Tue.

09-16
 Collect homework L1 character
 test correction

Lesson1
 Greetings - 你好！你早！
先生
xiānsheng
Mr.
你
nǐ
you
您
nín
you (polite form)
“”
好hǎo
“good”
小姐
xiǎojie
“miss”
请
qǐng
please
问 wèn
ask
请问
qǐng wèn
May I ask…
贵
guì
honorable , expensive
姓
xìng
family name
贵姓
Guìxìng
What is your
honorable surname?
我 wǒ
I, me
呢 ne
particle
叫 jiào
to be called
什么
shénme
what
名字
míngzi
name
王 Wáng
a family name
王朋
Wáng Péng
a person’s name
李
Lǐ
a family name
First name
 我姓 wǒ xìng+family name ，
 我叫 wǒ jiào+first name/full name 。

 你叫什么名字？ nǐ jiào shénme

míngzì? =what is your name?

 Last name, first name

Family name+ social titles
 Family name+ 先生 xiānsheng =Mr.
 Family name+ 小姐 xiǎojie =Ms.

 X 先生 / 小姐 + 叫什么名字？
xiānsheng / xiǎojie jiào shéme míngzì?
=what is your name?
 X 先生 / 小姐呢？ xiānsheng / xiǎojie ne?
Homework
 D1VQ : 5 vcabulay and 1 sentence
dictation(mark the tone on top) , all in
characters not in pinyin, 1 sentence in
English. All come from dialogue 1.
 Turn in workbook ( introduction):
please check your answer (correct
the wrong ones with red pen) before
turn it in.