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N ho Lesson 12 on Basic Mandarin!

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Revision

English How many/a few Measure word for number of family members Person/ people And One/ one item

Mandarin J Ku Rn H Y ge

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English How many people are there in your family? There are four people in my family My dad, mom, an elder brother and me What about your family? There are five people in my family My dad, mum, older brother, older sister and me Mandarin N ji yu j ku rn? W ja yu s ku rn W bba mma y ge gge h w N ji yu j ku rn? W ja yu w ku rn W bba, mma, gge, jijie h w

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Lesson objectives

Occupations

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What's in store today?

Today we will learn a few more occupations and ask people about their work! So let's get started!

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Today's conversation

English Mark Lisa Mark Lisa Mark How are you? Not bad! How are you? I am also very good! This is my father What does your father do?

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Today's conversation

English Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Lisa 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!

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Today's conversation

You will notice,that some of the sentences mentioned have been covered before, while others are new! Let's go through the sentences we already know!

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Today's conversation

English Mark Lisa Mark Lisa 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

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Occupational conversation

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Occupational conversation

What (work) does your father do?

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Occupational conversation

What shnme

(work) gngzu

does

your n

father bba

do zu

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Grammar tip

What we really ask is 'Your father does what work?'

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Occupational conversation

What does your father do?

N bba zu shnme gngzu?

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Occupational conversation

My father is a lawyer

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Occupational conversation

My W

father bba

is sh

lawyer lsh

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Occupational conversation

My father is a lawyer

W bba sh lsh

Literally, My father is lawyer Note that articles are not translated To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Occupational conversation

What (work) do you do?

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Occupational conversation

What Shnme

work gngzu

do

you n

do? zu

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Occupational conversation

What do you do?

N zu shnme gngzu?

Literally, You do what work?

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Occupational conversation

I am an engineer

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Occupational conversation

I am an engineer

W sh gng chng sh

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Tonal tip
Gng is pronounced using a high level tone, like Gng Chng is pronounced using a mid rising tone,like Chng We already know how to say Sh, so lets try and say it all together! It's Gng chng sh

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Lets see if you remember

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Pick the right option

How do you say My father is a lawyer?

1
W bba sh lsh

2
Bba zu shnme gngzu

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Solution

How do you say My father is a lawyer?

1
W bba sh lsh

2
Bba zu shnme gngzu

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Pick the right option

What does Gngzu mean?

1
Work

2
Doctor

3
To do

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Solution

What does Gngzu mean?

1
Work

2
Doctor

3
To do

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Lets revise!

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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Moving on...

The sentence 'I am a ...' can be filled in using a lot of different professions! Let's learn a few of them now!

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Occupational conversation

I am a doctor

W sh Ysheng

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Occupational conversation

She is a manager

T sh Jng l

Jng = first tone, high level l = third tone, falling rising To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Occupations

He is an accountant

T sh kui j

Aggregate = Kui To compute/calculate = J To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Pronunciation tip

Kui and J are both pronounced with a falling tone, also known as the fourth tone Lets hear you say, Kui J

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Occupations

I am retired

W sh tu xi le

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Tonal tip

Tu carries the falling tone (4th tone) Xi carries the high level tone (1st tone) Le carries the neutral tone (5th tone) Lets hear you say Tu xi le

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Lets revise!

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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Pronunciation tip

Now let's look at the last part of our conversation! 'What does your mother do?'

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Occupations

What does your mother do?

N mma zu shnme gng zu?

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Occupations

My mother is a housewife

W mma sh ji tng zh f

Family member = Ji tng Wife = Zh f To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Mandarin

Tonal tip
Ji tng uses the high level tone on a and a mid rising tone on i Zh f uses the rising falling tone on the first u and a falling tone on the second u Lets hear you say Ji tng zh f Did you notice? Ji tng zh f is the first word we've learnt that uses all four tones!
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Let's see if you remember

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'Manager'?

1
Jng l

2
Ysheng

3
Lsh

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Solution

How do we say 'Manager'?

1
Jng l

2
Ysheng

3
Lsh

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Pick the right option

How do we say, Housewife?

1
Ji tng zh f

2
Gng chng sh

3
Tu xi le

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Solution

How do we say, Housewife?

1
Ji tng zh f

2
Gng chng sh

3
Tu xi le

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Pick the right option

How do we say 'I am an accountant ?

1
W sh kui j

2
W sh Jng l

3
W sh ysheng

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Solution

How do we say 'I am an accountant ?

1
W sh kui j

2
W sh Jng l

3
W sh ysheng

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Here is what we learnt today!

English Mark Lisa Mark Lisa 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 N bba zu shnme gng zu?

Mark What does your father do?

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Here is what we learnt today!

English Lisa My father is a lawyer,and you? Mandarin W bba sh lsh,n ne?

Mark Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Lisa

I am an engineer What does your mother do? My mother is a housewife What do you do? I am a doctor Wonderful!

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

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Culture leaf

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Culture leaf

Tetraphobia, or aversion to the number four, is common in China The Chinese word for four (pinyin = s), sounds quite similar to the word for death (pinyin = s), in many varieties of Chinese

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Culture leaf
Special care may be taken to avoid occurrences or reminders of the number 4 during festive holidays, or when a family member is sick Similarly, 14, 24, 42, etc are also to be avoided due to the presence of the digit 4 in these numbers

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What's next?

In the next lesson we will learn about measure words!

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

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