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Review Phrases and Expressions:
北京怎么样 ?我喜欢吃鸡肉 .我也很好 .  谢谢 .你弟弟要什么 ?他们要去哪里 ?今天是二月十五号 .我要买四个 .这是我的朋友 .他很高兴 .你什么时候回来 ?
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Supplementary Vocabulary:有  can be added to many words we have learned already to form new words.
有钱  (Literally:have money)有意思  (Literally: have meaning)有点  (Literally: have dot)有人  (Literally: have person)有用  (Literally: have use)有时候  (Literally: have time)
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Supplementary phrases:一下  to a verb conveys the meaning of doing the action for a short time.
听一下 看一下 坐一下 给我看 给我听 
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Supplementary Vocabulary: Common questions对不对 ?是不是 ?几次 ?第几次 ?
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Other types of food:
米饭 鸡蛋 面 蔬菜 汤 水果 
Related Phrases:好吃 
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Review:对不起 不客气 请问 这个多少钱 ?可以吗 ?好不好 ?很高兴认识你 好久不见 明天见 不好意思 
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Variation:你在这里还有多久 ?
Measure words and time:星期  and 月  require the use of the measure word 个  while 天  and 年  don’t.一个星期 一个月 一天 一年 
Note:  Be especially careful with the difference between the names of months and the number of months, as it is easy to mix them up, as shown below.三月 三个月 
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Variations:现在几点了 ?现在几点钟 ?钟 .  Since it may be obvious we are referring to time, the 钟  may be left out.
上 下 下个 上个 
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Notes: 
1. 女  has a slightly different sound to it, so the accent above the “u” also has two dots signifying this difference.儿  sound to the end of some words.小朋友 
Variations:了  is used to form past tense. It is also commonly used in phrases that indicate a “change in situation. Take a look at the following examples.
我很好 .我好  as the 好  here needs a modifier like 很 .我好了 .了  which gives balance to the sentence.你怎么了 ?了  indicates past tense here.)她来 .她来了 .
还  is another word that gets used often and has different meanings based on context.还好 .还可以  – This is a common response to “How’s it going?”还有 .还没 还要 
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Pronoun Summary:
我    我们    我们的 你    你们    你们的 他   他们   他们的 她   她们   她们的 
Grammar Notes:
Adding a 了  to the end of a sentence can change it to past tense. Adding a 要  to a sentence can change it to future tense. Take a look at the following examples:
1. 我去吃饭 .我要去吃饭 .我去吃饭了 .
一下  can be added to a statement to indicate that it is to be done for a short time.
1. 请坐 .请坐一下 .
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Like many Chinese expressions, the phrase {translate_2:zěnme yang:How about? / What about?} can have multiple meanings based on context.  Take a look at the examples in red above.
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Foreign Currencies:
Here are the names of some major currencies in Chinese. You can usually use the full name of the country followed by 元 . Since the Chinese language is very context sensitive though, most countries have a short form to represent their currency as follows.
欧元 美金 , 美元 日元 , 日币 加元 , 加币 人民币 英镑 澳大利亚元 , 澳币 
Other expressions of the form:  太 – 了  
这个太小了 .那个太大了 .太好了 !
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Other examples: 
Numbers: 十一 十二 二十 三十二 七十六 十三 五十 四十四 
Months: 一月 二月 三月 四月 五月 六月 七月 八月 九月 十月 十一月 十二月 
Dates: 八月十号 三月十六日 十二月二号 七月三十日 九月十四号 二〇〇六年 今天 今天是二〇〇六年八月十号 .生日 我的生日是一九八〇年二月十五号 .
	 
	
	 
					
	
	
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Dialogue:你好 .你好 .你好吗 ?我很好 .  你呢 ?我还好 .  你是美国人吗 ?不是,我是加拿大人 .真的吗 ?真的 .你会说中文吗 ?我会说一点 .你中文说得很好 .谢谢你 .不客气 .  你喜欢中国吗 ?
不喜欢,我不喜欢中国 .  但是我喜欢说中文 
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Wǒ shì Měiguórén Nǐ shì Zhōngguórén ma? Shì, wǒ shì Zhōngguórén Nǐ shì Jiānádàrén ma? Bù Nǐ shì Yīngguórén ma? Bú shì, wǒ bú shì Yīngguórén Huì Shuō Huì shuō Nǐ huì shuō Zhōngwén ma? Huì, wǒ huì shuō Zhōngwén Bú huì .  Wǒ bú huì shuō Zhōngwén .Yīdiǎn Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn Nǐ shì Àozhōurén ma? Bú shì, wǒ shì Měiguórén Nǐ huì shuō Fāwén ma? Bú huì .   Wǒ huì shuō Yīngwén Wǒ Wǒde Nǐde Tāde Nǐ Zhōngwén shuōde hěn hǎo Xièxie Duìbúqǐ Wǒ Zhōngwén shuōde bù hǎo 
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Dialogue: 
A: Nǐ hǎo 
B: Nǐ hǎo 
A: Nǐ hǎo ma? 
B: Wǒ hěn hǎo 
Xiè xie 
Dà jiā hǎo 
Wǒ shì Adam 
Verb: to be 
Wǒ shì 
Nǐ shì 
Tā shì 
Countries:                      
Měiguó 
Zhōngguó 
Jiānádà 
Yīngguó 
Yīnggélán 
Fāguó / Fàguó 
Àozhōu 
Àodàlìyà 
Nationalities: 
Měiguórén 
Zhōngguórén 
Jiānádàrén 
Yīngguórén 
Languages :
Zhōngwén 
Yīngwén 
Other countries: 
Bāxī 
Aījí 
DéGuó 
XiāngGǎng 
Yìndù 
Yìdàlì 
Rìběn 
Hánguó 
Mǎláixīyà 
Mòxīgē 
Fèilūbīn 
Éluósī 
Éguó 
XīnJiāPō 
Xībānyá 
Táiwān 
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dā                                                                                                   high tone
dá                                                                                                   rising tone
dǎ                                          falling rising tone
dà                                                                                                   falling tone
Nǐ hǎo ma? 
Wǒ hěn hǎo 
Nǐ 
Wǒ 
Tā 
Tā hǎo ma? 
Tā hěn hǎo 
Xiè xie 
Xiè xie nǐ 
Zài jiàn 
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