Newsletter from Zhang Laoshi Chinese Classroom
(September & October) Dear parents, Thanks for your support for your children learning Chinese. For the last two months, our key topic was about how to ask/answer questions of date, time and peoples birthdays. A few parents emailed me, wondered if there are any resources that they could use to help their children with Chinese. My answer is that please read and collect the newsletters I send out to you. In the newsletters, I will list the key vocabularies, sentence structures, and the useful websites to learn Chinese, etc. I will send out the newsletter every two months, and I hope it would work well for you. Please feel free to tell me any concern of you. I would be glad to help.
, How to ask what is the date today? Today is = jn tin sh month = yu day = r
What is the date today? Q: jntin sh j yu j r? A: jntin sh __yu __ r.
(Change into a number) , How to ask what day is it today? Q: () jntin sh xng q j? A: () jntin sh xng q ___.
(Change into a number) () can be omitted. , How to ask when is your birthday?
, How to say the month of a year? (one) (two)(three) (four)(five) (six)(seven)(eight) (nine)(ten) (eleven) (twelve) + yu For example, January = y yu February = r yu October = sh yu , How to say the day in a week? + (one) (two)(three) (four) (five)(six) For example, Monday = xng q y Saturday = xng q li Sunday is xng q r OR xng q tin
Birthday = shngr Your birthday = n de shngr My birthday = w de shngr Q:
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(Change into a number) Q: n de shngr sh j yu j r?
A: w de shngr sh __ yu __ r. , How to ask what time is it now? Oclock = din minutes = fn
A half (30 mins) = bn Q: xin zi j din? A: xinzi ji din.
A: Xinzi jidin shw fn. A: xinzi jidin bn.
birthday = shngr I/me = w You = n
, How to ask what is your name? Q: n jio shnme mngzi? A: _____ w jio ____.
He = t She = t Zero = lng Hundred = bi
, How to ask how old are you? Q: n j su?
A: ____w___ su. , How to ask which grade are you in? Q: n shng j ninj? A: ___w shng __ninj. , How to ask how many family members do you have? Q: n ji yu j g rn? A: ___w ji yu __ g rn.
http://www.chinesewithmike.com/chinese-links/ Chinese with Mike lesson 1 - lesson 8 (Pinyin drill) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jUTr9S6ISU&feat ure=watch-vrec The story of Hanzi character http://www.silkstory.net/index_hanzi_00.html http://www.silkstory.net/index_hanzi.html Learn Chinese online/typing Chinese online http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/Itool/
Chinese people write characters strokes in a particular order. In a reasonable order, characters can be written quickly and beautifully. http://www.clearchinese.com/chinesewriting/strokes.htm Today = jntin be words (is/are/am..) = sh month = yu day = r
Type pinyin with tones http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/Itool/pinyintextfield.swf A good Chinese learning website: www.betterchinese.com
Thanks, Fan Zhang Oxford Elementary School Chinese language and culture teacher (4th & 5th grade) [email protected]
