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Nǐ hǎo Lesson 7 on Basic Mandarin!
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Revision
Translation Mandarin
Miss Xiǎo jiě
Mister/ Mr. Xiān sheng
Mrs. Fū ren
Female friend/ girlfriend Nǚ péngyǒu
Male friend/ boyfriend Nán péngyǒu
Young friend Xiǎo péngyǒu
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Revision
English Mandarin
I Wǒ
To be surnamed Xìng
To be called Jiào
My family name is Wáng Wǒ xìng Wáng
My name is Wáng Péng Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng
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Lesson objectives
1 Learning family names!
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What's in store today?
Today we will learn how to ask someone's name and surname!
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Introductions
Let’s begin by learning the vocabulary for family names, names etc…!
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Introductions
May I ask = Qǐng wèn
Pease = Qǐng Ask = Wèn
Together 'Qǐng wèn' implies, 'Please may I ask?'
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Tonal tip
‘Qǐng’ is pronounced in the falling rising tone, also known as the third tone
Remember that ‘Qǐng’ starts with a ‘ch’ tone
‘Wèn’ is pronounced in the falling tone, also known as the fourth tone
Let’s hear you say ‘Qǐng Wèn’
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Introductions
May I ask
Qǐng wèn
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Introductions
Your name = Nín xìng
Your = Nín Name = Xìng
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Introductions
Your name
Nín xìng
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Introductions
Please may I ask your name ?
Qǐng wèn nín xìng ?
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Grammar tip
While the previous sentence is grammatically correct, it is often polite to add the word, 'honorable' before asking
someone's name
Let's learn how to say 'honorable' in Mandarin!
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Introductions
Honorable = Guì
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Tonal tip
‘Guì’ is pronounced in the falling tone, also known as the fourth tone
Let’s hear you say Guì
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Introductions
honorable
Guì
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Etiquette conversation
May I ask your honorable family name
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Qǐng wèn nín guì xìng
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Etiquette conversation
Nín = yourXìng = family name
May I ask your honorable family name?
Qǐng wèn nín guì xìng?
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Grammar tip
Did you notice that 'Nin' is used both for 'your' as well as 'you' ?
This is because in Mandarin we use the samewords
for pronouns and adjectives derived from them.
Thus, Nín = your, is the same as Nín = you
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Introductions
Furthermore, to ask someone else's name, one would say 'And you'? , let's see how do
we translate this in Mandarin!
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Introductions
And you ? =Nǐ ne
We already know ‘Nǐ’ means you, and ‘ne’ is a question particle
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Introductions
And you?
Nǐ ne?
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Revision
English Mandarin
Honorable Guì
Question particle Ne
What about you, and you Nǐ ne
May I ask Qǐng wèn
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Let's see if you remember…
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Pick the right option
How do we say 'May I ask'?
1
Qǐng wèn
2
Nǐ ne
3
Guì ne
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Pick the right option
How do we say 'May I ask'?
1
Qǐng wèn
2
Nǐ ne
3
Guì ne
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Etiquette conversation
My family name is …….. and you
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ xìng……..
nǐ ne
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Etiquette conversation
My family name is ……
Wǒ xìng.........
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Grammar tip
nǐ ne? = and you?
You may remember Ne is a question particle used to convert statements to questions
Ending with ne makes a question when the context is already known
A common circumstance is when you wish torepeat
a question that was just asked for another subject, as in the case we are discussing right now
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Etiquette conversation
My family name is ……, and you?
Wǒ xìng......, nǐ ne?
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Etiquette conversation
English Mandarin
Wáng
peng
May I ask your honorable family
name?
Qǐng wèn , nín guì
xìng?
Lǐ YǒuMy family name is Lǐ,
and you?Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
Wáng
Peng
My family name is
WángWǒ xìng Wáng
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Let's see if you remember…
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Try yourself
How do we say 'My family name is Lǐ, and you?'
1
Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
2
Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ma?
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Try yourself
How do we say 'My family name is Lǐ, and you?'
1
Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
2
Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ma?
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Introductions
Now lets go ahead and learn how to ask someone'sname! The vocabulary required for
this will be ‘What’ and ‘Name’
Let’s start!
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Introductions
What = Shénme
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Tonal tip
‘Shénme’ is pronounced in the mid rising tone, also known as the second tone
Let’s hear you say Shénme
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Introductions
What
Shénme
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Introductions
Name = Míngzi
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Tonal tip
‘Míngzi’ is pronounced in the mid rising tone, also known as the second tone
Let’s hear you say Míngzi
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Introductions
Name
Míngzi
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Revision
English Mandarin
What Shénme
Name Míngzi
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More greetings
What's your name (called)
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Shénme nǐ míngzi jiào
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More greetings
Literally, 'you called what name? '
Jiào = to be called
What's your name?
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
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Introductions
Now let us take a case where we have the familyname, but
want to know the first name of a person For thepurpose of
this conversation, we'll assume the surname of theperson
to be Wáng and first name to be 'Peng'
As we will see, in Chinese culture we always giveour
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Introductions
Mr. Wáng what is your name (called)
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Xiān sheng Wáng shénme nǐ míngzi jiào
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Introductions
Mr. Wáng , what is your name?
Wáng xiān sheng, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
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Introductions
I am called Wáng Péng
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng
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Introductions
My name is Wáng Péng/I am called Wáng Péng
Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng
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Introductions
Miss Li what is your name called
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
xiǎo jiě Lǐ shénme nǐ míngzi jiào
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Introductions
Miss Li, what is your name?
Lǐ xiǎo jiě, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
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Introductions
My name is Lǐ Yǒu
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Yǒu
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Introductions
My name is Lǐ Yǒu
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Yǒu
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Grammar tip
Notice that unlike English, titles (Mr./Miss) come after the name of the person,
not before!
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Etiquette conversation
English Mandarin
Lǐ YǒuMy name is Yǒu, what is
your name?
Wǒ jiào Yǒu, nǐ jiào
shénme míngzi?
Wáng Péng My name is Wáng Péng Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng
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Etiquette conversation
English Mandarin
Lǐ YǒuMr. Wáng , what is
your name?
Wáng xiān sheng, nǐ
jiào shénme míngzi
Wáng PéngMiss Lǐ, what is your
name?
Lǐ xiǎo jiě, nǐ jiào
shénme míngzi
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Let's see if you remember…
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Pick the right option
How do we say 'My name is Lǐ Yǒu'?
1
Wǒ jiào Lǐ yǒu
2
Lǐ xiǎo jiě
3
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi
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Pick the right option
How do we say 'My name is Lǐ Yǒu'?
1
Wǒ jiào Lǐ yǒu
2
Lǐ xiǎo jiě
3
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi
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Revision
English Mandarin
Wáng
Péng
May I ask your honorable family
name?
Qǐng wèn, nín guì
xìng?
Lǐ YǒuMy family name is Lǐ, and
you?Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
Wáng
PéngMy family name is Wáng Wǒ xìng Péng
Lǐ YǒuMy name is Yǒu, what is
your name?
Wǒ jiào Yǒu, nǐ jiào
shénme míngzi?
Wáng
PéngI am called Wáng Péng Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng
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Culture Leaf
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Culture leaf
The color Red in Chinese culture usually means good luck. Red is often worn in
weddings to ward off any bad luck to the new bride and groom
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Culture Leaf
A red envelope is a monetary gift which is given inChinese society during holiday or special occasions.
The red color of the packet symbolizes good luck.
Red is strictly forbidden at funerals as ittraditionally symbolized happiness
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What's next?
In the next lesson, we will discuss sentences describing professions, etc…
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Credits
Content
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