DAILY EXPRESSIONS

Subject + Adjective.

Subject + Adjective + ma?

S + Adverb + Adj. S + negative form +Adj.

CULTURAL RELATIONS

In daily life you may ask about a person’s action as a form of greeting:

In morning:

During the day:

In China, the people wants to use these expressions

to show they care about you as a friend.

CULTURAL RELATIONS I

In Chinese, we use different verbs to ask for one’s

first and full name.(Last name)(First name and full name)

To ask about one’s name specifically in Chinese or

in English:

CULTURAL RELATIONS II

Chinese names are often made up of two or three characters. First names are sometime composed of two characters. One of these characters would represent their generation. So siblings of the same generation in the extended family were easily identified. However this rule is only used for males, not females.

Traditionally, words with positive meanings are chosen for names. Some words are specifically chosen for boys, e.g. strength, strong, good future, etc.; and some are favored for girls, e.g. beauty, jade, elegant. So the most important element of a Chinese name is not its sound, but its meaning.