Chinese 101 - Susan Butler (banner)

Welcome
Agendas:  wks. 1-3   wks. 4-6   wks. 7-12


Week 1

Di yi zhou (dee yee joe)
(Zhong Guo huan ying ni happy face (image))

Xing qi yi
(shing-chee-ee)
Monday 
3/31

 Xing qi er
(shing-chee-are)
Tuesday
 4/1		 Xing qi san
(shing-chee-sun)
Wednesday
  4/2		 Xing qi si
(shing-chee-sih)
Thursday
4/3		 Xing qi wu
(shing-chee-woo)
Friday
4/4
· Glad to meet you
· Purchase text
  books
· happy face (image) Dictionary
  later		 · Numbers 1-10
· Lab work
  every Tuesday		 · Introduction of
  Pinyin
· Four basic tones		  · Chinese names · Laozi

Click here to listen to week 1 vocabulary

Pinyin English sound
1. Hello ni hao knee-how
2. I/me  Wo  woo-a
3. My name is Wo jiao… wo-gee-ow
4. Good-bye zai jian  zy-gee-en
5. Thank you xie xie she-ah-she-ah


Week 2

Di er zhou (dee are joe)

Xing qi yi
(shing-chee-ee)
Monday 
4/7

 Xing qi er
(shing-chee-are)
Tuesday 
4/8		 Xing qi san
(shing-chee-sun)
Wednesday
 4/9		 Xing qi si
(shing-chee-sih)
Thursday
 4/10		 Xing qi wu
(shing-chee-woo)
Friday 
4/11
· roll call -
  dian ming
· Finals and
  Initials
· Chronological
  Table of China's
  Dynasty		 · See you in
  the Lab		 · Samples of
  Journal Entries
· Numbers 11-20		  · Chinese Song
 · Video		 · Review initials
  and finals
· Taiji quan

Click here to listen to week 2 vocabulary

Pinyin English sound
1. Thank you / You're 
  welcome.		 xie xie / bu xie she-ah she-ah / boo-she-ah 
2. Excuse me, may I ask? dui bu qi, qing wen dway boo chee, cheeng wuhn
3. I understand wo dong woo-a dwong
4. I don't understand wo bu dong woo-a boo dwong
5. What? Shen me shun-muh


Week 3

Di san zhou (dee san joe)

Xing qi yi
(shing-chee-ee)
Monday
 4/14

 Xing qi er
(shing-chee-are)
Tuesday
 4/15		 Xing qi san
(shing-chee-sun)
Wednesday
 4/16		 Xing qi si
(shing-chee-sih)
Thursday
 4/17		 Xing qi wu
(shing-chee-woo)
Friday 
4/18
· 12 months
· Bao jiao zi		 · Lab
· Dian ming		 ·  Journal entry
  #1 due		 · Help (bang
  bang wo)
· Numbers
  100-300		 · Quiz #1 sad face (image)sad face (image)
  Quiz = kao
  shi

Click here to listen to week 3 vocabulary

Pinyin English sound
1. Day ri/hao ree/how
2. Year nian nee-ahn
3. Month  yue yoo-eh
4. Year, month 
   and day		 nian, yue, ri nee-ahn, yoo-eh, huh ree
5. 2003-4-6 er ling ling san nian-
si yue- liu ri/hao

 

Welcome
Agendas:  wks. 1-3   wks. 4-6   wks. 7-12

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