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)