In Mandarin in G1 we are learning to:
Learning the basic words about the feelings is not that hard. As you may have discovered, the word 不bù means “no”, or “not”, while the word 很hěn means “very”. In details, the words and sentences about feelings are: 感觉 gǎn jué (feeling) 高兴 gāo xìng (happy) 不高兴 bù gāo xìng (unhappy) 我很高兴。 Wǒ hěn gāo xìng. (I am very happy.) 她不高兴。 Tā bù gāo xìng. (She is not happy.) 伤心 shāng xīn (sad) 生气 shēng qì (angry) 害怕 hài pà (scared) 你怎么了? Nǐ zěn me le? (What happened to you?) 我累了。 Wǒ lèi le. ( I am tired.) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the feelings. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose feelings. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in G2 we are learning to:
The names of the clothes are a bit challenging, as there are more strokes in the characters. However, as you may have discovered, most of the names can be grouped based on the root words, such as 衫shān (shirt), 裤kù(pants), 服fu (clothes). In details, the words of clothes are: T恤衫 T xù shān (T shirt) 衬衫 chèn shān (shirt) 裤子 kù zi (pants) 裙子 qún zi (skirt) 鞋子 xié zi (shoes) 短裤 duǎn kù (shorts) 穿 chuān (wear) 衣服 yī fu (clothes) 校服 xiào fú (school uniform) 西装 xī zhuāng (suite) 长 cháng (long) 短 duǎn (short) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the clothes. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose clothes. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in K2 we are learning to:
Learning the months in Mandarin is actually easier than in English. As soon as a child learns the numbers, it is time to introduce the concept of 12 months. The only word one has to learn is 月(yuè, meaning “moon”,”month”). The rest is easy: you simply add numbers 1-12 in front of 月. In detail, the 12 months are: 一月 yī yuè January 二月 èr yuè February 三月 sān yuè March 四月 sì yuè April 五月 wǔ yuè May 六月 liù yuè June 七月 qī yuè July 八月 bā yuè August 九月 jiǔ yuè September 十月 shí yuè October 十一月 shí yī yuè November 十二月 shí èr yuè December I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the months of the year. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose months. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in G1 we are learning to:
Learning the words of shopping in Mandarin is not too difficult. As you may have known, the money in China is called人民币 rén mín bì (RMB). In details, the words and sentences of shopping are : 买东西 mǎi dōng xi (shopping) 要 yào (want) 买 mǎi (buy) 这个 zhè ge (this one) 那个 nà ge (that one) 请问你要买什么? Qǐng wèn nǐ yào mǎi shén me? (Excuse me, what would you like to buy?) 我要买这个。 Wǒ yào mǎi zhè ge. (I want to buy this one.) 一共多少钱? yí gòng duō shaǒ qián? (How is the total?) 人民币 rén mín bì (RMB) 元 yuán (yuan) 角 jiǎo (10 cents) 分 fēn (cent) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose shopping. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In G2 we played games to review the words and sentences of seasons.
In Mandarin in G3 we are learning to:
Learning the basic words about the vehicles is not that hard. In details, the names of the vehicles are: 巴士 bā shì (bus) 德士 dé shì (taxi) 地铁 dì tiě (MRT) 船 chuán (boat) 飞机 fēi jī (aeroplane) 你怎么上学? Nǐ zěn me shàng xué? (How do you go to school?) 我坐巴士。 Wǒ zuò bā shì. (I take the bus.) 我坐地铁。 Wǒ zuò dì tiě. (I take the MRT.) 我走路上学。 Wǒ zǒu lù shàng xué. (I walk to school.) 妈妈开车。 Mā ma kāi chē. (Mum drives a car.) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the names of the vehicles. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose “more vehicles”. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. |
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