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N ho Lesson 10 on Basic Mandarin!

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Translation Chinese people American people English people French people

Mandarin Zhnggu rn Migu rn Ynggu rn Fgu rn

Rn = People

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English Which Country Which country? People

Mandarin N Gu N gu? Rn

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English Mark Lisa Lisa Mark Are you Chinese? Yes, I am Where are you from? I am from Japan

Mandarin N sh Zhnggu rn ma? Sh N sh n gu rn W sh Ribn rn

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Lesson objectives

Familial Relations

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What's in store today?

Today we will learn the vocabulary for familial relations, and also see the use of the possessive particle 'de' with respect to family!

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What's in store today?

Lets begin with vocabulary!

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Familial relations

Home

Ji

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Familial relations

Father

Bba

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Familial relations

Mother

Mma

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Familial relations

Son

rzi

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Familial relations

Daughter

Ner

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Revision

English Family, home Father Mother Son Daughter

Mandarin Ji Bba Mma rzi Ner

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Grammar tip

Mandarin uses different vocabulary for addressing an elder sister/ brother versus a younger sister/ brother Lets learn what they are called in Mandarin!

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Familial relations

Elder sister

Jijie

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Familial relations

Younger sister

Mimei

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Familial relations

Elder brother

Gge

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Familial relations

Younger brother

Ddi

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Revision

English Elder sister Younger sister Elder brother Younger brother

Mandarin Jijie Mimei Gge Ddi

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Let's see if you remember

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'Home'?

1
rzi

2
Gge

3
Ji

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Solution

How do we say 'Home'?

1
rzi

2
Gge

3
Ji

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'Son'?

1
rzi

2
Gge

3
Ji

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Solution

How do we say 'Son'?

1
rzi

2
Gge

3
Ji

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'Younger sister'?

1
Mimei

2
Jijie

3
Ddi

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Solution

How do we say 'Younger sister'?

1
Mimei

2
Jijie

3
Ddi

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'Older brother'?

1
Gge

2
Jijie

3
Ddi

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Solution

How do we say 'Older brother'?

1
Gge

2
Jijie

3
Ddi

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Moving on

Now let us try and have a basic conversation! Lets see how do we ask about relations!

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Familial relations

Is she your elder sister?

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Familial relations

Is Sh

she t

your n

elder sister jijie

? ma?

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Familial relations

Is she your elder sister?

T sh n jijie ma?

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Grammar tip

One can also omit the your and just say she is elder sister?, in Mandarin to convey the same meaning

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Familial relations

Is she your elder sister?

T sh jijie ma?

Literally, 'She is elder sister?'

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Familial relations

Yes, she is

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Familial relations

Yes, she is

T sh

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Familial relations

He T

is sh

my w

father bba

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Familial relations

He is my father

T sh w bba

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Moving on

Lets learn how to say a few other phrases regarding family

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Familial relations

My mother

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Familial relations

I W de (possessive pronoun)

mother mma

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Familial relations

My mother

W de mma

Literally, I (possessive) mother'

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Grammar tip

Recall that the particle de , is a possessive particle, used in possessive pronouns, example (mine = w de) It is also used for emphasis

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Grammar tip

The particle de is often omitted in colloquial speech after a personal pronoun and before a kinship term Lets look at a few examples

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Familial relations
English My home My father My mother My son My daughter My elder brother My younger brother My elder sister My younger sister Mandarin W de ji W de bba W de mma W de rzi W de ner W de gge W de ddi W de jijie W de mimei Colloquial W ji W bba W mma W rzi W ner W gge W ddi W jijie W mimei

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Revision

Let's have a small familial conversation and revise what we have learnt today!

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Revision

English Mark Lisa Lisa Mark Hello! How are you? Yes,she is Hello! He is my father!

Mandarin N h o N h o ma? W hn h o!T sh jijie ma? T sh N h o!T sh w bba

Mark I am good! Is she your sister?

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Let's see if you remember

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'Is he your father?'

1
T sh bba ma?

2
T sh jijie ma?

3
T sh gge ma?

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Solution

How do we say 'Is he your father?'

1
T sh bba ma?

2
T sh jijie ma?

3
T sh gge ma?

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'She is my mother', in Mandarin?

1
T sh jijie ma

2
T sh w mma

3
T sh w bba

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Solution

How do we say 'She is my mother', in Mandarin?

1
T sh jijie ma

2
T sh w mma

3
T sh w bba

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'My father', formally?

1
W de bba

2
W bba

3
W de gge

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Solution

How do we say 'My father', formally?

1
W de bba

2
W bba

3
W de gge

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'My daughter', informally?

1
W de ner

2
W ner

3
W rzi

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Solution

How do we say 'My daughter', informally?

1
W de ner

2
W ner

3
W rzi

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Culture leaf

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Culture leaf

Since 20th century, especially, the year of 1949, Chinese family has gotten great change The modern Chinese family pattern varies, and it develops mainly towards small-size and direct line

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Culture leaf

Most of the families in the town consist of couple and one or two children, while in country the extended families are still superior with three or more than three generations

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What's next?

In the next lesson we will learn numerals and use them in conversations!

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Credits

Content Team CultureAlley, Sunny Dang

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See you at the Alley!

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