Welcome to Our Beginner Chinese Class Sponsored by

Welcome to Our Beginner Chinese Class Sponsored by MCLS and BMW (Bless Me Wag)

About the beginners class • • • We are Nora and Albert Nora wsheng@student. unimelb. edu. com Albert sometime 5858@gmail. com

What do you think about Chinese? CHINESE IS A B*TCH!

Syllabus • Week 3: Greeting & goodbye – Hi. Hello. How are you? • Week 4: Introducing yourself – I am a uni student. • Week 5: Number & counting – This year is 2015. I’m turning 23. • Week 6: Time and chronical units – 5 hours, 20 minutes and 32 seconds • Week 7: Directions – Which way will you run? • Week 8: Family tree – How do you call the mother of your mom? • Week 9: Hobby – You like playing sports? So do I. • Week 10: Jobs and occupations – What you want to do in the future?

Learning outcomes -Doing a detailed self-introduction -Know the most commonly used expressions -Can write 25 -40 Chinese Characters -Know how to pronounce a character using Pinyin -Design a Chinese name for yourself

Some Housekeeping Issues

Intonations • Phonemes • Intonation assigning • Intonations are crucial in Chinese as they indicate different characters being used

Expressions 你好 早上好/下午好/晚上好 谢谢 不客气 对不起 没关系 你好吗 我很高兴认识你 再见 Hello Good morning/afternoon/evening Thank you. You’re welcome. Sorry. It doesn’t matter. How are you. It’s very nice to meet you. Goodbye.

Practice A: 晚上好。我叫xxx。 Good evening. My name is xxx. B: 晚上好。我叫xxx。 Good evening. My name is xxx A: 你好吗？ How are you? B: 我很好，谢谢。你好吗？ I am good, thanks. How are you? A: 我也很好。我很高兴认识你。 I am good, too. It is nice to meet you. B: 我也很高兴认识你。 It is nice to meet you, too. A: 再见。 Goodbye. B: 再见。 Goodbye. 你好 早上好/下午好/晚上好 谢谢 不客气 对不起 没关系 你好吗 我很高兴认识你 再见 Hello Good morning/ afternoon/evening Thank you. You’re welcome. Sorry. It doesn’t matter. How are you. It’s very nice to meet you. Goodbye.

Dialogue for this week • A: 晚上好。我叫xxx。 • Good evening. My name is xxx. • B: 晚上好。我叫xxx。 • Good evening. My name is xxx • A: 你好吗？ • How are you? • B: 我很好，谢谢。你好吗？ • I am good, thanks. How are you? • A: 我也很好。我很高兴认识你。 • I am good, too. It is nice to meet you. • B: 我也很高兴认识你。 • It is nice to meet you, too. • A: 再见。 • B: 再见。 Goodbye.