1. Greet Someone and Say Goodbye (name or title), 你 好 nǐ hǎo (Hello) (page4) (name or title), 您 好 nín hǎo (Hello) (page4) 喂 wèi (name or title) (Hello) (page 7 ) (name or title), 再 见 zài jiàn ( Goodbye ) (page5)
2. Greet Someone and Say Goodbye 妈妈, 您好! (page4) 老师, 再见! (page 5 )
3. There are many ways of saying “Hello” in Chinese by asking questions (page4) Where are you going? “ 你 (or 您 ) 上哪儿去?” Have you eaten? “ 你 (or 您 ) 吃 ( 过 (or 饱 ))( 饭 ) 了吗?” You’re here! “ 你 (or 您 ) 在这儿啊!” Are you busy “ 你 (or 您 ) 忙吗” How is everything “ ( 你 (or 您 )) 怎么样?”
4. Chinese Names (Family Name + Given Name) Family Name (or Surname) (Usually consist of one syllable (one character) but there are some with two syllables (two characters)) Example 林 + 方 王 + 云贞 张 + 建华 司 + 马 青 欧 + 阳 成
5. Chinese Names (Family Name + Given Name) Given Name (or Christian Name) (are make up of one or two syllables (one or two characters)) Example 林 + 方 王 + 云贞 张 + 建华 司 + 马 青 欧 + 阳 成
6. Chinese Names SurName, Family Name, Last Name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames Given Name, First Name, Christian Name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_given_name
7. Foreign Names (page4) 彼得 (bǐ dé) Peter 玛丽 (mǎ lì) Mary 阿伦史密斯 (ā lún shǐ mì sī) Alan Smith chinese-tools http://www.chinese-tools.com/ http://www.chinese-tools.com/names http://www.chinese-tools.com/names/girl.html http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/name-painting.html Get a Chinese Name http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
8. Name with Title (A person’s title is placed after the name) Example 李 老师 李国华 老师 国华 老师 颜 老师 颜仁祥 老师 仁祥 老师
9. Grammatical Words 你 nǐ (You – general form) 您 nín (You – polite form) (page 5 Note 1) 们 men (Pluralising suffix) (page 5 Note 2) Example 你 nǐ 你们 nǐ men (page 4) 同学 tóng xué 同学们 tóng xué men (page 4) 老师 lǎo shī 老师们 lǎo shī men (page 4 and 5)
10. Greet them! (page5) You can also greet some other members of your family Elder sister 姐姐 Younger sister 妹妹 Elder brother 哥哥 Younger brother 弟弟
15. Grammatical Words-I, You, He 我 (wǒ) I (page 11) 你 (nǐ) You 您 (nín) You (Polite) (page 4) 他 (tā) He 她 (tā) She (page 11) 牠 (tā) It (Animal) 它 (tā) It (Object) 祂 (tā) He (God)
16. 我 is omitted in the sentence ( tǐng hǎo de) ( 我 ) 挺 好 的。 (quite well) (page 6) (tǐng hǎo de. Nǐ ne?) (page 6) ( 我 ) 挺 好 的。 你呢 ? (quite well. How about you ?) ( hái kě yǐ ) ( 我 ) 还可以。 (Just so so) (page 6)
17. Grammatical Words - 吗,呢,吧 吗 (ma) (page 6) (question particle) 呢 (ne) (page 6) (used to make a “tag” question) 吧 (ba) (page 8) (used to soften tone of the sentence and indicate a suggestion or request) 喂 ( wei ) (page 7 ) ( is an exclamation used to attract someone’s attentation )
18. Ask what someone’s name is ( page12 and 13 notes) ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 叫 什么 名字 ? ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 是 什么 名字 ? ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 的 名字是什么 ? (May I ask, What is your name?) (page11) ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 是 什么 姓 ? ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 姓 什么 ? (May I ask, What is your surname?) (page11) ( 请问 ), 你 (or 您 ) 贵 姓 ? (May I ask, What is your surname?) ( Polite way ) (page13)
19. Reply to someone your name or someone’s name 我 叫 XXX 我 是 XXX 我 的名字 是 XXX (My name is XXX) (page11) 我 姓 X (My surname is X) (page11) 免贵, 姓 (Don’t mention “precious” My surname is X) (page13)
20. Identify yourself or others ( page14 note) I(you,he,she) am(are,is) also not + 我 ( 也 不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) 你 ( 也 不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) 他 ( 也 不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) 她 ( 也 不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) This is not + 这 ( 也 不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship) That is not + 那 ( 也 不 ) 是 + (name or profession or relationship)
21. Ask Who Someone Is - 谁 我是谁 (wǒ shì shuí) Who am I? 你是谁 (nǐ shì shuí) Who are you? 他是谁 (tā shì shuí) Who is he? 她是谁 (tā shì shuí) Who is she? (page 15) 这是谁 (zhè shì shuí) Who is this? 那是谁 (nà shì shuí) Who is that? (page 15)
22. 的 – Indicate possession 我的 (wǒ de) my, mine 你的 (nǐ de) your, yours 他的 (tā de) his 她的 (tā de) her 它的 (tā de) its 牠的 (tuó de) its 祂的 (tā de) His 安娜的 (ā nna de) Anna’s (page15)
23. Ask about nationality (nín shì nǎ guó rén) ? 您 是 哪 国 人 ? (What is your nationality) ( page19 note) (wǒ shì zhōng guó rén) 我 是 中 国 人 (I am Chinese) (nín shì zhōng guó rén ma) ? 您 是 中 国 人 吗 ? (Are you Chinese) (page18 note)
25. Foreign place names expressed in Chinese (page17) usually by transliteration, using Chinese characters, which approximate the original pronunciation of the place name example: 澳大利亚 悉尼 阿德莱德 纽西兰
26. List of Foreign Countries and Nationalities ( page20) Nationality = Name of Country + 人 Example: 中 国 人 日 本 人 澳 大利亚 人
27. List of Foreign Countries and Languages ( page20) Languages = Name of Country + 语 Example: 汉 语 ( 中 国 语 ) 日 本 语 澳 大利亚 语
28. Apology and Respond to Apology (duì bu qǐ) 对 不 起 I am sorry (méi guān xi) 没 关 系 Not at all (page 19)