Lesson 2: Family Introduction

Daily Conversation
Review of the Previous Lesson

AihuaI’m Aihua.
 I’m 30 years old.
 
 shìàihuá 
 
 sānshísuìle 

Amy
 shìài 
 
 suìle 

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>This is my mom.

这是我的妈妈。 (zhè shì wǒ de mā ma)

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>In Chinese, 这是我的爸爸。 (zhè shì wǒ de bà ba)

AihuaThis is my mom.
 
 zhèshìdema 
Amy
 zhèshìdema 

AihuaThis is my dad.
 
 zhèshìdeba 
Amy
 zhèshìdeba 

PinYin
Review of the Previous Lesson

spelling sound or phonetics of Chinese.

portant;”>We learned a as in father in Lesson 1.

Aihuaa
Amya

portant;”>Mandarin Chinese has four pitched tones and a toneless tone. Different tone expresses different meaning.

a is pronounced like this.

Aihuaāáǎà
Amyāáǎà

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>In today’s lesson, we learn o, approximately as in office, but the lips are much more rounded.

o like this.

Aihuaōóǒò
Amyōóǒò

Vocabulary
Review of the Previous Lesson

portant;”>Name, 名字 (míng zi)

 (wǒ)

 (nǐ)

AihuaName
 
 míngzi
Amy
 míngzi

AihuaI
 
 
Amy
 

AihuaYou
 
 
Amy
 

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>In today’s lesson, we learn 3 new words.

我的 (wǒ de)

妈妈 (mā ma)

爸爸 (bà ba)

AihuaMy
 
 de
Amy
 de

AihuaMom
 
 ma
Amy
 ma

AihuaDad
 
 ba
Amy
 ba

Review

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>We learned Family Introduction.

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>In Chinese, 这是我的妈妈。 (zhè shì wǒ de mā ma)

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>In Chinese, 这是我的爸爸。 (zhè shì wǒ de bà ba)

AihuaThis is my mom.
 
 zhèshìdema 
Amy
 zhèshìdema 

AihuaThis is my dad.
 
 zhèshìdeba 
Amy
 zhèshìdeba 

Dialog Practice

portant; color: rgb(63, 49, 46); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>I am going to introduce my self first, then introduce my mom and my dad, then, Amy’s turn. OK?

AihuaHello!
 I’m Aihua.
 I’m 30 years old.
 This is my mom.
 This is my dad.
AmyHello!
 I’m Amy.
 I’m 5 years old.
 This is my mom.
 This is my dad.

Aihua
 hǎo 
 
 shìàihuá 
 
 sānshísuìle 
 
 zhèshìdema 
 
 zhèshìdeba 
Amy
 hǎo 
 
 shìài 
 
 suìle 
 
 zhèshìdema 
 
 zhèshìdeba 

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