Lesson 6.1
Learning languages
Vocabulary list and summary
Learning languages
- easy or difficult to learn a language
‘好’is used to express ‘easy’ to do something
‘难’is used to express ‘difficult’ to do something - where are you learning Chinese?
- the difference of ‘在’ and ‘去’
- the sentence pattern: to be somewhere or to go somewhere to do something
学xué to learn
英yīng 语yŭ English
汉hàn 语yŭ/中zhōng 文wén
德dé 语yŭ German
法fà 语yŭ French
难nán difficult 好hăo good, easy (to do)
难nán 学xué difficult to learn
不bù 难nán 学xué not difficult to learn
好hào 学xué easy to learn
很hěn 难nán 学xué very difficult
不bú 好hào 学xué not easy to learn
呢ne particle, meaning ‘what/ how about’
吧ba particle, to indicate the assumption is correct
对duì right, correct
在zài located at
大dà 学xué University
大dà large, big
中zhōng middle, medium
小xiăo little, small
去qù to go
北běi 京jīng Beijing
哪nă 儿r where
去qù 哪nă 儿r ？
在zài 哪nă 儿r ？
Lesson 6.2
Today is Sunday. Why did you go to work?
Vocabulary list and summary
Review of ‘tired’ and ‘because’;
Isn’t it Sunday today? Why did you go to work?
- the use of ‘must’
- the introduction of 了 and 没 for perfect tense
- single/ not married
- the use of 有and 没有 (have/ haven’t)
得děi have to
当dāng 然rán of course
单dān 身shēn single
Lesson 6.3
Introducing a friend to your manager.
Vocabulary list and summary
Introducing a friend to your manager
- formal introduction
- politeness and formalities
- declining an offer (coffee/ tea/ water)
这zhè this
位wèi measure word for ‘person’，formal
经jīng 理lǐ manager
王wáng a common surname
朋péng 友yǒu friend
安ān 妮ní Annie
欢huān 迎yíng welcome
请qǐng please
进jìn to enter
坐zuò to sit
喝hē to drink 茶chá tea
用yòng to use/ to need
不bú 用yòng no need
客kè 气qì to stand on ceremony
还hái 是shì or
咖kā 啡fēi coffee
麻má 烦fán to trouble (sb) / trouble
别bié don’t, to indicate a command
别bié 。。。。了le
和hé and A 和B 都。。。
对duì to/ for
身shēn 体tǐ body/ health
白bái 开kāi 水shuǐ plain boiled water
太tài too
苦kŭ bitter
挺tǐng rather
好hăo 喝hē 好hăo 吃chī delicious
难nán 喝hē 难nán 吃chī to taste horrible
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.