This page contains the three lessons of Unit 5.
Lesson 5.1
In this lesson, you will learn some small talk and learn to talk about children.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Small talk/ talking about having children
- Are you married?
- Have you got any children?
- one is ….., the other one is …..
- How old is yours?
结jié 婚hūn married
了le already
没méi haven’t
有yǒu to have
没méi 有yǒu have not
孩hái 子zi child/ children
两liăng two, a couple of, colloquial
个ge counting word
多duō 大dà how old, colloquial
一yí 个ge …..一yí 个ge one is … and the other one is…
Lesson 5.2
In this lesson, we enquire about someone’s spouse and invite them for a meal.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Running into an acquaintance on the street and asking how each other’s spouse is doing;
Inviting each other’s family
- long time no see!
- husband/ wife
- different ways of saying ‘not bad’
- ‘呢’used to expressed ‘where’ as well as ‘ how/ what about’
- having free time/ coming to visit us
先xiān 生shēng husband, Mr.
好hăo good, so (very)
好hăo 久jiŭ 不bú 见jiàn long time no see
是shì 啊a to express agreement
太tài 太tai wife, Mrs.
还hái still
错cuò wrong
不bú 错cuò not bad
还hái 行xíng still O.K.
可kě 以yǐ can, allowed, doable
还hái 可kě 以yǐ alright, not bad
马mă 马mă 虎hu 虎hu alright, not bad
在zài 家jiā at home
已yǐ 经jīng already
的de possessive particle
有yǒu 空kòng having free time
来lái to come
家jiā 里lǐ (my) house
玩wán to play
坐zuò to sit
好hăo 啊a O.K./ agreement
Lesson 5.3
Learning to ask if someone is in the office.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Asking if someone is in the office
- to be in ‘在’
- the use of ‘should’
- having a class
- the use of ‘therefore’
张zhāng a common surname
老lăo 师shī old master, teacher
在zài to be located, to be in
应yīng 该gāi should
不bú 是shì isn’t/ aren’t,
啊a an expression to show something dawns on the speaker
课kè class, lesson
所suǒ 以yǐ therefore
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.