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Part 1 Vocabulary

you: 你(nǐ )

fine/good/好(hǎo):你好

hello/你好

您(nín):honorific for “you”, it is usually used for elder or respectable people.

how:怎么(zěn me)words to make questions or show surprise.

to address:称呼(chēng hū)

me/I/我(wǒ)

family name/ (xìng):here it’s a verb.

king/王(wáng):a surname. also means “king”.

great/伟(wěi ):here it’s used as a name.

呢(ne)

张(zhāng):a surname,in sentences,it usually means “to open”

country/国(guó):中国

power/力(lì)

call/叫(jiào)

What/什么(shén me):什么名字?

name/名字(míng zì)

can/be able to/会(huì ):我会

say/speak/说(shuō):说英语,说汉语,说话

English/英语(Yīng yǔ):说英语

Chinese/汉语(hàn yǔ):说汉语

also/as well/too/也(yě )


Part 2 Text

Say hello!:打招呼!

A:你好!

B:你好!

A:您怎么称呼?。

B:我姓王,王伟,你呢?,你叫什么名字?。

A:我姓张,我叫张国力,我会说英语。

B:我也会。


Part 3 Language Point

Sentence Structure: Subject+呢?(means what about…?)

eg. 你呢?,他呢?,它们呢?

  • 什么?:

Sentence Structure:Subject+Verb+什么+Object?

eg. 你叫什么名字?(you+are (called)+ what+ name?=What’s your name?)

  • 也:adverb,put before verbs,means also, too

Sentence structure: 也+verbs/adverbs

eg. 我也会说汉语