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N ho Lesson 13 on Basic Mandarin!

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Revision - Occupations
English Teacher Lawyer Doctor Engineer Manager Accountant Housewife Retired Mandarin Losh Lsh Ysheng Gng chng sh Jng l Kui J Ji tng zh f Tu xi le

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Revision

English I am a doctor She is a manager He is an accountant I am retired

Mandarin W sh Ysheng T sh Jng l T sh kui j W sh tu xi le

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English What does your father do? My father is a lawyer What do you do? I am an engineer

Mandarin N bba zu shnme gngzu W bba sh lsh N zu shnme gngzu W sh gng chng sh

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Revision

Speaker Mark Lisa Mark Lisa Mark

English How are you? Not bad! How are you? I am also very good! This is my father

Mandarin N h o ma? B cu! N h o ma? W Y hn h o! T sh w bba

What does your father do? N bba zu shnme gng zu?

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Speaker Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Lisa English My father is a lawyer,and you? I am an engineer What does your mother do? My mother is a housewife What do you do? I am a doctor Wonderful! Mandarin W bba sh lsh,n ne? W sh Gng chng sh N mma zu shnme gng zu? W mma sh ji tng zh f N zu shnme gngzu ? W sh Ysheng Ta h o le!

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Lesson objectives

Measure words

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What's in store today?

Today we will learn something that is peculiar to Mandarin alonemeasure words! Lets see what they mean and how they're used!

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Measure word - Definition

In English, we often have words defining the type of object being discussed For example, a loaf of bread, a flock of sheep, a glass of water etc

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Measure word - Definition

Mandarin uses a similar part of speech called Measure words that may refer to the number, shape, or specification of an object

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Measure word - Definition

A vital point about Mandarin measure words is that every noun requires a measure word While in English, we can say, three goats, in Mandarin we say three ( measure word) goats

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Measure word - Definition

There are more than hundred measure words in Mandarin, today we will cover a few relevant ones only!

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Measure words

Measure word for something flat (bed, photo, paper)

Zhng

Zhng is pronounced with a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

Great! Now lets learn how to say One photo! Since we've already learnt that one = y (mid rising) lets see how do we say photo in Mandarin!

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Measure words

Photo

Zho pin

Both Zho and pin are pronounced with a falling tone on 'a' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

One photo

Y zhng zho pin

Literally : One (measure word) photo

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Measure words

Lets take another example and see how to say 'One/ A piece of paper' We already learnt that one = y (mid rising) Now lets see how do we say one piece of paper in Mandarin!

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Measure words

One piece of paper

Y zhng zh

Paper = Zh It is pronounced using a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

Great! Now lets learn how to say One/a boy! Since weve already learnt that one = y (mid rising) lets see how do we say boy in Mandarin!

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Measure words

Boy

Nn hizi

Male = Nn Kid/Child = Hizi To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

Measure word for people/ general things

Ge

Pronounced with a neutral tone, when in doubt, use 'ge' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

One boy

Y ge nn hizi

One (measure word) boy

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Measure words

Let's now try A schoolbag! Since we've already learnt that one = y (mid rising) lets see how do we say 'A schoolbag' in Mandarin!

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Measure words

A schoolbag

Y ge shbo

book/letter = Sh to hold/ wrap/ include = bo It is pronounced using high level tones To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Let's see if you remember

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Pick the right option

How do we say boy in Mandarin ?

1
Nn hizi

2
Nn sheng

3
Y hizi

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Solution

How do we say boy in Mandarin ?

1
Nn hizi

2
Nn sheng

3
Y hizi

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Pick the right option

How do we say, One photo in Mandarin?

1
Y zho zhng pin

2
Y zhng zho pin

3
Y zho pin zhng

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Solution

How do we say, One photo in Mandarin?

1
Y zho zhng pin

2
Y zhng zho pin

3
Y zho pin zhng

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Moving on

Measure words are also inserted between a demonstrative pronoun, (such as this, that) and a noun Lets learn how to say this and that in Mandarin!

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Measure words

This

Zh

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Measure words

That

N is pronounced with a falling tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

Great! Now lets say This photo!

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Measure words

This photo

Zh zhng zho pin

This (measure word) photo

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Measure words

Good! Now lets say That boy!

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Measure words

That boy

N ge nn hizi

That (measure word) boy

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Grammar tip

Remember, that a demonstrative and a noun always have a measure word in between Demonstrative | Measure word | Noun

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Measure words
Let's take a look at some more examples! We will try and say 'This is a pen' 'This is not a pencil' 'That is not a dictionary' 'That is a book'

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Measure words

Measure word for stick like objects (pen, chopsticks)

Zh

Zh is pronounced using a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

This is a pen

Zh sh zh b

Pen = B b is pronounced using a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

This is not a pencil

Zh b sh zh qinb

Pencil = Qinb qinb is pronounced with a high level tone on 'a' and a falling rising tone on 'i' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

Measure word for 'volume' (any bound print or written matter)

Bn

Bn is pronounced with a falling rising tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

That is not a dictionary

N b sh bn zdin

Dictionary = Zdin Zdin is pronounced with a falling tone on 'i' and a falling rising tone on 'a' To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Measure words

That is a book

N sh bn sh

Book = Sh Sh is pronounced with a high level tone To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Lets see if you remember

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Pick the right option

How do you say this in Mandarin?

1
Y

2
Zh

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Solution

How do you say this in Mandarin?

1
Y

2
Zh

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Pick the right option

How do we say that boy in Mandarin?

1
N ge nn hizi

2
Ge n nn hizi

3
W ge nn hizi

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Solution

How do we say that boy in Mandarin?

1
N ge nn hizi

2
Ge n nn hizi

3
W ge nn hizi

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Pick the right option

What does Y mean?

1
Boy

2
Measure word

3
One

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Solution

What does Y mean?

1
Boy

2
Measure word

3
One

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Revision - Measure words

English Measure word for flat objects Measure word for people/general This That Measure word for 'stick like objects' Measure word for 'volume'

Mandarin Zhng Ge Zh N Zh Bn

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Revision
English One photo A piece of paper One boy A schoolbag This photo That boy This is a pen This is not a pencil That is not a dictionary That is a book Mandarin Y zhng zho pin Y zhng zh Y ge nn hizi Y ge shbo Zh zhng zho pin N ge nn hizi Zh sh zh b Zh b sh zh qinb N b sh bn zdin N sh bn sh

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Culture leaf

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Culture leaf

The dragon boat festival, or Dunw, is celebrated between late May and early June every year It is to commemorate the death of an ancient poet, Qu Yuan, who lived 2000 year ago

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Culture leaf

His advice to the king of Chu, was to hire honest people, rather than his favourites; and for this he was banished from the kingdom On hearing later that the kingdom fell, he threw himself into the Miluo river and drowned to death

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Culture leaf

The people of Chu, threw bamboo shafts full of rice into the river, so that the fish would eat rice and not his body Till day, people throw rice dumplings into the river to revisit the sacrifice

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Culture leaf

Today the day is also celebrated by dragonboat races to commemorate the poet Many weeks are spent creating elaborate dragon boats which are similar to canoes

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What's next?

In the next lesson we will learn question formation and negations!

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Content Team CultureAlley, Sunny Dang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival

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