ARTS1450 Lecture

Lesson 1: Gree
Greetings
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Week 3

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How to Address People in China?

In Chinese, family names (
) always precede given names (
().
e.g.
1) Family name + profession
e.g. = Teacher Wang
2) Family name + titles
e.g. = Mr. Li
= Miss. Wang
(t
(titai
itai)) = Mrs. Wang
(n
(nshi
shi)) = Ms. Wang
3) or + Family name
e.g. = Little Li, = Old Li

To Show Respect

--- > (nn)

, !

--- > ? Whats your

honorable
Sir name?

(qng ) Please

(qng wn) , May I please ask

?

Basic Sentence Patterns

1) Subject
Subject + V
Verb
erb + O
Object
bject
My family name is (Im sirnamed) Wang.
2) Add a to the end of a statement to form a general question.
Is your family name (Are you sirnamed) Wang?
3) Put a before the verb to form a negative sentence.
My family name is not Wang.
4) Special interrogative sentences follow the same structure as affirmative
sentences We DO NOT change word order in forming Wh questions.
What is your family name?

( )? What is your name?

Basic Sentence Patterns

Subject + Verb + Object

S + V + O +
S+ +V+O

Verbs

Dialogue 1: (xng)
xng) & (jio)
jio)

N xng shnme?
shnme?

W xng Wng.
Wng.

N ne?

,, W xng L , jio L Yu

Yu..

(
)) N jio shnme (mngzi)
mngzi) ?

N xng Wng ma?

W b xng Wng.
Wng.

(He) T jio Wng Png ma?.

(She) T jio L Yu
Yu..

Introducing yourself

______

A:
,,
?
?

B: ____
____

??

A: _____
_____

B:

______
______

Dialogue 2: / /

N sh xusheng ma?

Sh
Sh,, W sh xusheng

B, W b sh xusheng.
xusheng.

.. W sh losh.

losh.

?? N ne?

W y sh losh.
losh.

 , ,

Are you a student?

Yes, Im. And You?
Im not a student.
Im a teacher.
Li You is also a teacher.
Li You is not a student
either.

Nationalities

(Zhnggu
Zhnggu)) - - -> (rn )
Chinese
odly
odly-- --->
>

Australian
(Migu
Migu)) ---- >
American
( Rbn
Rbn),
), Im Japanese.

( Hngu)
Hngu)
Im not Korean.

(Ynggu
Ynggu),
),

( Fgu
Fgu)) Miss Li is a
British, and also a French.

 (Aodly)
Aodly) Australia

W sh zhnggurn .
?? N ne?

W y sh zhnggurn

Im American.

Im not Australian.

Miss Li is an Australian.

Im also an Australian.

Nationalities
Im English.

Mr. Li is also an English.

Im not British.

Im not American either.

Im French.

More Practices

(Ynd ) Indian.
ndian.

(Ynn )? Indonesian

More practices

Chinese student

Australian student

More practices