FISH GE ELEC – Foreign Language 1-Mandarin

1. Module Title 5: HOW TO GET A CAR

2. Introduction

In this Chapter, you will be learning basic vocabulary and sentence structure
usually used when taking a public transport. Students will also task to do a basic dialogue
with friends using the vocabulary learned in this topic.

3. Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students shall be able to:

 Ask directions
 Learning to greet
 Express thanks

4. Learning Topics:

1. VOCABULARY

Let’s get started!

1. gao xing To be glad

Wǒ hěn gāoxìng rènshí nǐ. I am glad to meet you.
Wǒ hěn gāoxìng zài zhèlǐ xué zhōngwén. I am glad to learn Chinese here.
2. ren shi To acquaint/recognize/know
Wǒ rènshí (zhi dao) tā. I know him.

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Wǒ bù rènshí tā. I do not know him.
Wǒ rènshí wǒ de xīn tóngxué. I knew my new classmate.
3. hui Can (know how to do), will be
Wǒ shuō zhōngwén. I speak Chinese.
Wǒ shuō yīngyǔ (yingwen). I speak English.
Wǒ bù huì shuō xībānyá yǔ. I can’t speak Spanish.
Nǐ huì shuō rìyǔ ma? Do you speak Japanese?
Nǐ huì shuō rìyǔ ma Do you know how to speak Japanese?
4. shuo To say/speak
Shu hua Speaking/talk
Nǐ shuō shénme? What did you say?
Tā shuō tā xǐhuān hē kāfēi. Wǒ bù xǐhuān He said he likes to drink coffee. I do not
shuōhuà. like to talk.
Tā shuō shénme? What does he say?
Qǐng zàishuō yīcì (qǐng yuánliàng). Please say it again (pardon).
5. yi dian dian A little bit
Yi dian A little
Yi xie Some
Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn zhōngwén. I can speak a little bit of Chinese.
Wǒ xiǎng dúshū. I want to do some reading.
Tā chīle yīdiǎn mǐfàn. He ate a little steamed rice.
Wǒ yǒu yīxiē táiwān péngyǒu. I have some Taiwanese friend.
6. zuo To sit/ take a seat/ travel by
Zuo che By car
Ní jiāng (will) zuo shénme jiāotōng gōngjù What transportation you will use to go
(transportation) qù guang jie? shopping?
Qǐng zuò have a seat
Gòuwù shopping
guang jie window shopping
7. qi Take
Qi che Take car/drive car
Wǒ kāi mótuō chē qù xuéxiào. I drive motorcycle to school.
Wǒ xǐhuān qí mótuō chē. I like taking motorcycle.

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Táiwān de MRT(dàzhòng jié yùn xìtǒng) MRT (Mass Rapid Transit system) in
fēicháng hǎo. Taiwan is very good.

8. hai shi Or, still

Nín xiǎng hē kāfēi háishì guǒzhī? Would you like to drink coffee or juice?
Nín yāomǎi yīfú háishì xiézi? Do you want to buy clothes or shoes?

Wo hai shi hen ai ni I still love you so much

9. gong che Bus (shorthand)
Gong gong qi che Bus
Nín xiǎng chéng gōnggòng qìchē huò dìtiě Would you like to take bus or MRT to buy
qù mǎi dōngxī (guàngjiē) ma? things (go shopping)?

Táiběi de bāshì jiāotōng shífēn biànlì. Transportation by bus in Taipei is very

convenient.

10. xue xiao School

Xuéxiào lǐ yǒu hěnduō xuéshēng. Our school has a lot of teachers.
Wǒ xiǎng zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù xuéxiào. There are many students in the school.
Wǒ chéng xiàochē qù shī lǐng yèshì. I want to take a bus to school.
I take school bus to the shi ling night
market.
11. you de Some of (a part)
You de xuéshēng xuéxí zhōngwén, yīxiē Some students learn Chinese and some
xuéshēng xuéxí yīngyǔ. studnets learn English.
Yǒu de rén bù xǐhuān hē kāfēi, Some people don’t like drinking coffee,
12. Shi hou Time, moment (within the time)
Nín shénme shíhòu xiǎng qù gòuwù. When would you like to go shopping.
Yǒu shí wǒ chéng gōnggòng qìchē qù Sometimes I take a bus to school.
xuéxiào.
13. zou lu Walking, by foot
Wǒ xǐhuān zǒulù. I like walking.
Wǒ zǒulù dào xuéxiào. I walk to school.

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 14. zhen de Really
Wǒ zhēn de hěn xǐhuān chá I really like tea.
wǒ zhēn de hěn xiǎng qù gòuwù. I really want to go shopping.
Wǒ zhēn de bù xǐhuān pīsà. I really dislike pizza.
Zhēn de ma Reaally?

2. DIALOGUE

Duo shao qian

A: Ni hao! Wo shi Lai Mei Yi.

Hello. I am Lai Mei Yi.

B: Ni hao! Hen gao xing ren shin i! wo shi li zhong li

Hello. It’s nice to meet you. I am Li zhong Li

A: Ni hui shuo zhong wen ma?

Do you speak Chinese Mandarin?

B: Wo hui shuo yi dian zhong wen, wo zai ji long xue zhong wen.
I speak a little Chinese, I learned Chinese in Keelung.

A: ni zuo gong che hai shi qi che qu xue xiao

Do you take bus or car to school?

B: wo zuo gong che qu xue xiao

I take bus to school. How about you?

A: wo you de shi hou zuo gong che, you de shi hou zou lu.
Sometimes I take bus, sometimes I walk.

B: wo ye xi huan zou lu

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 I like walk too.

A: zhen de ma? Tai hao le! Wo men yi qi zou ba!

Really? That is great. Let’s walk together.

3. ESSAY

I am glad that I made an Indonesia friend. He speaks a little Chinese. He is learning

Chinese in Keelung, too. He comes to school sometimes by bus and sometimes walk. I le
to walk with him to school for Chinese Class.

Wǒ hěn gāoxìng jiéshìle yìnní péngyǒu. Tā shuō yīdiǎn zhōngwén. Tā yě zài jīlóng xuéxí
zhōngwén. Tā yǒu shí chéng gōnggòng qìchē qù shàngxué, yǒu shí bùxíng. Wǒ dài tā qù
xuéxiào shàng zhōngwén kè.

4. APPENDIX

Jiao tng gong ju Gong che (gong gong che) Huo che
Transportation tools bus train
Jie yun Ji cheng che Jiao ta che
MRT taxi bike
Xiao che You lan che Mo tou che
School bus Tour bus motorcycle
Fei ji Chuan
airplane ship
Xue xiao Tuo er suo you zhi yuan
school Child care center indergarten

Xiao xue Zhong xue-high school Da xue

Elementary school Guo zhong- junio university
Gao zhonsenior

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Yan jiu suo Shuo shi Bo shi
Graduate school master Doctoral degree
Zuo Zuo fei ji Zuo gong che
Travel by By plane By bus

zuo jie yin ZUO JI CHENG CHE

By MRT By taxi
Qi Qi mo to che Qi jiao ta che
ride Ride a motorcycle Ride a bicycle

Qi ma
Ride a horse
Kai Kai qi che Kai gong che
drive Drive a car Drive a bus
Kai huo che Kai fei ji Kai chuan
Drive a train Fly a plane Drive a ship
Taiwan xian shi
County and city names in
Taiwan
Tai bei Ji long Tai nan
Taipei Keelung Tainan
Gao xiong Ping dong Tai dong
Kaohsiung Pingtung Taitung

Nan tou Zhang hua Yun lin

Nantou changhua yunlin
Jia yi Tao yuan Hual ian
Jiayi Taoyuan Hualien
Yi lan
Yilan
Lu dao Lan yu-ordhic island Jin men-Kimman
Green island Peng hu-penghu Ma zu- Mazu

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4. Recommended learning materials and resources for supplementary reading
Youtube.com (https://www.youtube.com/)
Learn to Speak Chinese_ Beginning Mandarin Chinese for Native English
Speakers by Suzanne Brickman

5. Flexible Teaching Learning Modality (FTLM) adopted

Online (synchronous):Edmodo
Remote (asynchronous): module, videos

6. Assessment Task
Make a dialogue about taking a car/ public transport using Chinese Mandarin.

7. References
NTOU Basic Chinese Manual

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1. Module Title 6: TIME PHRASE

2. Introduction

In this Chapter, you will be learning basic vocabulary and sentence structure
usually used for time phrase. Students will also task to do a basic dialogue with friends
using the vocabulary learned in this topic.

3. Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students shall be able to:

 Learn expressions usually used to someone haven’t seen a long time .

4. Learning Topics:

1. VOCABULARY

Let’s get started!

1. wei Hello
Nǐ hǎo. Wǒ shì wángdàmíng Hello. I am Wang Da Ming
nǐ hǎo. Nǐ hǎo ma? Zhè shì 0925168999 Hello. How are you? Here are 0925168999.

2. jia Home
Jia ren Family (people)
Hui jia Go home (return home)
Nǐ jiā zài nǎlǐ? Where is your home?
Tāmen shì wǒ de jiārén. They are my family.
Wǒjiā yì gòng wǔ gèrén. There are five people in my family.

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3. wei Measure word for people live in polite way
Nín hǎo, qǐngwèn zhè shì shuí? (Bōdǎ Hello may I ask who is this? (Making phone
diànhuà) call)
wǒmen xuéxiào yǒu èrshí wèi lǎoshī. There are twenty teachers in our school.

4. tong xue Coursemate

Tā shì wǒ de tóngxué zhī yī. She is one of my coursemate.
Wǒ yǒusān gè hǎo tóngxué I have three nice coursemate.

4. shi qing Matter, things (to do), affair

Wǒ bìxū zuò hěnduō shìqíng. I have to do a lot of things.
Wǒ zěnme bāng nǐ? (Wǒ néng wéi nǐ zuò How can I help you? (What can I do for you?)
shénme?) Do you have anything to do now?
Nǐ xiànzài yǒushì ma

5. qing jiao To ask some people questions

Wǒ xiǎng wèn (qing jiao) nǐ yīgè wèntí ma. I would like to ask you a question.
(Wǒ xiǎng duì wǒ de wèntí fābiǎo nín de (I would like to have your opinion on my
kànfǎ). problem).

6. deng To wait/await
Wǒ jiàng zài jiàoshì 105 děng nín. I will wait for you in classroom 105.
Wǒ huì zài shíyàn shì děng nǐ. Fángjiān I will wait for you in lab. room

7. yi xia One moment, a minute, a while

Qǐng děng yī fēnzhōng. Please wait a minute.
Wǒ xiǎng dúshū. I want to do some reading.

8. dian hua Telephone

Da dian hua Make a telephone call
Jie dian hua Answer the phone

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Wǒ míngtiān gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà. I’ll call you tomorrow.

9. xie xie To thank you/thanks

Xièxiè nín hé wǒ yīqǐ gòuwù. Thank you for going shopping with me.
Xièxiè nǐ gěi wǒ mǎi kāfēi Thank you for buying me the coffee.
10. zhong wu Noon
Wǒ jiàng zài jīntiān zhōngwǔ qù 101 tǎ. I will go to the 101 Tower at this noon.
11. shi jian Time
Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān qù gòuwù. I do not have time to go shopping.
Wǒ yǒu hěnduō shíjiān kě lìyòng. Wǒmen I have a lot of time to spare. Let’s go out to
chūqù hē bēi chá bā. have some tea.
12. xie To write
Xiě zìfú Write characters
wǒ zhèngzài xiě. I am writing.
Nǐ xiànzài zài xiě shénme? What are you writing now?
Wǒ zhèngzài zuò wǒ de zuòyè. I am doing my homework.
13. pian Measure word for article/essay/report
Bao gao To report, report, lecture
Wǒ xūyào xiě bàogào. I need to write a report.
14. bang To help/assist
Bang mang Help, give (someone) a hand
Nǐ xiǎng ràng wǒ gěi nǐ mǎi bēi guǒzhī ma? Do you want me to buy you a cup/glass of
Tā bāngle wǒ hěnduō máng. juice?
Wǒ xūyào nǐ de bāngzhù. He helped me a lot.
I need your help.

15. dui bu qi I am sorry

Bàoqiàn, wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān qù nǐ jiā. I’m sorry, I do not have time to go to your
Duìbùqǐ, wǒ bù hē kāfēi. house.
I’m sorry, I do not drink coffee.
16. xing qi Week
Jīntiān shì xīngqí jǐ? What day is today?

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 Zhège xīngqítiān nǐ xiǎnglái wǒjiā chīfàn ma? Do you want to come to my house for dinner
this Sunday?
17. zao shang Morning
Jīntiān zǎoshang zhēn lěng. It Was real cold this morning.
18. dai To bring
19. Dai zhe To bring
Wǒ bǎ shū dài dào xuéxiào. I brought books to school.

20. Dao To reach, to arrive, to leave for

Wǒ zuótiān qù (dao) táiběi 101 mǎile dōngxī. I went to Taipei 101 and bought something
Wǒ xiǎng qù (dao) shèjiāo shì děng péngyǒu. yesterday.
I want to go to social room to wait for a
friend.
21. mei wenti No problem
Nǐ xiǎng gěi wǒ mǎi fàn ma? Do you want to buy me a meal?
Méi wèntí, wǒ gěi nǐ mǎi fàn. No problem, I will buy you a meal.
22. yi ding Certainly, must, indeed, surely
Bu yi ding May not
Wǒ yi ding yao zuò Jié yùn qù tā jiā. I must take MRT to go to her home.
Wǒ jīntiān kěnéng bù xūyào (bu yi ding) I may not need to have noodles today.
miàntiáo.
23. jian To see/meet
Míngtiān jiàn. See you tomorrow.
Xīngqíliù jiàn. See you on Saturday.
Xià xīngqí yī jiàn. See you next Monday.
24. zai jian Goodbye
Wǒ yào zǒule bàibài I’m leaveing. Godbye.
wǒ yào qù xuéxiàole. Zàijiàn! I’m going to school. Good bye!
2. DIALOGUE

A: wei! Qing wen, wang da ming zai su she ma

Hello, is wang da ming in hostel?

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B: qing wen, ni shi na yi wei
May I know who is asking?

A: wo shi da ming de tong xue, you shi qing xiang qing jiao ta.
I am coursemate of Da ming. (I am Daming’s colleague). I would like tosk him a
question.

B: QING DI YI XIA! Da ming! Ni de dian hua

Hold on for a moment. Da Ming. You have a phone call.

C: xie xie! Wei! Wo shi da ming

Thank you. Hello. This is Da Ming.

A: Da ming, wo shi zhong li, ni miang tian zhong wu you mei you shi jian?
Da ming! I am Zhong Li. Will you be available tomorrow noon?

C: ni you shi me shi qing ma?

Wha may I help you with?

A: wo xie le yi pian bao gao xiang, xiang qing ni bang wok an kan
I wrote a report. Could you proff read it for me?

C: dui bu qi! Wo ming tian mei you shi jian, xing qi liu zao shang hao ma
I am sorry! I will be busy tomorrow. How about Saturday morning?

A: hao! Xing qi liu zao shang, wo hui da zhu bao gao ni su she
Fantastic. On Saturday morning, I will be at your hostel with the report.

C: Mei wen ti! Wo yi ding zai su she deng ni.

No problem! I will be waiting at hostel.

A: xie xie ni! Xing qi liu jian

Thank you! See you on Saturday.

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B: Zai jian
Bye.

3. ESSAY

Hello. Is this Da Ming? I am Mei Yi. Will you be available on the coming Sunday? I
would like to have you teaching me Chginese. I have a lot of Taiwanese friends. If I am
able to speak Chinese more fluently, my Taiwanese friends will be delighted.

Nǐ hǎo. Zhè shì dàmíng ma? Wǒ shì méi yí. Xià zhōurì nín yǒu kòng ma? Wǒ xiǎng ràng
nǐ jiào wǒ zhōngwén. Wǒ yǒu hěnduō táiwān péngyǒu. Rúguǒ wǒ néng shuō yīkǒu liúlì
de zhōngwén, wǒ de táiwān péngyǒu jiāng huì hěn gāoxìng.

4. APPENDIX

Qing chen Zao chen Zao shang

Before early morning Early morning morning
Bang wan Wan shang Shen ye
evening At night midnight
Ban ye Shang wu Zhong wu
midnight morning noon
Xia wu Qian tian Zuo tian
afternoon The day before yesterday yesterday
Jin tian Ming tian Hou tian
today tomorrow The day after tomorrow
Xing qi yi Xing qi er Xing qi san
monday tuesday wednesday
Xing qi si Xing qi wu zhou mo
thursday Friday weekend
Xing qi liu Xing qi ri (xing qi tian) Shang ge xing qi
saturday Sunday Last week

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 Zhe ge xing qi Xia ge xing qi Shang ge yue
This week Next week Last month
Zhe ge yue Xia ge yue Qian nian
This month Next month The year before last one
Qu nian Jin nian Ming nian
Last year This year Next year
Hou nian Sushe Guo ji su she
The year after next one hostel International hostel
Nan yi she Nan er she Nu yi she
Male one hostel Male two hostel Fenale one hostel
Nan san nu er she Jiaoyi ting Guitai
hostel Social room counter

4. Recommended learning materials and resources for supplementary reading

Youtube.com (https://www.youtube.com/)
Learn to Speak Chinese_ Beginning Mandarin Chinese for Native English
Speakers by Suzanne Brickman

5. Flexible Teaching Learning Modality (FTLM) adopted

Online (synchronous):Edmodo
Remote (asynchronous): module, videos

6. Assessment Task
Make a dialogue using time phrase in English then translate in Chinese
Mandarin.

7. References

NTOU Basic Chinese Manual

Basic Chinese Manual

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