In Mandarin in G4 we are learning to:
Talking about a healthy lifestyle in Mandarin is not too difficult, as we have learned about sports and food. In details, the words of a healthy life are: 健康的生活 jiàn kāng de shēng huó ( healthy life) 今天 jīn tiān ( today) 我们 wǒ mén ( we) 要 yào ( want) 谈谈 tán tan ( talk about) 包括 bāo kuò ( include) 运动 yùn dòng ( sports) 食物 shí wù ( food) 可以 kě yǐ ( can) 让 ràng ( make) 身体 shēn tǐ ( body) 强壮 qiáng zhuàng ( strong) 太多 tài duō ( too much) 快餐 kuài cān ( fast food) 重要 zhòng yào ( important) 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 healthy life. 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 G4 we are learning to:
Talking about the daily routine in Mandarin is not too difficult. As you may have found, the grammar in Mandarin is different from that in English when we talk about time. In details, the words and sentences of daily routine are: 日常生活 rì cháng shēng huó ( daily routine) 起床 qǐ chuáng ( get up) 我六点半起床。 Wǒ liù diàn bàn qǐ chuáng. ( I get up at 6:30.) 吃早饭 chī zǎo fàn ( have breakfast) 上学 shàng xué ( go to school) 上课 shàng kè ( class starts) 吃午饭 chī wǔ fàn ( have lunch) 放学 fàng xué ( leave school) 吃晚饭 chī wǎn fàn ( have dinner) 睡觉 shuì jiào ( go to bed) 我八点睡觉。 Wǒ bā diǎn shuì jiào. ( I go to bed at 8.) 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 daily routine. 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 Grade 4 we watched some videos of songs with movement.
In Mandarin in G4 we are learning to:
Learning the words of electric in Mandarin is not too difficult. As you may have found, some words have the same basic word, for example, 电diàn by itself means electric, so it makes the root word for words of devices as seen below. In details, the words of electric devices are: 电 diàn ( electric) 电脑 diàn nǎo ( computer) 电话 diàn huà ( telephone) 电灯 diàn dēng ( lights) 电线 diàn xiàn ( wire) 电视机 diàn shì jī ( TV set) 电冰箱 diàn bīng xiāng ( fridge) 电影 diàn yǐng ( movie) 电池 diàn chí ( battery) 充电器 chōng diàn qì ( charger) 电风扇 diàn fēng shàn ( fan) 电吹风 diàn chuī fēng ( hair-dryer) 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 electric. 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 Grade 4 we learned some words and sentences from betterchinese website.
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