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欢迎学习 汉语。

WELCOME LEARNING CHINESE LANGUAGE

PRESENTED BY
JAVAID TOOR. MA ENGLISH , M.PHIL
Chinese language Mandarin is;
 One of the most oldest languages, still alive ;6000
years.
 The language of 1.3 billion people.
 Pictographic language of the world.
 It has no alphabets. It has about 204 radicals.
 One of the five official languages of the UNO.
 Having the sentence structure very similar to
that of English language, i.e.; S V O.
 Commonly known as ; HanYu, HuaYu, ZhongWen
and Putong Hua.
Speech Organs
PINYIN ( 拼音 )
(Romanization of Chinese Characters)

 Like the IPA for Chinese.


 Uses the ABCs to spell Chinese
Syllables.
 Crucial foundation for learning Chinese.
Fundamentals
• Every Chinese character has a specific
syllable with a specific meaning.
Continued….
• Every Chinese character is composed of
three parts;
Syllable = Initial + Final + Tone
Initials
Finals
Intonation
Example
Singular Pronouns
Plural Pronouns
Pinyin Practice
Common Characters
的 [de] possession particle
是 [shì] to be
不 [bù] not
人 [rén] person
我 [wǒ] I, me, my
有 [yǒu] have, there is
没有 méiyǒu haven't, there isn't
大 [dà] big
来 [lái] come
上 [shàng] above, on, over, top, (go) up,
个 [gè]
到 [dào] to, towards, until, arrive, reach
说 [shuō] speak, Say;
们 [men]
和 [hé] together, with, and
也 [yě] also, as well;
那 [nà] that
去 [qù] go, leave, depart
Chinese Pinyin
• 做饭 zuò fàn to cook
• 吃饭 chī fàn to eat/have a meal
• 看电视 kàn diànshì to watch television
• 跑步 pǎobù to run, to jog
• 踢 ( 足球 ) tī (zúqiú) to play (football)
• 足球 zúqiú football
• 看电影 kàn diànyǐng see a film
• 运动 yùndòng to exercise; sport
• 用电脑 yòng diànnǎo to use the computer
• 上网 shàng wǎng surf the net
Counting 1-10
NUMBER CHARACTER PINYIN
0 零 líng
1 一 yī
2 二 èr
3 三 sān
4 四 sì
5 五 wǔ
6 六 liù
7 七  qī
8 八 bā
9 九  jiǔ
10 十 shí

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