Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Greeting!

 感  恩  节  快   乐!      Happy Thanksgiving!
 gǎn ēn jié kuài  lè



Monday, November 24, 2014

Review Sheet for Test

       Link to Monday's PPT
      Pinyin Syllable 2 & Date Unit Review Sheet for Test on Wednesday, Nov 26th

*MW= measure word      QW= question word
Review Guide
1.    You must be able to recall meaning upon seeing ALL those characters and “spell” ALL of these Pinyin when it is read to you (with correct tone marks).
2.    Review compound finals (notice how ian, un, üan are pronounced)
3.   You must know two ways to ask yes/no question V V or  V (adjectives are verbs in Chinese ex. is she beautiful 她美不美 or 她美吗?)
4.    For translation questions, you must know how to answer and ask dates and days of the week in correct order and number of days weeks and. Ex.Translate:
1)   Tomorrow is Sunday, February 21th.  __________________________________________
2)   Independence Day (独立日) is July 4th . _________________________________________
3)   One year has 12 months. _________________________________________________________
* You should know how to write 昨天,今天,明天,天,是,年,月,号,星期,个,有, , 什么 , 不,很,, to answer questions.


fàn : (cooked) rice
nián: year
càivegetable
yuè: month
ròu:  meat
: hào: #th day
chūn :Spring
星期 xīng qī : week
shàng: up
昨天 zuó tiān: yesterday
xià : down   
今天 jīn tiān: today
Adjective
明天míng tiān: tomorrow
gāo: tall/high
 tiān: day
ǎi : (person) short
Verb & others
měi : beautiful
kàn: look/see
cháng : long/length
dào : arrive
kuān : wide/ width
yǒu : have/there is
duì : correct
gè: MW for people & others
cuò : wrong
jǐ : QW for numbers
lǎo : old
谢谢! Xiè xiè : Thank you!