In Mandarin in G4 we are learning to:
I have made 5 learning sets to cover a wide range of topics. In details, the first set is: 我叫 Wǒ jiào (My name is) 我姓 Wǒ xìng (My family name is) 我的中文名字是 Wǒ de zhōng wén míng zi shi (My Chinese name is ) 我没有中文名字。 Wǒ méi you zhōng wén míng zi. (I don't have a Chinese name.) 因为 yīn wéi (because) 我上国际学校。 Wǒ shàng guó jì xué xiào. (I go to an international school.) 我上五年级。 Wǒ shàng wǔ nián jí. (I am in Grade 5.) 我家有四口人。 Wǒ jiā yǒu sì kǒu rén. ( There are four people in my family.) 我没有宠物。 Wǒ méi you chǒng wù. ( I don't have a pet.) 我去过中国和泰国。 Wǒ qù guo Zhōng guó hé Tài guó. ( I have been to China and Thailand. ) 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 sentences about myself 1. 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 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. |
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