Nǐ hǎo mā?你好吗？

Grade 6-8SY2010-2011

Teacher: Ms. J Wu (wú lǎo shī)

Standards:• Standard one: Interpersonal Benchmark WL.IS.6-8.1.1 Ask and

answer social questions to get information or to maintain a conversation

• Standard Two: Interpretive Benchmark WL.IS.6-8.2.1 Identify

the main ideas and significant details of oral and written materials with visual cue.

Goals: 学（ xué ）习（ xí ）目 （ mù ）标 （ biāo ）• Use appropriate greetings

when meetings other people in various situations.

• Respond appropriately to greetings from other people.

• Understand how Chinese people greet each other.

• Recognize and write simple vocabulary associate with greetings.

New words• nǐ 你 - you (singular)• hǎo 好 - fine, good• zǎo 早 -early, morning• nǐ zǎo 你 早 - good morning

to you• zǎo ān- 早安 - good morning• nǐ hǎo 你 好 - hello

nǐ hǎo.你 好。

nǐ hǎo.你 好。

nǐ zǎo.你 早。 nǐ zǎo.

你 早

New words

• tā 他 / 她 - he or she•wǒ 我 - I •nǐ men 你们 - you (plural)•wǒ men 我们 - we• tā men 他们 - they•dà jiā 大家 - everyone•Remember: use “men”

when referring to two or more people.

nǐ zǎo 你 早

dà jiā zǎo 大 家 早

nǐ hǎo

你 好 tā hěn hǎo

他 很 好 wǒ hěn hǎo 我 很 好

zǎo 早

hǎo 好

Question word-” mā” 嗎 / 吗？• “ mā” is a question word.• It always appears at the end of

a question.

nǐ hǎo ma? nǐ men hǎo ma? tā hǎo ma? tā men hǎo ma?

hāo 好

mā 嗎

hǎo ma? 好 吗 ？

Let’s talk

nǐ hǎo. nǐ hǎo.

nǐ hǎo ma?

wǒ hěn hǎo. xiè xie.

xiè xie 謝謝 (Thank you)

More words…

•zài jiàn 再見 - good bye• hái kě yǐ - it’s ok/so so.•mǎ mǎ hū hū- so so.•bú tài hǎo- not too

good.•Hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn- long

time no see

bù 不 (no)