Week 3 Reflection

你好！

I am just ending my third week of Chinese 101 and I am still feeling optimistic. This week we learned several ways to introduce ourselves with names and introduce others. I can see this being very useful for the future of my experience with the Chinese language. My biggest problem area is hanzi and pronunciation of x's and q's. But I have been practicing with hanzi grid sheets and listening to the recordings online. I am hoping this will help me get much better. I have previewed a little bit of Lesson 3 already and although it will be somewhat difficult, I am excited to learn how to say and write different nationalities and languages in Chinese.

That is all for now :)

Zài jiàn!

Week 3 Notes

Week 3 Notes:

Lesson 2- Names!

Core Vocabulary-

           您 = nín (polite you)         贵= guì  (noble, honored, expensive)         

姓= xìng (surname/family name)   请问= Qǐngwèn (may I ask)  

 请= qǐng (polite please)   问= wèn (to ask)      的= de (shows possession)

英文= Yīngwén (English language)  名字= míngzi (name)   中文= Zhōngwén (Chinese language)

叫= jiào (to call, be called)       什么= shénme (what)      她= tā (she, her)    谁= shuí (who, whom)

同学= tóngxué ( classmate)          同= tóng (same, similar)

Extra Vocabulary-

为什么= wèi shénme (why)          什么是候＝shénme shí hòu (when)    

太贵了= tài guì le (too expensive)   王= wáng (King)             

  黄= huáng (yellow)           老鼠= lǎoshǔ (mouse)

总统= zǒng tǒng (president)   主席= zhǔ xí (chairmen)

Facts:

* xìng or the family name comes from the female’s side

* wáng, meaning King, is a very popular family name, like Smith in the United States

*you can finish a conversation introducing yourself by saying, wǒ hěn gǎoxìng rèn shì nǐ! (Glad to meet you)

Asking Questions:

• Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? (You are called what name?)
• Wǒ jiào Ní ài shān.
• Qǐngwén nín guì xìng? (May I ask what is your honorable family name?)
• Wǒ guì xìng Ní.
•  Tā shí shuí? (She is who?) 
• Tā shí Yú Yīng or Tā shí wǒ de tóngxué. 

Week 2 reflection

Class Reflection (Week 2):

This weeks class went pretty good for me I believe. I feel that I am getting much better at the pronunciation of the classroom survival words and the new vocabulary words. I was actually surprised because it has become much easier for me to recognize the hanzi characters for the pinyin words we have been using.
The only thing that I can see will be frustrating for me is practicing the writing of the hanzi characters and the strokes. But I believe this will get better with time. As of right now my main focus is to practice the different tones that we will soon be looking at more strictly. I'm excited to see how the rest of the term will go! :)

Week 2 Notes

你们好！

This week’s notes: 

My Chinese name is 倪爱姗！

·       Lesson 1 Words:  你 = nǐ    好= hǎo    是 = shì  学生 = xueshéng

        吗 = ma   我 = wǒ  呢 = ne    也 = yě(modifier)

        他 = tā     不 = bù(modifier)   老师 = lǎoshī

        *Basic word order of Chinese sentences is NMVO (Noun-Modifier-Verb-Object)

Greetings!

v Wánsháng hǎo! : Good Evening!

v Zǎoshang hǎo!  : Good Morning!

v Nǐmen hǎo! : Hello Everyone!

o   “Zěn mè yang?” is equivalent to the slang “Hi, what’s up?”

Sample:        Zǎoshang hǎo! Wǒ shì Ní ài shān.

Wǒ shì xuésheng.

Wǒ búshì lǎoshī. Nǐ ne?

Tips to remember when spelling pinyin:

*There is no “ien” spelling

*There is no “ue” spelling

Extra words learned in class:

* ài (love)

* è (hungry)

* rè (hot)

* wǎngshàng (internet)

* lóng (dragon)

* hóng (red)

Nǐ Hǎo! Wǒ shí  Alex Nichols. 

I am an 18 year old student at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where I am a freshman in my first term studying Elementary Chinese. I am excited to learn more about the Chinese language and culture!