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General vocabulary �& nǐ hǎo hello �P zàijiàn goodbye L+ lǎoshī teacher 'E xuéshēng student �' tóngxué classmate / wǒ I, me � nǐ you � tā he/him % tā she/her ( tā it 5 shì is,am,are TT xièxie thanks �)< bú kèqi you’re welcome 6 yǒu have � bù no, not /� wǒ jiào I’m called /�* wǒ shí suì I’m 10 years old !

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@? yóuyǒng swimming, to swim ^X qíchē cycling, to ride a bike V; pǎobù running, jogging WUD tī zúqiú play soccer 0HD dǎ lánqiú play basketball 0JD dǎ wǎngqiú play tennis 0�D dǎ pīngpāngqiú play table tennis 09D dǎ bǎnqiú play cricket

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Sports

G kàn shū Read a book GF, kàn diànyǐng Watch movies GFQ kàn diànshì Watch TV �\� tīng yīnyuè Listen to music ��O mǎi dōngxi Shopping (buy things) �J shàngwǎng Surf the internet C�FM@. wánr diànnǎo yóuxì Play computer games C�A9 wánr huábǎn Skateboarding ��1 OK chàng kǎlā OK Sing karaoke !

Hobbies

Australia B$�� Aòdàlìyà B$�� Aòdàlìyàrén Australian China �! Zhōngguó �! Zhōngguórén Chinese America K! Měiguó K! Měiguórén American United Kingdom N! Yīngguó N! Yīngguórén British Japan 47 Rìběn 47 Rìběnrén Japanese Germany -! Déguó -! Déguórén German Canada �2$ Jiānádà �2$ Jiānádàrén Canadian New Zealand 3O� Xīnxīlán 3O� Xīnxīlánrén New Zealander Malaysia ]8O� Mǎláixīyà ]8O� Mǎláixīyàrén Malaysian Singapore 3�# Xīnjiāpō 3�# Xīnjiāpōrén Singaporean South Africa �Z Nánfēi �Z Nánfēirén South African France >! Fǎguó >! Fǎguórén French !

Countries Nationalities

Languages R yǔ language

=R Hànyǔ Chinese NR Yīngyǔ English

4R Rìyǔ Japanese

-R Déyǔ German

IR Yuèyǔ Cantonese

[R Hányǔ Korean

>R Fǎyǔ French

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�5�! � Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

Where are you from?

��S=R�� Nǐ huì shuō Hànyǔ mā?

Can you speak Chinese?

��"�Y�/�"… Nǐ zhù zài nǎlǐ? Wǒ zhù zài… Where do you live? I live in..

/�S=R� Wǒ huì shuō Hànyǔ. I can speak Chinese.

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Use toned pinyin! 1. Look for the flag next to the date/time on your computer 2. Click on the flag and click on “U.S. Extended”. The flag

should now be the US flag.

• First tone: Press option + a and then a, e, i, o, u, or v to create ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, or ǖ.

• Second tone: Press option + e and then a, e, i, o, u, or v to create á, é, í, ó, ú, or ǘ.

• Third tone: Press option + v and then a, e, i, o, u, or v to create ǎ, ě, ǐ, ǒ, ǔ, or ǚ.

• Fourth tone: Press option + ` and then a, e, i, o, u, or v to create à, è, ì, ò, ù, or ǜ.

• The vowel ü with no tone: Press option + u and then u to create ü.

Use characters!

1. Look for the flag next to the date/time on your computer 2. Click on the flag and click on “Pinyin – Simplified” 3. Start typing using the pinyin for each character without

tone marks. 4. Choose the correct character from the list.

Use toned pinyin! 1. Click on the globe next to the space bar to change the

language to “Chinese—simplified” 2. Type non-toned letters as normal 3. Hold down the key of the toned letter until a menu

appears. Select the correct tone from the menu. Use characters! 1. Click on the globe next to the space bar to change the

language to “Chinese – Simplified” 2. Type non-toned pinyin 3. Choose the correct character from the list directly above

the keyboard.

SEMESTER 1 YEAR 9 MANDARIN