “yĕ” is an adv, in Chinese, adv is always put before predicative adjective or predicative verb. E.g.

wŏ yĕ shì xīnjiāpō rén. (I am also a Singaporean.)

wŏ yĕ chī le. (I have eaten too.)

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Lesson 12 Review 2

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Lesson 13 nǐ huì shuō huáyŭ ma ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ huì shuō huáyŭ ma ? (Can you speak Chinese ? )

B: wŏ huì. (Yes, I can.)

wŏ bú huì. (No, I can’t.)

wŏ huì shuō yì diǎnr. (Yes, I can speak a bit.)

huì: to know how to shuō: to speak huáyŭ: Mandarin yì diǎnr: a little, a bit

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Lesson 14 nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ? (What is your name ?)

B: wŏ jiào Paula. (My name is Paula.)

jiào: to call shénme : what míngzi: name

Notes:

1. In Chinese language, for What, Which,When, Where, Why, How etc , this kind of interrogative sentence, the order is as same as statement sentence, you just put the question word into the part you want to ask, then will form the question sentence. E.g.

Statement sentence: Wŏ jiào Paula.

Question sentence: Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ?

Statement sentence: Wŏ zhù zài Kallang.

Question sentence: Nĭ zhù zài nǎli ?

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Lesson 15 nǐ shì nǎ guó rén ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ shì nǎ guó rén ? ( Which country are you from ?)

B: wŏ shì hánguó rén. ( I am Korean. )

wŏ shì zhōngguó rén. (I am Chinese. )

wŏ shì xīnjiāpō rén. (I am Singaporean. )

nǎ: which guó: country

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Lesson 16 nǐ zhù zài nǎli ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ zhù zài nǎli ? ( Where do you stay at? )

B: wŏ zhù zài Kallang. Nĭ ne ? (I stay in Kallang. How about you? )

wŏ zhù zài Hougang. (I stay in Hougang.)

zhù: to stay zài: at, in

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Lesson 18 Shuí shì lǎoshī?

Sentence:

A: Shuí shì lǎoshī ? (Who is teacher ? )

B: Paula shì lǎoshī . (Paula is teacher.)

A: Brian shì shuí ? ( Who is Brian ?)

B: Brian shì wŏ de péngyŏu. (Brian is my friend.)

Shuí: who, whom wŏ de : my, mine péngyŏu: friend

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 Lesson 19 nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò ? (What job do you do ?)

B: wŏ shì huáyŭ lǎoshī. (I am mandarin teacher.)

zuò: to do gōngzuò: work, job

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Lesson 20 nǐ de bàba hǎo ma?

Sentence:

A: nǐ de bàba hǎo ma? ( How is your father ?)

B: wŏ de bàba hĕn hǎo. ( My father is fine. )

A: nǐ de gēge hǎo ma? ( How is your elder brother ?)

B: wŏ méiyŏu gēge. ( I don’t have elder brother. )

Nǐ de: your bàba: dad gēge : elder brother māma: mum méiyŏu: to have not

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Lesson 21 nǐ zhù zài nǎli ?

Sentence:

A: nǐ yŏu jiĕjie ma ?

B: wŏ méiyŏu jiĕjie.

A: nǐ yŏu dìdi ma ?

B: wŏ yŏu dìdi.

yŏu: you jiĕjie: elder sister dìdi: younger brother mèimei: younger sister

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Lesson 22 Review 4

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Lesson 23 shùzì 1

Numbers 1:

shùzì: number fācái: to get rice sǐ: to die

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Lesson 24 xīngqī yī dào xīngqī tiān ?

Days:

Dào: to

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Lesson 25 jīntiān xīngqī jǐ?

Sentence:

A: jīntiān xīngqī jǐ? (What day is today? )

B: jīntiān xīngqī sì. (Today is Thursday. )

A: míngtiān xīngqī jǐ? ( What day is tomorrow ?)

B: míngtiān xīngqī wŭ. ( Tomorrow is Friday. )

A: míngtiān jiàn ! (See you tomorrow!)

A: míngtiān jiàn ! (See you tomorrow!)

Jīntiān: today xīngqī: week jǐ: how many, how much míngtiān: tomorrow

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Lesson 26 shùzì 2

Numbers 2 :

b ǎi: hundred

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Lesson 27 Review 5

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Lesson 28 rìqī

Month :

Rìqī: date

In Chinese , the expression of date will start with month, then followed by date, for example : 1 st of May wŭ yuè yī hào

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Lesson 29 jīntiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?

Sentences:

A: Jīntiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào? (What is the date today ?)

B: Jīntiān 3 yuè 12 hào. (Today is March 12.)

A: Míngtiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ? (What is the date tomorrow? )

B: Míngtiān 3 yuè 13 hào. (Tomorrow is March 13.)

jǐ yuè: which month jǐ hào: which date

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Lesson 30 shíjiān

shíjiān: time di ǎn: o’clock ling: zero fēn : minute bàn: half

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Lesson 31 xiànzài jǐ diǎn

Sentences:

A: xiànzài jǐ diǎn? (What time is it now ? )

B: xiànzài jiŭ diǎn wŭshíwŭ fēn. (Now is 9:55)

xiànzài: now j ǐ di ǎn: what time

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Lesson 32 Review 6

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Lesson 33 jīntiān nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng ?

Sentences :

A: jīntiān nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng ? (what time did you get up today ? )

B: jīntiān wŏ qī diǎn qǐchuáng . (I got up at 7 o’clock.)

A: Nǐ jǐ diǎn shàngbān ？(what time do you start to work?)

B: Wŏ jiŭ diǎn shàngbān. (I start to work at 9 o’clock.)

Qǐchuáng: to get up shàngbān: to go to work

In Chinese , the time noun should be put either before or after subject.

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Lesson 34 Nǐ jǐ diǎn xiàbān ？

Sentences:

A: Nǐ jǐ diǎn xiàbān ？(What time do you finish your work ? )

B: W ǒ li ù di ǎn xi àb ān. (I finish work at 6 o’clock.)

A: N ǐ j ǐ di ǎn shu ìjiào? (What time do you sleep ? )

B: Wŏ shí yī di ǎn shu ìjiào. ( I sleep at 11 o’clock.)

xiàbān: to finish work shu ìjiào: to sleep

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Lesson 35 W ǒ men q ù k à n di à ny ǐ ng ， h ǎ o ma ？

Sentences:

A: W ǒmen q ù k àn di àny ǐng ， h ǎo ma ？(Shall we go to watch movie ? )

B: h ǎo. (Ok.)

A: W ǒmen q ù Cambridge ， h ǎo ma ？(Shall we go to Cambridge Institute? )

B: h ǎo. (Ok.)

A: W ǒmen q ù zh ōnggu ó ， h ǎo ma ？(Shall we go to China ? )

B: Hǎo. (Ok.)

q ù: to go k àn: to watch, to see di àny ǐng: movie h ǎo ma?: is it ok ?

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Lesson 36 w ǒ men q ù k à n shénme di à ny ǐ ng

Sentences:

A: J īnti ān n ǐ j ǐ di ǎn xi àb ān ？(what time will you finish your work today ? )

B: W ǒ li ù di ǎn xi àb ān 。(I will finish work at 6 o’clock.)

A: W ǒmen q ù k àn di àny ǐng ，h ǎo ma ？(Shall we go to watch movie ? )

B: H ǎo, w ǒmen q ù k àn shénme di àny ǐng ？(Ok, which movie are we going to watch ? )

A: H ángu ó di àny ǐng , h ǎo ma ？(Korean movie, is it ok ?)

B: H ǎo, w ǒmen q ù n ǎli k àn di àny ǐng ？(Ok, where will we go to watch movie?)

A: Q ù Ochard Road, h ǎo ma ？(go to Ochard Road, is it ok ?)

B: H ǎo. (Ok.)

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Lesson 37 Review 7

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Lesson 38 nǐ xiǎng hē shénme ?

Sentences :

A: nǐ xiǎng hē shénme ? (what would you like to drink ? )

B: wŏ xiǎng hē chá . (I would like to drink tea.)

B: wŏ xiǎng hē kāfēi.(I would like to drink coffee.)

B: wŏ xiǎng hē píjiŭ. (I would like to drink beer.)

xiǎng: to would like to hē: to drink chá: tea kāfēi: coffee píjiŭ: beer

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Lesson 39 nǐ xiǎng chī shénme ?

Sentences:

A: nǐ xiǎng chī shénme ? (What would you like to eat ? )

B: Wŏ xiǎng chī jīfàn . (I would like to eat chicken rice.)

B: Wŏ xiǎng chī miàntiáo (I would like to eat noodle . )

B: Wŏ xiǎng chī miànbāo. ( I would like to eat bread.)

jīfàn: chicken rice miàntiáo: noodle miànbāo: bread

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Lesson 40 nǐ xǐhuan chī jīfàn háishì miàn tiáo

Sentences:

A: nǐ xǐhuan chī jīfàn háishì miàntiáo ? (do you prefer chicken rice or noodle ? )

B: wǒ xǐhuan chī jīfàn 。(I prefer chicken rice.)

A: nǐ xǐhuan hē chá háishì kāfēi ？(do you prefer tea or coffee ? )

B: wǒ xǐhuan hē kāfēi 。(I prefer coffee.)

xǐhuan: to like háishì: or

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Lesson 41 nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme cài ?

Sentences:

A: nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme cài ?(what food do you like to eat ? )

B: Wǒ xǐhuan chī hánguó cài 。(I like to eat Korean food.)

B: Wǒ xǐhuan chī zhōngguó cài 。(I like to eat Chinese food. )

B: Wǒ xǐhuan chī xīnjiāpō cài 。(I like to eat Singapore food. )

hánguó cài: Korean food zhōngguó cài : Chinese food xīnjiāpō cài: Singapore food

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