Lesson 8.1
Your friend can’t come out because he has a part-time job.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Asking a friend out again; giving reasons why the invitation is declined
- having days off
- how come……
- weekend
- no way/ nothing can be done
- to be like someone
- in this case…..
- to earn a living
打dă 工gōng to work (part time)
休xiū 息xí to rest
周zhōu 末mò weekend
怎zěn 么me how come, how
还hái still
办bàn 法fă way/ method
没méi 办bàn 法fă nothing can be done/ no can do/ no way
怎zěn 么me办bàn what can be done
下xià under
下xià 星xīng 期qí next week
哪nă 天tiān which day/ which date
天tiān 天tiān everyday
找zhăo to look for/ find
别bié 人rén another person/ other people
那nà。。。好hăo 了le in that case…..
像xiàng to be like/ to look like
有yǒu 钱qián 的de rich
老lăo 爸bà someone’s old man
对duì 不bù 起qǐ I am sorry/ excuse me!
赚zhuàn 钱qián to earn money/ to earn a living
Lesson 8.2
Nationalities, countries and cities
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Strengthening the use of who, which, where, what and whose
- nationalities/ countries：China, USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain
- cities: Beijing, London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Washington DC
- magazines, newspaper, manga….
- possession
谁shéi who
国guó country
哪nă 国guó which country
哪nă 国guó 人rén from which country
哪nă 儿ér where
台tái 北běi Taipei
北běi 京jīng Beijing
伦lún 敦dūn London
巴bā 黎lí Paris
柏bó 林lín Berlin
马mă 德dé 里lǐ Madrid
纽niŭ 约yuē New York
华huá 盛shèng 顿dùn Washington DC
这zhè this
什shé 么me what
杂zá 志zhì magazine
报bào 纸zhǐ newspaper
画huà 报bào illustrated magazine
漫màn 画huà manga comic
地dì 理lǐ geography
谁shéi 的de whose
我wǒ 的de my, mine
你nǐ 的de your, yours
他tā 的de his, his
她tā 的de her, hers
Lesson 8.3
The many ways of using “how” in Chinese.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Introducing the use of ‘how’
- what’s the matter? Feeling sick/ having a cold.
- how to get somewhere
- what should be done now?
- how do you find something (e.g. the book) or someone (e.g. my boyfriend/ girlfriend)
- some adjectives to describe people
- how do you say …..?
怎zěn 么me how, how come
怎zěn 么me了le what happened
舒shū 服fú comfortable
不bù 舒shū 服fú not well
感găn 冒mào to have a cold
坐zuò to sit
坐zuò 车chē to take a public transportation
开kāi 车chē to drive (a car)
怎zěn 么me 样yàng how do you find; asking for opinions
还hái 不bù 错cuò not bad
有yǒu 意yì 思si interesting
意yì 思si meaning
挺tǐng rather/ quite
女nǚ 朋péng 友yǒu girlfriend
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.