{"id":17049,"date":"2020-02-09T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/learn-chinese-l2-may-i-know-your-name-2\/"},"modified":"2020-02-09T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T13:41:23","slug":"learn-chinese-l2-may-i-know-your-name-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/learn-chinese-l2-may-i-know-your-name-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Chinese L2: May I know your name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tDachuan takes a pile of new books to the classroom. As he is descending the stairs he drops all his books. In response, someone comes to help. Dachuan expresses his thanks and asks for his name. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\tDialogue One
\t<\/strong><\/p>\n

xiè\u3000xie\u3000q\u01d0ng\u3000wèn\u3000nín\u3000guì\u3000xìng
\t\u8c22\u3000 \u8c22\uff01 \u8bf7\u3000\u3000\u95ee\u3000 \u60a8 \u3000\u8d35\u3000 \u59d3\uff1f \t<\/div>\n
Thanks. What's your name please? \t<\/div>\n
bú\u3000yòng\u3000xiè\u3000mi\u01cen\u3000guì\u3000xìng\u3000zh\u0101ng\u3000
\t\u4e0d\u3000\u7528\u3000\u3000\u8c22\uff01\u3000\u514d\u3000 \u8d35\u3000 \u59d3\u3000\u3000\u5f20\u3002\u3000
\tjiào\u3000w\u01d2\u3000zh\u0101ng\u3000l\u01ceo\u3000sh\u012b\u3000jiù\u3000k\u011b\u3000y\u01d0\u3000 le\u3000
\t\u53eb\u3000 \u6211\u3000\u3000\u5f20\u3000\u3000\u8001\u3000 \u5e08\u3000 \u5c31\u3000\u53ef\u3000\u4ee5\u3000\u4e86\u3002 \t<\/div>\n
That's all right. My surname is Zhang. You can call me Mr. Zhang.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tDialogue Two
\t<\/strong><\/p>\n

n\u01d0\u3000h\u01ceo\u3000w\u01d2\u3000jiào\u3000g\u0101o\u3000qiáng\u3000n\u01d0\u3000jiào\u3000shén\u3000me\u3000míng\u3000zi 
\t\u4f60\u3000\u597d\uff01 \u6211\u3000 \u53eb\u3000 \u9ad8\u3000\u3000\u5f3a\uff0c\u3000 \u4f60\u3000\u53eb\u3000\u3000\u4ec0\u3000 \u4e48\u3000\u3000\u540d\u3000 \u5b57\uff1f \t<\/div>\n
Hello. My name is Gao Qiang. What's your name? \t<\/div>\n
n\u01d0\u3000h\u01ceo\u3000w\u01d2\u3000jiào\u3000 dà\u3000chu\u0101n\u3000h\u011bn\u3000g\u0101o\u3000xìng\u3000rèn\u3000shi\u3000n\u01d0
\t\u4f60\u3000\u597d\uff01 \u6211\u3000 \u53eb\u3000\u3000\u5927\u3000\u3000\u5ddd\u3002\u3000\u5f88\u3000 \u9ad8\u3000\u3000\u5174\u3000 \u8ba4\u3000 \u8bc6\u3000\u4f60\u3002 \t<\/div>\n
Hello. My name is Dachuan. Nice to meet you. \t<\/div>\n
h\u011bn\u3000g\u0101o\u3000xìng\u3000 rèn\u3000shi\u3000n\u01d0
\t\u5f88\u3000\u3000\u9ad8\u3000 \u5174\u3000\u3000\u8ba4\u3000 \u8bc6\u3000\u4f60\u3002  \t<\/div>\n
Nice to meet you.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\tExplanations of difficult points<\/strong><\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

1. \u8c22\u8c22! \t<\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

"\u8c22"(xiè) is usually said twice "\u8c22\u8c22"(xiè xie) or "\u8c22\u8c22\u4f60"(xiè xie n\u01d0), meaning "thank you". The reply usually is, "\u4e0d\u5ba2\u6c14\uff01"(bú kè qi), "\u4e0d\u7528\u8c22\uff01"(bú yòng xiè), "\u4e0d\u8c22\uff01"(bú xiè) and so on.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

2\uff0e\u8d35\u59d3 \t<\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

"\u8d35\u59d3"(guì xìng) literally means "valuable surname". The term is a respectful way of addressing someone for the first time by saying his\/her last name. When "\u59d3" is used indepently, meaning "to be named (surname)". When the elderly people see younger people, or young people are meeting each other, then "\u4f60\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57?"(n\u01d0 jiào shén me míng zi) can be used.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

3\uff0e\u514d\u8d35\u59d3…… \t<\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

"\u514d"(mi\u01cen) itself means "no need for\/free of". So "\u514d\u8d35\u59d3……"(mi\u01cen guì xìng) means that there is no need to be too polite by saying "\u8d35\u59d3"(guì xìng). It's a polite way to answer "\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3?"(nín guì xìng) Or you can say "\u6211\u59d3……"(w\u01d2 xìng).<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

4\uff0e\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f \t<\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

"\u4ec0\u4e48"(shén me) means "what" and can be used as a question word. The sentence form is very simple. When putting a question, you can just replace the question word with what you want to ask. The word order is the same as a declarative sentence. For example: "\u6211\u53eb\u9ad8\u5f3a"(w\u01d2 jiào g\u0101o qiáng, declarative sentence) → "\u4f60\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57?"(n\u01d0 jiào shén me míng zi, interrogative sentence)<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

5\uff0e\u8bf7\u95ee\uff1f \t<\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

"\u8bf7\u95ee"(q\u01d0ng wèn) means "excuse me, I want to ask you something." It is more polite to say "\u8bf7\u95ee" before asking others a question.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\t<\/p>\n

6\uff0e\u5c31\u53ef\u4ee5\u4e86 \t<\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here "\u5c31\u53ef\u4ee5\u4e86"(jiù k\u011b y\u01d0 le) means "it's okay\/alright". "\u5c31"(jiù) means "it is…" and is used to intensify the certainty of the statement. One meaning of "\u53ef\u4ee5"(k\u011b y\u01d0) is "okay". "\u4e86"(le) is used at the end of a statement to intensify a mood of certainty.<\/div><\/p>\n