basic mandarin chinese | lesson 11 | basic numbers and talking about your family
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Learn Mandarin Chinese for free using self-paced audio-visual lessons and interactive practice exercises - CultureAlley - master conversations, grammar, vocabulary and more! Today we shall learn basic numbers from 1 to 10 and use them in a familial conversation such as "how many people are there in your family?" We shall also talk about popular tea culture of China! To study this at your own pace, take quizzes and explore more lessons go to www.culturealley.com. See you at the Alley!TRANSCRIPT
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Nǐ hǎo Lesson 11 on Basic Mandarin!
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Revision
English Mandarin
Family, home Jiā
Father Bàba
Mother Māma
Son Érzi
Daughter Nǚ’er
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Revision
English Mandarin
Elder sister Jiějie
Younger sister Mèimei
Elder brother Gēge
Younger brother Dìdi
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Revision - Familial relations
English Mandarin Colloquial
My home Wǒ de jiā Wǒ jiā
My father Wǒ de bàba Wǒ bàba
My mother Wǒ de māma Wǒ māma
My son Wǒ de érzi Wǒ érzi
My daughter Wǒ de nǚ’er Wǒ nǚ’er
My elder brother Wǒ de gēge Wǒ gēge
My younger brother Wǒ de dìdi Wǒ dìdi
My elder sister Wǒ de jiějie Wǒ jiějie
My younger sister Wǒ de mèimei Wǒ mèimei
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Lesson objectives
1 Numerals
2 Familial conversation
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What's in store today?
Today we will learn how to say numerals and have a small
conversation regarding family!
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Lesson objectives
1 Numerals
2 Familial conversation
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Numerals
Let us learn to read and pronounce numerals in Mandarin!
We’ll start with 1-5, revise and then cover 6-10!
Let’s begin!
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Numerals
It is pronounced with a high level tone
One
Yī
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Numerals
It is pronounced with afalling tone
Two
Èr
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Numerals
It is pronounced with ahigh level tone
Three
Sān
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Numerals
It is pronounced with a falling tone
Four
Sì
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Numerals
It is pronounced with a falling rising tone
Five
Wǔ
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Revision-Numerals
Great! Now let’s cover 6-10!
English Mandarin
One Yī
Two Èr
Three Sān
Four Sì
Five Wǔ
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Numerals
It is pronounced with afalling tone
Six
Liù
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Numerals
It is pronounced with ahigh level tone
Seven
Qī
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Numerals
It is pronounced with ahigh level tone
Eight
Bā
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Numerals
It is pronounced with a falling rising tone
Nine
Jiǔ
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Numerals
It is pronounced with a mid rising tone
Ten
Shí
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Revision - Numerals
English Mandarin
Six Liù
Seven Qī
Eight Bā
Nine Jiǔ
Ten Shí
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Grammar tip
Remember that pronunciation is key in Mandarin
Notice that the translation for ‘ten’ is ‘Shí’ while that of ‘am’ is ‘Shì’,
the only difference being that of tone
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Lesson objectives
1 Numerals
2 Familial conversation
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Familial conversation
Great! Now that we know how to say numbers, lets learn vocabulary
for a familial conversation!
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Familial conversation
It is pronounced with a falling rising tone
How many/ a few
Jǐ
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Familial conversation
It is pronounced with a falling rising tone
Measure word (for family)
Kǒu
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Revision
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Grammar tip
The literal meaning of the word ‘Kǒu’, is ‘mouth’, as a noun
However, as a measure word, ‘Kǒu’ means ‘how many’
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Familial Conversation
How many people are there in your family?
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Familial conversation
How many people are there in your family measure word
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Jǐ rén yǒu nǐ jiā kǒu
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Familial conversation
Literally, ‘Your family has howmany (kǒu) people?'
How many people are there in your family?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
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Let's see if you remember…
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Pick the right option
How do we say ‘How many'?
1
Jǐ
2
Rén
3
Kǒu
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Soution
How do we say 'How many'?
1
Jǐ
2
Rén
3
Kǒu
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Familial Conversation
Moving on, in answer to the question, we say the following:
My family has four people, my dad, mom, an elder brother and me, what
about your family?
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Familial conversation
To learn this, we will break the sentence into three parts
My family has four people, My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
What about your family?
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Familial conversation
My family has four people (measure word)
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì rén kǒu
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Familial conversation
Literally, ‘my family has four (kǒu)people'
There are four people in my family
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
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Familial conversation
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Familial conversation
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ bàba, māma, yí ge gēge hé wǒ
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Familial conversation
Remember that 'yí ge'means 'an'
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé wǒ
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Familial conversation
‘What about your family?’ is translated as ‘Your family has how many people?’
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Familial conversation
Your family has how many people measure word
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ rén kǒu
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Familial conversation
Literally, ‘Your family hashow many people?
What about your family?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
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Familial conversation
English Mandarin
How many people are there in your
family?Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
There are four people in my family Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
My dad, mom, an elder brother and meWǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé
wǒ
What about your family? Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
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Grammar tip
Note that, ‘How many people are there in your family?’ and ‘What about your family?’ have the same translation
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Let's see if you remember…
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Pick the right option
How do we say 'There are four people in my family' ?
1
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
2
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén
3
Yě wǒ shì rén
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Solution
How do we say 'There are four people in my family' ?
1
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
2
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén
3
Yě wǒ shì rén
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Moving on…
In reply to this conversation, we say ‘There are five people in my family,
my dad, mum, an older brother,
an older sister and me’
We shall break this into two again
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Familial conversation
‘There are five people in my family’, translates as
‘My family has five people’
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Familial conversation
My family has five people (measure word)
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ rén kǒu
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Familial conversation
Literally, ‘My family has five(kǒu) people'
There are five people in my family
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
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Familial conversation
‘My dad, mum, an older brother, an older sister and me’
is translated literally
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Familial conversation
My dad mom elder brother elder sister and me
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ bàba māma gēge jiějie hé wǒ
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Familial conversation
My dad, mom, elder brother, elder sister and me
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ
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Let’s see if you remember…
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Pick the right option
How do you say ‘My dad, mom, elder brother,
elder sister and me’?
1
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ
2
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
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Solution
How do you say ‘My dad, mom, elder brother,
elder sister and me’?
1
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ
2
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
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Pick the right option
How do we say ‘And me’?
1
Hé wǒ
2
Kǒu rén
3
Wǒ jīa
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Solution
How do we say ‘And me’?
1
Hé wǒ
2
Kǒu rén
3
Wǒ jīa
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Let’s revise!
English Mandarin
How many people are there in your
family?Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
There are four people in my family Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
My dad, mom, an elder brother and meWǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé
wǒ
What about your family? Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
There are five people in my family Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
My dad, mum, older brother, older
sister
and me
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé
wǒ
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Culture leaf
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Culture leaf
Tea culture in China differs from that of Europe, Britain or Japan in such things as preparation methods, tasting methods and
the occasions for which it is consumed
In addition to being a drink, Chinese tea is used in traditional Chinese medicine and in Chinese
cuisine
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Culture leaf
In modern China, virtually every dwelling — even down to the
simplest mud hut — has a set of tea
implements for brewing a hot cup of tea
These implements are symbols of welcome for visitors or neighbours
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Culture leaf
China also boasts of a tea museum
located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China
The exhibitions display tea production, and different kinds of
tea
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What's next?
In the next lesson we will learn about occupations!
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Credits
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