Chinese Language – BBA 6th

Assignment # 06
Follow the following instructions:

a. recognizes and memorize the following new words and conversation

b. Write the following 10 times in given order and submit on google classroom also send
your voice note in which you are repeating the given names on WhatsApp.

c. work on your pronunciation

How Many People?

这是我家

First up, let’s learn how to ask and answer about the amount of
people in your family. In Chinese, there are two ways to ask “How
many people are in your family?”:

你家有几个人?
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ gè rén

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你家有几口人?
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén
As you can see, the only thing that’s different between those two
questions is the measure word. Many textbooks will teach you to
use 口 as the measure word for people, but it’s perfectly fine to use
the catch-all measure word 个. In fact, I’ve had Chinese teachers
tell me it’s more common to use 个. So, how many people are in
your family? Here’s my answer:

我家有九个人.
wǒ jiā yǒu jiǔ gè rén
There are 9 people in my family.
Try to use the words we learned in the last post to introduce them.
Here’s the list of people in my family:

爸爸，妈妈，四个弟弟，两个妹妹，和我
bà ba, mā ma, sì gè dì di, liǎng gè mèi mei, hé wǒ
dad, mom, 4 younger brothers, 2 younger sisters,
and me
Now let’s move on to some more Q&A about family members so
you can get even more practice.

Family Members Q&A

Here are some common questions that you might encounter when
talking about family in Chinese, as well as examples of how to
answer them:

1. 你结婚了吗?
nǐ jié hūn le ma
Are you married?

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是的，我已经结婚了.
shì de, wǒ yǐ jīng jié hūn le
Yes, I’m already married.

没有，我还没结婚.
méi yǒu, wǒ hái méi jié hūn
No, I’m not married yet.

2. 你有孩子吗?
nǐ yǒu hái zi ma
Do you have children?

有的，我有一个儿子.
yǒu de, wǒ yǒu yī gè er zi
Yes, I have a son.

我没有孩子.
wǒ méi yǒu hái zi
No, I don’t have children.

3. 你的 爸爸妈妈住在哪里?
nǐ de baba mama zhù zài nǎ lǐ
Where do your parents live?

他们住在我的老家.
tā men zhù zài wǒ de lǎo jiā
They live in my hometown.

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5. 你的儿子几岁了?
nǐ de er zi- jǐ suì le
How old is your son?

他十七岁.
tā shí qī suì
He’s 17.

New words

jǐ- how many

jiā- Home
dì di- younger brother
mèi mei- younger sister
jié hūn- married
yǐ jīng-already
hái- still
hái zi- child
er zi- son
zhù -live
zài nǎ lǐ- where
lǎo jiā- hometown
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suì le—years- when you ask about age

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