Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Countries and Nationalities 国家和国籍

Course: Chinese 1   Unit: Countries and Languages    
Date: Wed, 12/17/14 Lesson: Countries and Nationalities
Link to PPT 1
Link to PPT 2

*The country names in Chinese are generally translated based on the pronunciation of that country’s language. There are limited number of countries whose names include the word 国 in them. These include 美国(U.S. ) , 中国(China),法国(France ) ,英国(U.K.) ,  德国 (Germany) , 韩国(S. Korea)and 泰国(Thailand )。

Country
Q: 这是哪个国家?(This is which country?) or 这是哪里?(This is where? )
A: 这是美国。(This is the U.S.)

National Flag
Q:  这是哪国国旗?(This is which country’s national flag)
A:  这是法国国旗。(This is French national flag)

Nationality
Q: 你是哪国人?(You are which country’s person?)
A: 我是韩国人。(I am a Korean person)

Vocabulary
俄罗斯è luó sī : Russia    法国fǎ guó: France
韩国hán guó:  Korea        加拿大jiā ná dà:Canada
美国měi guó: U.S.A        墨西哥mò xī gē:  Mexico
印度yìn dù :India          英国yīng guó:UK
日本rì běn: Japan             中国zhōng guó: China
国家 guó jiā: country       国旗 guó qí: national flag
哪个 nǎ gè: which (one)   哪里nǎ lǐ: where

很高兴认识你 hěn gāo xìng rèn shí nǐ: Nice to meet you!

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