Lesson 14 I Practical Chinese Reader Objectives You

Lesson 14 (I) Practical Chinese Reader

Objectives • You will be able to talk about your family: how many people you have in your family; what they are and where they work; if you miss them or often write to them, call them. . .

Listen and Learn • Zhè shì wǒ de yì jiā. • Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén: wǒ tàitai, wǒ érzi hé wǒ. • Zhè shì wǒ de tàitai, tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò. Tā shì zhíyuán. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. Wǒ méiyǒu jiejie, mèimei, gēge. Wǒ dìdi zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò. Tā shì gōnchéngshī. • Wǒ de bàba māma ye zài Shànghǎi. Tāmen bù gōngzuò, tuìxiū le.

Some new words yì jiā ge gōngzuò yǒu yínháng zhíyuán jiějie mèimei gōnchéngshī tuìxiū le a family a measure word to work, job to have a bank a clerk an elder sister a younger sister an engineer have retired

Yǒu 有 to have • • Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén. Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. Wǒ méi yǒu jiějie mèimei. – Questions – Do you have…? • Nǐ yǒu gēge ma? • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu gēge?

Answer the questions using ‘yǒu’ or ‘méi yǒu’ • • Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu gēge? Nǐ yǒu měi yǒu dìdi? Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu jiějie? Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu mèimei? Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu dìtú? Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu Hànyǔ shū? Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu bǐ? Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu qián?

Listen and Learn • • Zhè shì wǒ de yì jiā. Wǒ jiā yǒu sān ge rén: wǒ tàitai, wǒ érzi hé wǒ. Zhè shì wǒ de tàitai, tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò. Wǒ yǒu yí ge érzi. Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò. Tā shì zhíyuán. • Wǒ yǒu yí ge dìdi. Wǒ méiyǒu jiejie, mèimei, gēge. Wǒ dìdi zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò. Tā shì gōnchéngshī. • Wǒ de bàba māma ye zài Shànghǎi. Tāmen bù gōngzuò, tuìxiū le.

Questions about Xie family • a. Xiè laoshī yǒu méiyou érzi? (Xiè laoshī you érzi ma? ) • b. Tā érzi zài nǎr (nǎlǐ) gōngzuò? • c. Tā érzi zuò shénme gōngzuò? • d. Tā tàitai zuò shénme gōngzuò? • e. Xiè lǎoshī yǒu méiyǒu jiejie? • f. Tā dìdi zài nǎr (nǎlǐ) gōngzuò? • g. Tā dìdi zuò shénme gōngzuò? • h. Tā bàba māma yě zài Shànghai gōngzuò ma?

Note • a. 'you méiyou. . . ? ' or 'you. . . ma? ' both mean 'do you have. . . ? ' • b. Pay attention that 'do not have' is 'méiyou', not 'bù you" • c. 'zuò shénme gōngzuò' means 'what job does one do'. The original word order in Chinese is: 'do what job'. 'gōngzuò here is a noun. The answer to this question is 'Tā shì gōnchéngshī. (He is an engineer. ) or Tā shì zhíyuán. (He is a clerk) '

• 'ge' is a measure word in Chinese. It must appear after numerals and before nouns. For example: • two books liáng ben shū three teacher sān ge lǎoshī one brother yí ge dìdi one son yí ge érzi • where 'běn' and 'ge' are measure words. Use of a specific measure word depends on the noun.

• gōngzuò' is both a verb and a noun. • It is a verb in 'Tā xiànzài bù gōngzuò. ' (She doesn't work now). • It is a noun in 'Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò? ' (What job does he do? ) • 'tuìxiū' is a verb, to retire. 'tuìxiūle' means 'have retired (for some time)'

Say following sentences and questions in Chinese: • have a younger brother (a younger sister, a girl friend, a good friend). • I have a Chinese book (a map of China, a map of America, a car). • I don't have boy friend (elder sister, elder brother, car, job). • Do you have English book (car, pen)? • Where do you work? • I work in bank (bookstore, a store, institute). • What job does your father do? • He is a doctor (teacher, professor, clerk, manager-jīnglǐ, engineer).