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Unit 6: I Am Learning Chinese: Part I: Listen and Learn

This document provides an introduction to learning Chinese. It includes dialogues between a Chinese teacher, Prof. Xie, and several students. The teacher introduces himself and says he is from China and can speak English and Russian. He notes that his parents only speak Chinese. Three students are then introduced - the teacher's younger brother who works in Shanghai and can speak Japanese but is learning English, a student from Beijing who speaks English, French and German well and is now learning Japanese, and a foreign student named John who is learning Chinese from Prof. Xie and can only speak a little Chinese for now. The document concludes with conversations between the foreign student and teacher about languages they can speak and write, with the student

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Unit 6: I Am Learning Chinese: Part I: Listen and Learn

This document provides an introduction to learning Chinese. It includes dialogues between a Chinese teacher, Prof. Xie, and several students. The teacher introduces himself and says he is from China and can speak English and Russian. He notes that his parents only speak Chinese. Three students are then introduced - the teacher's younger brother who works in Shanghai and can speak Japanese but is learning English, a student from Beijing who speaks English, French and German well and is now learning Japanese, and a foreign student named John who is learning Chinese from Prof. Xie and can only speak a little Chinese for now. The document concludes with conversations between the foreign student and teacher about languages they can speak and write, with the student

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Unit6:IAmLearningChinese

PartI:ListenandLearn

1.
WshXilosh.WshZhnggurn.
IamProf.Xie.IamChinese.

WhushuYngy.Wyhushuy.
IcanspeakEnglish.IcanspeakRussiantoo.

Wbbammadubhushuwiy.
Bothmyparentsdonotspeakforeignlanguages.

Tmenzh hushuZhngguhu.
TheyonlyspeakChinese.

2.
Zhshwddi.
Thisismyyoungerbrother.

Tshgngchngsh,ziShnghigngzu.
Heisanengineer.HeworksinShanghai.

TbhushuYngy.
HecannotspeakEnglish.

ThushuRy.
HecanspeakJapanese.

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TzixuYngy.
HeislearningEnglish.

3.
ZhshWngXiohu.
ThisisWangXiaohua.

TshcngBijnglide.
HecamefromBeijing.

TYngyshudehnho.
HespeaksEnglishverywell.

ThihushuFyhDy.
HecanalsospeakFrenchandGerman.

TxinzizixuRy.
HeislearningJapanesenow.

4.
A:John,n Zhngguhushudehnho.
B:John,youspeakverygoodChinese.
A:John,
B:Nl nl.Shudebho.Wzh hushuydirZhngguhu.Wxinzizi
xuZhngwn.
B:Oh,no,notthatwell.Icanonly speakalittleChinese.IamlearningChinesenow.
B:

A:N deloshshZhnggurnma?
A:IsyourteacherChinese?
A:

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B:Shde.TshZhnggurn,cngShnghilide.
B:Yes,heisChineseandhecamefromShanghai.
B:
A:ThubuhushuYngy?
A:CanhespeakEnglish?
A:
B:Hu.TYngyshudehnho.
B:Yes,hespeaksEnglishverywell.
B:

5.
A:N hihushushnmewiy?
A:Whatforeignlanguagesdoyoualsospeak?
A:
B:Wzh hushuYngy.XinziwzixuZhngwn.
A:IcanonlyspeakEnglish.IamlearningChinesenow.
A:
A:N Zhngwnshudebcu.
A:YouspeakChineseverywell.
A:
B:Nl,shudebho.
B:No,notthatwell.
B:
A:N hubuhuxiZhngguz?
A:CanyouwriteChinesecharacters?
A:
B:Bhu.WbhuxiZhngguz.
B:No,Icannotwritecharacters.
B:

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PartII:UtterancesandNotes

Herearesomewordsforlanguages:
Dy
y
Fy
Ry
Yngy
Zhngguhu
Zhngwn

German
Russian
French
Japanese
English
Chinese
Chinese

'y'means'speech'.'hu'is'speech'too.'wn'referstoawrittenlanguage,but'Zhnggu
hu'and'Zhngwn'canbeuseinterchangeably.

'hu'means'tobeableto'.'hushu...'means'tobeabletospeak...'

Payattentiontothepositionof'du'whichmeans'all'.InthesentenceWbbamma
dubhushu...',theadverb'du'isplacedafter'bbamma'.Neversay:'Duw
bbamma...'

Payattentiontothepositionof 'zh'whichisbeforetheverb'hu'.'IcanspeakFrench
only.'wouldbe'Wzh hushuFy.'

'zi'isagrammaticalmarkerwhichindicatesthatanactionisorwasinprogress.'zi'
xuYngy'means'...am,islearningEnglish'

Payparicularattentiontothesentence:
'TYngy shudehnho.'
HeEnglishspeaksDEverywell.
ThistypeofsentenceisverymuchdifferentfromEnglish.Remember:inChinese
youneversay:TshuYngyhnho.

'nl'or'nl nl'isapolitewaytorespondtothecomplimentsuchas'Youspeak
Chineseverywell.'Neverrespondtoitsaying:'Xixie.'Chinesepeoplearemodestand
humble.Theywillnotsay'xixie'torespondtocompliments.Alsonotethattheactual
pronunciationof'nl'is'nl'becauseoftonechange.

'bcu'issynonymouswith'hnho'.

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PartIII:NewSentenceModules
1.YoureallyspeakEnglish(Chinese)well.Notatall,Iamlearningit...

Yngy
Zhngguhu
Zhngwn

hnh3o
bcu

shude

Nl nl
Shudebho
W zh hushuydrZhngguhu.
W xinzizixu...

2.Canyouspeak...Canyouwrite?Yes,Ican...No,Ican't

N
T
N bbamma

shu
hubuhu

Yngy
Ry
Dy

xiZhngguz

Hu,w hu
Tbhu

shu

Yngy
Ry
Dy

xiZhngguz

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3.Whatotherforeignlanguagescanyouspeak?Icanspeak...only. Icanalsospeak...

N
N bba
T

W
T

hihushushnmewiy?

zh
hi

hushu

Dy
Fy
Ry
Yngy
Zhngguhu
Zhngwn

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PartIV:Practicemakesperfect
Howtosaythefollowingphrases?Pleasespeakout.
tospeakChinese,English,German,Japanese
cannotspeakChinese,English,German,Japanese
speakChinese(English,German,Japanese)verywell
donotspeakChinese(English,German,Japanese)verywell
towriteChinesecharacters
theyallcanspeak,they allcannotspeak
hecanonlyspeak
Iamlearning
healsocanspeak
Answerthefollowingquestionsbasedonyourownsituation.Pleasebesuretogive
realanswers.
Ifyouneedaword,pleasesendanemailmessagetotheinstructortoaskforit.
N hu buhushuYngy?
N hubuhushuZhngguhu?
N hubuhuxiZhngguz?
N hihushushnmewiy?
N yumiyougge(ddi)?
Thubuhushuwiy?
Thushushnmewiy?
Txinzizixuwiyma?
Tzixushnmewiyu?

Nowtrytosaysomethingaboutyourself.
NowtrytofindaChineselookingpersonandmakeaconversationwithhim.
YoucomeacrossaChineselookingperson.GreethiminChinese.Canyouidentifywhere
heisfrom?IshefromBeijing?Ishemarried? Doeshehavechildren?Whatdoeshedo?
DoeshespeakEnglish?ComplimentonhisEnglish.Tellhimwhereyoulive.Givehim
yourtelephonenumber.Saygoodbye.

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