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THE WORDS I KNOW in Chinese: (Or Previous Exposure to Chinese) 1 www.FluencyFast.com / 1-719-633-6000 / [email protected] PLEASE COMPLETE BEFORE CLASS BEGINS NAME: DATE: ALL THE WORDS I KNOW IN Chinese: (or previous exposure to Chinese) Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 2 FLUENCY FAST BEGINNING CHINESE CURRICULUM by Annick Chen, Linda Li, & Karen Rowan 1. Curriculum handouts: a.a.a. Chinese Phonetic Alphabets (Hanyu Pinyin) and Pronunciation b.b.b. The Four Tones in Chinese c. Charts (question words, pronoupronouns,ns, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, colors, and country and languagelanguage)))) d. BeginnBeginninging Chinese Useful Phrases e. TPR Words f. Chinese Cognates (Chinese words that sound like English) 2. Vocabulary list and Mini-stories Materials : Stories, vocabulary and structures frequently used in school and classroom setting; various culturally relevant props and materials. Stories’ podcasts. Objectives : 1. Participants will be able to use the target vocabulary, as well as basic introductory vocabulary. 2. Participants will be able to recognize and use vocabulary. 3. Participants will be able to tell a story in Chinese. Methods : Each day participants will be presented with vocabulary and advanced grammatical structures from the thematic unit. Techniques used include Total Physical Response ®, Story Based Methods, and other comprehensible-input based methods. Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 3 Beginning Chinese A. Chinese Phonetic Alphabets (Hanyu Pinyin) and Pronunciation Simple Vowels a --- Ah ha! (like a in French and Spanish) e --- the (like e in French) i --- knee (like i in French and Spanish) but “i” is pronounced like the a in “certificate” when after z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, or r u --- too th but “u” is pronounced as u (like u in French)when after j, q, and x o --- more (like o in French and Spanish) Compound Vowels (sound like French and Spanish) Bad-boy Consonants ai --- Tai wan ao --- Tao s c --- ts bats ei --- nei gh q --- ch inch ou --- dou gh r --- measure ua --- wa ter x --- between see and sh e uo --- wa r z --- ds birds ian --- ye n zh --- j jeans uai --- twi ce Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 4 B. The Four Tones Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. Every Chinese character is a syllable with a fixed tone. However, there are more than 50,000 Chinese characters, but only 430 different sounds. Therefore, a lot of characters share the same sounds. There are 4 basic tones in Mandarin Chinese. Each one is indicated by a tone mark, and the tone marks are placed over the vowels. ― wēn (warm) The first tone is a high continuous tone, like singing the ABC song. ˊ wén (language) The second tone is a rising questioning tone, like a surprised “Huh?” v wĕn (kiss) The third tone is a low drawling tone, first falling then rising, like an indecisive “Well…” ˋ wèn (ask) The fourth tone is a sharp falling tone, like a command “Go!” If the tone is wrong, the meaning will be totally different. For example, “Wŏ yào w èn nĭ” means “I want to ask you.” “Wŏ yào wĕn nĭ” means “I want to kiss you.” Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 5 C. Useful Charts Question Words and Plus Pronouns …ma ---------------- yes/no wǒ ------------------------------- I; me question nǐ-------------------------- you (sing.) bù ----------------------- not; nín ----------------- you (sing. polite) negative tā --------------------------- he; she; it shéi ------------------------------- who wǒ men ------------------------ we; us shéi de ------------------------- whose nǐ men ----------------------- you (pl.) shén me ------------------------- what tā men ---------------------------- they nǎr/ nǎ lǐ------------------------ where wǒ de ---------------------- my; mine nǎ ------------------------------- which nǐ de ------------- your; yours shén me shí hòu --------------- (sing.) when nín de ---- your; yours (sing. zěn me --------------------------- how polite) jǐ/ duō shǎo ------- how tā de ----------------his; her; hers; many/much its wèi shén me --------------------- why wǒ men de ----------------- our; yīn wèi ----------------------- ours because nǐ men de ---------- your; yours hái shì ------------------------------- or (pl.) hé ---------------------------------- and tā men de ---------------- their; yě ---------------------------- also; too theirs kě shì ------------------------------ but Numbers Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 6 líng 0 零 shí yī 11 十一 sān shí 30 三十 yī 1 一 shí èr 12 十二 sì shí 40 四十 èr 2 二 shí sān 13 十三 jiǔ shí 90 九十 sān 3 三 shí sì 14 十四 jiǔ shí jiǔ 99 九十 九 sì 4 四 shí wǔ 15 十五 yì bǎi 100 一百 wǔ 5 五 shí liù 16 十六 yì bǎi líng yī 101 一百零一 liù 6 六 shí qī 17 十七 yì bǎi yī shí 110 一百 一十 qī 7 七 shí bā 18 十八 yì bǎi èr shí 120 一百二十 bā 8 八 shí jiǔ 19 十九 yì qiān 1,000 一 千 jiǔ 9 九 èr shí 20 二十 yì qiān yì bǎi 1,100 一千一百 shí 10 十 èr shí yī 21 二十一 yí wàn 10,000 一万 Days of the Week xīng qī yī Monday 星期一 xīng qī wǔ Friday 星期五 xīng qī èr Tuesday 星期二 xīng qī liù Saturday 星期六 xīng qī sān Wednesday 星期三 xīng qī rì Sunday 星期 日 xīng qī sì Thursday 星期四 xīng qī tiān Sunday 星期天 Months of the Year Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 7 yī yuè January 一月 qī yuè July 七月 èr yuè February 二月 bā yuè August 八月 sān yuè March 三月 jiǔ yuè September 九月 sì yuè April 四月 shí yuè October 十月 wǔ yuè May 五月 shí yī yuè November 十一 月 liù yuè June 六月 shí èr yuè December 十二 月 yyyáyááánn sn sès èèè Colors hóng sè red 红色 hēi sè black 黑色 jú sè orange 橘色 bái sè white 白色 chéng sè orange 橙色 huī sè gray 灰色 huáng sè yellow 黄色 tòu míng transparent 透明 lǜ sè green 绿色 kā fēi sè brown 咖啡色 lán sè blue 蓝色 zōng sè brown 棕色 zǐ sè purple 紫色 fěn hóng sè pink Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 8 粉红色 Country and Language zhōng guó China zhōng wén Chinese měi guó U.S.A. yīng guó England (U.K.) yīng wén English fǎ guó France fǎ wén French dé guó German dé wén German tài guó Thailand tài wén Thai mò xī gē Mexico xī bān yá Spain xī bān yá wén Spanish D. Beginning Useful Phrases 1. nǐ hǎo hello 2. nín hǎo hello (in a respectful way) 3. nǐ hǎo ma? How are you? 4. bù hǎo not good 5. mǎ mǎ hǔ hu so so 6. hǎo good 7. hěn hǎo very good 8. fēi cháng hǎo extremely good 9. xiè xie Thanks. 10. bú xiè You’re welcome. 11. duì dù qǐ I’m sorry. Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 9 12. méi guān xi That’s alright. 13. duì correct 14. bú duì incorrect 15. qǐng wèn, zěn me qù...? May I please ask you how to go to…? 16. nǐ jiào shén me míng zi? What’s your name? 17. wǒ jiào... My name is… 18. zhè shì shén me? What’s this? 19. zhè ge duō shǎo qián? How much does this cost? 20. tài guì le! It’s too expensive! 21. wǒ tīng bù dǒng I don’t understand. 22. wǒ bù zhī dào I don’t know. 23. wǒ bú huì shuō zhōng wén I don’t speak Chinese. 24. wǒ huì shuō yì diǎnr zhōng wén I speak a little Chinese. 25. qǐng màn màn shuō Please speak slowly. 26. zài jiàn! Goodbye 27. míng tiān jiàn! See you tomorrow! 28. hǎo le ma? Are you done? 29. hǎo le! Done! 30. mái méi not yet 31. hǎo kù o! How cool! Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 10 32. shì ma? Is that right? 33. zǎo shàng hǎo! Good morning! 34. zǎo! Morning! 35. xià wǔ hǎo! Good afternoon! 36. wǎn shàng hǎo! Good evening! 37. …shì shén me yì si? What does…mean? E. TPR Words 1. nán rén man 男人 2. nǚ rén woman 女人 3. zhàn qǐ lái Stand up. 站起来 4. zuò xià Sit down. 坐下 5. kuài kuài de quickly; fast 快快地 6. màn màn de slowly 慢慢地 7. zhè lǐ here 这里 8. nà lǐ there 那里 1. xìng gǎn (de) sexy; sexily 性感 (地) 2. zǒu walk 走 3. zǒu dào …nà lǐ walk to… 走到…那里 4. pǎo run 跑 5. pǎo dào …nà lǐ run to… 跑到…那里 Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 11 6. pāi pāi pat; tap; clap 拍拍 7. kàn kàn looks at 看看 8. tíng stop 停 9. tóu head 头 10. shǒu hand 手 11. pì gǔ butt 屁股 Fluency Fast Language Classes, Inc. ©2010 Annick Chen 866-999-3583 [WWW-FLUENCY] www.fluencyfast.com [email protected] 12 Cognates (Chinese words that sound like EnglEnglish)ish) 1. cān tīng canteen (restaurant; cafeteria) 餐厅 2. shā lā salad 沙拉 3. bǐ sà pizza 比萨 4. hàn bǎo bao hamburger 汉堡包 5. pài pie 派 6.
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