Lesson 2: Family Introduction

Daily Conversation
Review of the Previous Lesson

AihuaI’m Aihua.
 I’m 30 years old.
 我是爱华。
 wǒshìàihuá 
 我30岁了。
 wǒsānshísuìle 

Amy我是爱米。
 wǒshìàimǐ 
 我5岁了。
 wǒwǔsuìle 

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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.
 这是我的妈妈。
 zhèshìwǒdemāma 
Amy这是我的妈妈。
 zhèshìwǒdemāma 

AihuaThis is my dad.
 这是我的爸爸。
 zhèshìwǒdebàba 
Amy这是我的爸爸。
 zhèshìwǒdebàba 

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)

我 (wǒ)

你 (nǐ)

AihuaName
 名字
 míngzi
Amy名字
 míngzi

AihuaI
 我
 wǒ
Amy我
 wǒ

AihuaYou
 你
 nǐ
Amy你
 nǐ

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
 我的
 wǒde
Amy我的
 wǒde

AihuaMom
 妈妈
 māma
Amy妈妈
 māma

AihuaDad
 爸爸
 bàba
Amy爸爸
 bàba

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.
 这是我的妈妈。
 zhèshìwǒdemāma 
Amy这是我的妈妈。
 zhèshìwǒdemāma 

AihuaThis is my dad.
 这是我的爸爸。
 zhèshìwǒdebàba 
Amy这是我的爸爸。
 zhèshìwǒdebàba 

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你好!
 nǐhǎo 
 我是爱华。
 wǒshìàihuá 
 我30岁了。
 wǒsānshísuìle 
 这是我的妈妈。
 zhèshìwǒdemāma 
 这是我的爸爸。
 zhèshìwǒdebàba 
Amy你好!
 nǐhǎo 
 我是爱米。
 wǒshìàimǐ 
 我5岁了。
 wǒwǔsuìle 
 这是我的妈妈。
 zhèshìwǒdemāma 
 这是我的爸爸。
 zhèshìwǒdebàba 

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