FORELAN: Foreign Language

Daily Life Expressions (Part 2)

Trivia 7: The Myth of Chinese Zodiac Signs
Trivia 8: Song “Peng You”
Zhe shi and Na shi
Zhe ge and Na ge
Appreciate Chinese culture
Tell one’s Chinese zodiac sign
Use’ zhe shi’ and ‘ na shi’
Use ‘zhe ge’ and ‘na ge’
Trivia 7: Twelve Zodiac Signs
Shí èr shēng xiāo
 Do you know your
Chinese zodiac sign?
 Nĭ shŭ shén me?
What is your Chinese
zodiac sign?

Wŏ shŭ niú.
Ox.
Nĭ māma shŭ shén me?
What is the Chinese
zodiac sign of your
mom?
Tā shŭ lóng.
Dragon.
Nĭ jiĕjie shŭ shén me?
What is the Chinese
zodiac sign of your
sister?
Tā shŭ jī.
Rooster.
Zhe shi and Na shi
 Pattern 1
Zhè + shì + noun
This is

Nà + shì + noun
That is
 Examples
Zhè shì shū.
This is book.

Zhè shì shù.

This is tree.
 Examples
Nà shì píngguŏ
That is apple.

Nà shì dàn gāo.

That is cake.
 Pattern 2
Zhè shì + noun + “mā?”
This is

Nà shì + noun + “mā?”

That is
zhè + gè
this measure word

nà + gè
that measure word
zhè + measure word + noun
(m.w.)

Zhè gè rén.
This m.w. person.
Zhè gè fáng zi.
This m.w. house.
Zhè gè dōng xī.
This m.w. thing.
 Examples
Wŏ yào zhè gè.
I want this.

Wŏ yào nà gè.
I want that.
 Examples
Wŏ yào zhè gè shŏu jī.
I want this cell phone.
Nĭ yào zhè gè dōng xī.
You want this thing.
Tā yào nà ge diàn năo.
He/she wants that computer.
 Examples
Anna yào chī nà gè.
Anna wants to eat that.
Lina bú yào hē nà gè.
Lina doesn’t want to drink that.
 Trivia 8
Peng You
The Myth Behind the Chinese Zodiac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk

Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxh347n7DvQ

What’s your Chinese Zodiac Sign?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1S9zaathI8

Peng You/Friends - Emil Chau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vxf_aR3Mz0