• Prof. Li• Universidad Del Este

Review of Greetings

GREETINGS

nǐ hǎo 你 好

nín hǎo 您 好

xiè xiè 谢 谢

bú kè qi不 客 气

duì bù qǐ对 不 起

méi guān xi 没 关 系

Zài jiàn 再 见

ACTFL

http://www.actfl.org/publications/guidelines-and-manuals/actfl-proficiency-guidelines-2012/english

European Council

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

Power Speak

http://www.suagm.edu/une/

Reflection of KWL

Color in China

RED

White

Yellow

Green

One-child policy

toilet

You’ll be able to

• Learn more basic expressions• Learn pinyin in a general way• Learn initials and finals in a general way• Learn 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese

Basic Expressions 2

zǎo shàng hǎo早 上 好 días buenosmorning goodGood morning

xià wǔ hǎo下 午 好tardes buenos afternoon good Good afternoon

wǎn shàng hǎo 晚 上 好 evening good noches buenosGood evening

Practice

Introduction of Pinyin

The consists of Mandarin Chinese

Pinyin Chinese character

Pictures of pinyin and Chinese characters

nǐ hǎo xiè xiè duì bù qǐ 你 好 谢 谢 对 不 起

nín hǎo bú kè qi méi guān xi 您 好 不 客 气 没 关 系

• Putonghua is the common language of the Han ethnic group in China. It's standard Chinese language. It's Mandarin and official. It's based on Beijing phonetics and the dialect of the northern China.

• There are two system in written Chinese. One is simplified, the other is traditional. The simplified is used in Mainland. The traditional is used by Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese communities.

Pinyin

• initials• There are 23

initials in Mandarin Chinese

• finals• There are 24

finals in Mandarin Chinese

Chinese Phonetic SystemOne syllable ＝ initial ＋ final ＋ tone

Introduction of initial

initial• The initial refers to a consonant which appears

in the initial position of a syllable

Song of Pīnyīn Initials

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3plQP160E&list=PLB6266DC316090F76 (1.2 min)

Introduction of final

finals• appear in the final position of a syllable

Song of Pīnyīn finals

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sS5f5u6QGA ((29 sec))

Introduction of Tones

TONES1. Definition• Chinese is tone language. By tone language I

mean the language in which every word has its specific tone or tones.

2. Importance• Tones can distinguish meanings. Different tones

have different meanings. For example, the four pinyin have the same initial and final. They are different only in tones.

Tones1st tone 2nd tone 3rd tone 4th tone

In a syllable, the tone falls on the vowels: a, o, e, I, u, Ü;e.g. ā á ă à

• Where to place tone marks?• Generally, put it on the major vowel of the

"final". Then what's the major vowels? It's that one that appears ahead according to the order "a o e i u ü".

e.g. in “hao”, “a” comes before “o”, so we have

“hǎo” • Some words have unstressed syllables which

one toneless and therefore they are not given tone marks. Eg. Xiè xie

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-BTf0MB7k

• Tones start from 2:00