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{: ffi4'lE,IBE?'WI4?
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LESSON1

NEW VOCABULARYS ul sh€ngci

of eochPortof sPeech]
[Pqrtsof sPeech:seepqe 144for d*criPtions
Wang (N) king; (a ChircsefamilYname)

xiansheng (N) Ivlr.; sir; (husband);gentleman

\ x zhangtu (N) husbaod

" +- -ts taitai (N) Mn.; (wife)

qizi (N) wife

E T airen (N) v/ife; husba[d

4. 1\ gE xiaojie (N) Miss., younglady, girl, female

shopassistant(ptonounced xiaojie)

tPN) you (polite form) (note2)

-r 5. tg nin

ftw. gulxing (EX) what is (your)horcrable

sumame? (seenote4;

4.frrt mienguixing (EX) (my) sudameis ...

(= polite reply)
'2. *t w6 (PN) I, me

fi.til wdmen (PN) we, us

H'fll zanmen (PN) (idusive) we (i.e. You& I)

.r8. 'ffi nl (PN) you Gingular)

ifi {ll nlmen (PN) you (plural)

(PN) he,she;him, her (note8)

s. lE/tfi ta

i& in tamen (PN) they;them ti&illl

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Equative Verbs equnte bto ttouns (or nominal expressions) as in:

I am a teacher, He is an American (& E * E ;\ Ta shi M6igu6r6n),
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order in most instances is the same in both English and Chinese.

The most common Equative Verb is E shi (to be). Two other
F,quativeVerbs are ffi xing (to be surnamed) and [q jiao (to be
named./calledl.

SENTENCEPATTERNSL5* 4 '
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ReoetitionDrill

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ffi 4'ffi T ZW
Ch6nxidoji6 b0 shi ldoshi

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INTRODUCINo YOURSELF
Askitg Soneonc'slrlcnr:
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(QIngwCn)nin guixing? or / Xiloji6,guixing?
Xiansheng

Rcplyilg to the obov. Qcstion:

- givingsurnameonly: frftff "
W6xingLin.
- giving fi:Il name: (fi) tr +t ' EI{tt El )E .
(W6)xingLin,jiao Lin cu6€uang.
or:frEitE)t.
W6shiLinGuaguang.

Now practice using your own Chinese name. lRefer to Notes 1-4]
Then Dractice with the other students in vour class.

Answer the following questions by giving your owrr personal details

Q:{fi E 6 E. E ',\ ? A:
Q: NI shl-bu-shlM6igu6ren? A:

Qt$fEz-Wr-\? A:
Q: NI shl laoshima ? A:

Q:iBi&*B ? A:
Q: Ni xingWi ma ? A:

Q:{fisqPfiE)tn4? A:
Q: Ni jiao Ch6nGu6€uangma ? A:

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TRANSLATIONOF THE SENTEME PATTERNS6J 4 ffi i+

1 . lm an American.
Yolt ate abachet.
Sheis a student.
We arcn't British.
Miss Chenisn't a teacher.

Ale you (4n)American?

Am I a teacher?
Is he / Arc you a studenf
Is my family namewang?

3. Are you (an) American?

Is shea te4cher?
Is Terche! ChenBritish?
Excu,seme, arc ftey shrdents? (see ote 12)

NOTES S # t +AEldfftii l
Notes regordingIntnoducingYoursclf
1. ChitresepeGonalnaeescoDsistof two patb: a family name(or sutname)
anda givenrame. Nore thatthe fantly Daneprecedesthe givel name The most
commotrpattemfor Chitresenamesis a single-syllabledfamily name(e.g. {f
Lin) fotlowedby a single-syllable.dor double-sy[abledgivenname(e.g. El X
Gu6-guang).Oclasiomly you u'ill meetpeoplewho havea double-syllabled
family naEe,(e.g.El 4 Si-Me). Also notethat thepenor's Eameprecedes
their title (e.g. ff Z llf Lin leoshD.when giviog your own naoe, you always
omit the fitle.

2. Remeoberto use ,i$ nin whenra'ishingto be courteousto someone- itis

th€polite form of {fi ni ('you' - both singularandplural)'

3. Theanswerto 1g fi tr ? Ninguixing? is ody & tr W6xing+

SURNAME.It is never& W Ff ,t E W6xingLinxiansheng tNol
* ftt # tr )t WdxingLinGu6{uang.
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Q: Te shixueshengma? IE E + +. q ? Is hea studetrt?

A: Shi. E. Yes.

Q: Ta shi-bu-shi
Yinggu6r6n?
ftEIE4 E/\? IssheBritish?
A: B6-shi. x E. No.

8. Ta = he [{t] or she[ro]. Itr spokenchircse, it is sometimesurclear

whetherthe pelsonreferredto is Eale or female.
'a' or 'the',
9. Chinesedogstrot havev/ordsconesporditrgto the Englishwords
e.c. & E Z llf W6shi Eoshi = I am4 teache4Z W FU+ ffi b
Ldoshijiao Wri Li-zhCn= T- teacher
is calledWuLi-zhen.

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(b0-shi). In Iapid spe€ch,the totreon T bd is uostress€d.

'Britain'. Whenrcediag to be
11. The shict meadry of 4 E Ynggu6 is
morespecifig thereareproperwordsfor England,Scodand,Walgsatrdkeland.

12. ADbiguity of SingularandPlural Nouls: Nounsdo not changeform

accordingto whetherthey arebeing usedin the siryular or plural' ChiDeseis,
therefore,not alwaysclearasto whethera Noutris singularor plural, e.g. 2 ff
'teachers'.The contert usuallymakestho
Hoshi caDmearleither 'tgacher'or
meaniDeclear.

Some Other Notionolities

Australian EAfTlEA Aodal$16n
Canadian ,!gi/\ Jien5dar6n
French *E/\ Fdgu6r6n
German €E,[ Degu6ren
Japanese E+/t Rib6n16n
Korean #E,( Hangu616n
Swiss ffi+i\ Ruishir6n