This document provides a Mandarin language lesson on family terms and numbers. It includes: - Vocabulary for family members and numbers 1-10 in Mandarin with pronunciations. - Sample dialogues for having a conversation about family size in Mandarin, including translations. - Breakdowns of the sample dialogues into individual Mandarin words and phrases. - Grammar tips on measure words and tone differences in Mandarin. The document aims to teach basics of having a conversation about family in Mandarin through vocabulary lists, sample dialogues, and translations.

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2. Nǐ hǎo
Lesson 11 on Basic Mandarin!
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3. Revision
English
Mandarin
Family, home
Jiā
Father
Bàba
Mother
Māma
Son
Érzi
Daughter
Nǚ’er
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4. Revision
English
Mandarin
Elder sister
Jiějie
Younger sister
Mèimei
Elder brother
Gēge
Younger brother
Dìdi
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5. Revision - Familial relations
English
Mandarin
Colloquial
My home
Wǒ de jiā
Wǒ jiā
My father
Wǒ de bàba
Wǒ bàba
My mother
Wǒ de māma
Wǒ māma
My son
Wǒ de érzi
Wǒ érzi
My daughter
Wǒ de nǚ’er
Wǒ nǚ’er
My elder brother
Wǒ de gēge
Wǒ gēge
My younger brother
Wǒ de dìdi
Wǒ dìdi
My elder sister
Wǒ de jiějie
Wǒ jiějie
My younger sister
Wǒ de mèimei
Wǒ mèimei
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6. Lesson objectives
1
Numerals
2 Familial conversation
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7. What's in store today?
Today we will learn how to say
numerals and have a small
conversation regarding family!
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8. Lesson objectives
1
Numerals
2 Familial conversation
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9. Numerals
Let us learn to read and pronounce
numerals in Mandarin!
We’ll start with 1-5, revise and
then cover 6-10!
Let’s begin!
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10. Numerals
One
Yī
It is pronounced with a
high level tone
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11. Numerals
Two
Èr
It is pronounced with a
falling tone
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12. Numerals
Three
Sān
It is pronounced with a
high level tone
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13. Numerals
Four
Sì
It is pronounced with a
falling tone
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14. Numerals
Five
Wǔ
It is pronounced with a falling
rising tone
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15. Revision-Numerals
English
Mandarin
One
Yī
Two
Èr
Three
Sān
Four
Sì
Five
Wǔ
Great! Now let’s cover 6-10!
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16. Numerals
Six
Liù
It is pronounced with a
falling tone
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17. Numerals
Seven
Qī
It is pronounced with a
high level tone
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18. Numerals
Eight
Bā
It is pronounced with a
high level tone
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19. Numerals
Nine
Jiǔ
It is pronounced with a
falling rising tone
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20. Numerals
Ten
Shí
It is pronounced with a
mid rising tone
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21. Revision - Numerals
English
Mandarin
Six
Liù
Seven
Qī
Eight
Bā
Nine
Jiǔ
Ten
Shí
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22. Grammar tip
Remember that pronunciation
is key in Mandarin
Notice that the translation for ‘ten’
is ‘Shí’ while that of ‘am’ is ‘Shì’,
the only difference being that of tone
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23. Lesson objectives
1
Numerals
2 Familial conversation
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24. Familial conversation
Great! Now that we know how to say
numbers, lets learn vocabulary
for a familial conversation!
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25. Familial conversation
How many/ a few
Jǐ
It is pronounced with a falling
rising tone
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26. Familial conversation
Measure word (for family)
Kǒu
It is pronounced with a falling
rising tone
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27. Revision
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28. Grammar tip
The literal meaning of the word ‘Kǒu’, is
‘mouth’, as a noun
However, as a measure word, ‘Kǒu’
means ‘how many’
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29. Familial Conversation
How many people are there in your family?
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30. Familial conversation
How many
people
are there
in your
family
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
Jǐ
rén
yǒu
nǐ
jiā
measure word
kǒu
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31. Familial conversation
How many people are there in your family?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
Literally, ‘Your family has how
many (kǒu) people?'
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32. Let's see if you remember…
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33. Pick the right option
How do we say ‘How many'?
1
2
3
Jǐ
Rén
Kǒu
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34. Soution
How do we say 'How many'?
1
2
3
Jǐ
Rén
Kǒu
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35. Familial Conversation
Moving on, in answer to the question,
we say the following:
My family has four people, my dad, mom,
an elder brother and me, what
about your family?
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36. Familial conversation
To learn this, we will break the
sentence into three parts
My family has four people,
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
What about your family?
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37. Familial conversation
My
family
has
four
people
(measure word)
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
Wǒ
jīa
yǒu
sì
rén
kǒu
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38. Familial conversation
There are four people in my family
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
Literally, ‘my family has four (kǒu)
people'
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39. Familial conversation
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40. Familial conversation
My
dad,
mom,
an
elder brother
and
me
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
Wǒ
bàba,
māma,
yí ge
gēge
hé
wǒ
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41. Familial conversation
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé wǒ
Remember that 'yí ge'
means 'an'
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42. Familial conversation
‘What about your family?’ is translated as
‘Your family has how many people?’
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43. Familial conversation
Your
family
has
how many
people
measure word
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
Nǐ
jiā
yǒu
jǐ
rén
kǒu
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44. Familial conversation
What about your family?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
Literally, ‘Your family has
how many people?
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45. Familial conversation
English
How many people are there in your
family?
There are four people in my family
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
What about your family?
Mandarin
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé
wǒ
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
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46. Grammar tip
Note that, ‘How many people are
there in your family?’ and
‘What about your family?’
have the same translation
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47. Let's see if you remember…
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48. Pick the right option
How do we say
'There are four people in my family' ?
1
2
3
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì
kǒu rén
Nǐ jiā yǒu
jǐ kǒu rén
Yě wǒ
shì rén
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49. Solution
How do we say
'There are four people in my family' ?
1
2
3
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì
kǒu rén
Nǐ jiā yǒu
jǐ kǒu rén
Yě wǒ
shì rén
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50. Moving on…
In reply to this conversation, we say
‘There are five people in my family,
my dad, mum, an older brother,
an older sister and me’
We shall break this into two again
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51. Familial conversation
‘There are five people in my family’,
translates as
‘My family has five people’
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52. Familial conversation
My
family
has
five
people
(measure word)
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
Wǒ
jīa
yǒu
wǔ
rén
kǒu
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53. Familial conversation
There are five people in my family
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
Literally, ‘My family has five
(kǒu) people'
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54. Familial conversation
‘My dad, mum, an older
brother, an older sister and me’
is translated literally
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55. Familial conversation
My
dad
mom
elder brother
elder sister
and
me
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
Wǒ
bàba
māma
gēge
jiějie
hé
wǒ
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56. Familial conversation
My dad, mom, elder brother, elder sister and me
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé wǒ
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57. Let’s see if you remember…
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58. Pick the right option
How do you say
‘My dad, mom, elder brother,
elder sister and me’?
1
2
Wǒ bàba, māma,
gēge, jiějie hé wǒ
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ
kǒu rén
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59. Solution
How do you say
‘My dad, mom, elder brother,
elder sister and me’?
1
2
Wǒ bàba, māma,
gēge, jiějie hé wǒ
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ
kǒu rén
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60. Pick the right option
How do we say ‘And me’?
1
2
3
Hé wǒ
Kǒu rén
Wǒ jīa
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61. Solution
How do we say ‘And me’?
1
2
3
Hé wǒ
Kǒu rén
Wǒ jīa
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62. Let’s revise!
English
How many people are there in your
family?
There are four people in my family
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
Mandarin
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé
wǒ
What about your family?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
There are five people in my family
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
My dad, mum, older brother, older
sister
and me
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé
wǒ
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63. Culture leaf
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64. Culture leaf
Tea culture in China differs from that of
Europe, Britain or Japan in such things as
preparation methods, tasting methods and
the occasions for which it is consumed
In addition to being a drink, Chinese tea is used in
traditional Chinese medicine and in Chinese
cuisine
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65. Culture leaf
In modern China, virtually every
dwelling — even down to the
simplest
mud hut — has a set of tea
implements
for brewing a hot cup of tea
These implements are symbols of
welcome for visitors or neighbours
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66. Culture leaf
China also boasts of a tea museum
located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
province, China
The exhibitions display tea
production, and different kinds of
tea
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67. What's next?
In the next lesson we will
learn about occupations!
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68. Credits
Content
Team CultureAlley, Sunny Dang
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Images
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_tea_utens
shelve.jpg
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58.JPG
Gary Stevens
Daderot
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