Han yu one unit one summary

Greet Someone and Say Goodbye (name or title), 你好 nǐ hǎo (Hello) (page4) (name or title), 您好 nín hǎo (Hello) (page4) 喂 wèi (name or title) (Hello) (page 7 ) (name or title), 再见 zài jiàn ( Goodbye ) (page5)

Greet Someone and Say Goodbye 妈妈，您好！ (page4) 老师，再见！ (page 5 )

There are many ways of saying “Hello” in Chinese by asking questions (page4) Where are you going? “ 你 (or 您 ) 上哪儿去？” Have you eaten? “ 你 (or 您 ) 吃 ( 过 (or 饱 ))( 饭 ) 了吗？” You’re here! “ 你 (or 您 ) 在这儿啊！” Are you busy “ 你 (or 您 ) 忙吗” How is everything “ ( 你 (or 您 )) 怎么样？”

Chinese Names (Family Name + Given Name) Family Name (or Surname) (Usually consist of one syllable (one character) but there are some with two syllables (two characters)) Example 林 + 方王 + 云贞张 + 建华司 + 马青欧 + 阳成

Chinese Names (Family Name + Given Name) Given Name (or Christian Name) (are make up of one or two syllables (one or two characters)) Example 林 + 方王 + 云贞张 + 建华司 + 马青欧 + 阳成

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Name with Title (A person’s title is placed after the name) Example 李老师李国华老师国华老师颜老师颜仁祥老师仁祥老师

Grammatical Words 你 nǐ (You – general form) 您 nín (You – polite form) (page 5 Note 1) 们 men (Pluralising suffix) (page 5 Note 2) Example 你 nǐ 你们 nǐ men (page 4) 同学 tóng xué 同学们 tóng xué men (page 4) 老师 lǎo shī 老师们 lǎo shī men (page 4 and 5)

Greet them! (page5) You can also greet some other members of your family Elder sister 姐姐 Younger sister 妹妹 Elder brother 哥哥 Younger brother 弟弟

Ask Someone “How are you?” 你好吗？ (nǐ hǎomá) (page 6) 你怎么样？好吗？ (nǐ zěnmayàng hǎomá) (page 8)

Possible Reply to “How are you” 挺好的。 (quite well) (page 6) ( tǐng hǎo de) 挺好的。你呢？ (quite well. How about you ?) ( tǐng hǎo de. Nǐ ne?) (page 6) 还可以。 (Just so so) (page 6) ( hái kě yǐ )

Invite Someone in and Sit down 请进 qǐng jìn ( Please , Come in) (page 7 ) 请坐 qǐng zuò ( Please , Sit down) (page 8 ) 坐吧 zuò bā ( Do Sit down) (page 8 )

Thank You 谢谢 xiè xiè (Thank you) (page 8 ) 多谢 duō xiè (Thanks a lot) 感谢 gǎn xiè (Thank you (touched) ) 非常 fēi cháng (very much) 非常谢谢 fēi cháng xiè xiè 非常多谢 fēi cháng duō xiè 非常感谢 fēi cháng gǎn xiè

Grammatical Words-I, You, He 我 (wǒ) I (page 11) 你 (nǐ) You 您 (nín) You (Polite) (page 4) 他 (tā) He 她 (tā) She (page 11) 牠 (tā) It (Animal) 它 (tā) It (Object) 祂 (tā) He (God)

我 is omitted in the sentence ( tǐng hǎo de) ( 我 ) 挺好的。 (quite well) (page 6) (tǐng hǎo de. Nǐ ne?) (page 6) ( 我 ) 挺好的。你呢？ (quite well. How about you ?) ( hái kě yǐ ) ( 我 ) 还可以。 (Just so so) (page 6)

Grammatical Words - 吗，呢，吧吗 (ma) (page 6) (question particle) 呢 (ne) (page 6) (used to make a “tag” question) 吧 (ba) (page 8) (used to soften tone of the sentence and indicate a suggestion or request) 喂 ( wei ) (page 7 ) ( is an exclamation used to attract someone’s attentation )

Ask what someone’s name is ( page12 and 13 notes) ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 叫什么名字 ? ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 是什么名字 ? ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 的名字是什么 ? (May I ask, What is your name?) (page11) ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 是什么姓 ? ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 姓什么 ? (May I ask, What is your surname?) (page11) ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 贵姓 ? (May I ask, What is your surname?) ( Polite way ) (page13)

Reply to someone your name or someone’s name 我叫 XXX 我是 XXX 我的名字是 XXX (My name is XXX) (page11) 我姓 X (My surname is X) (page11) 免贵，姓 (Don’t mention “precious” My surname is X) (page13)

Identify yourself or others ( page14 note) I(you,he,she) am(are,is) also not + 我 ( 也不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) 你 ( 也不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) 他 ( 也不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) 她 ( 也不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) This is not + 这 ( 也不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) That is not + 那 ( 也不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)

Ask Who Someone Is - 谁我是谁 (wǒ shì shuí) Who am I? 你是谁 (nǐ shì shuí) Who are you? 他是谁 (tā shì shuí) Who is he? 她是谁 (tā shì shuí) Who is she? (page 15) 这是谁 (zhè shì shuí) Who is this? 那是谁 (nà shì shuí) Who is that? (page 15)

的 – Indicate possession 我的 (wǒ de) my, mine 你的 (nǐ de) your, yours 他的 (tā de) his 她的 (tā de) her 它的 (tā de) its 牠的 (tuó de) its 祂的 (tā de) His 安娜的 (ā nna de) Anna’s (page15)

Ask about nationality (nín shì nǎ guó rén) ？您是哪国人 ? (What is your nationality) ( page19 note) (wǒ shì zhōng guó rén) 我是中国人 (I am Chinese) (nín shì zhōng guó rén ma) ？您是中国人吗 ? (Are you Chinese) (page18 note)

Possible Replies About Nationality (wǒ shì ào dà lì yà rén) 我是澳大利亚人 (shì) (wǒ men shì zhōng guó rén) 是，我们是中国人 (bú shì)( wǒ men shì rì běn rén) 不是，我们是日本人 (page18 note)

Foreign place names expressed in Chinese (page17) usually by transliteration, using Chinese characters, which approximate the original pronunciation of the place name example: 澳大利亚悉尼阿德莱德纽西兰

List of Foreign Countries and Nationalities ( page20) Nationality = Name of Country + 人 Example: 中国人日本人澳大利亚人

List of Foreign Countries and Languages ( page20) Languages = Name of Country + 语 Example: 汉语 ( 中国语 ) 日本语澳大利亚语

Apology and Respond to Apology (duì bu qǐ) 对不起 I am sorry (méi guān xi) 没关系 Not at all (page 19)

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