Lesson 2 Greeting People and Introducing Yourself Goals: After this lesson, youll be able to 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Greet someone by saying Hello, How are you? Nice to meet you. Introduce yourself: I am/ My name is Use formal and informal you in Chinese Understand the function of question word ma Ask and answer questions about peoples names Say I, You, He/She/it in Chinese

Vocabulary
Pinyin English Hello. Hello.(formal; polite) How are you? Are you well? question word Very good. How about you? I'm also fine. Chinese characters

N ho. Nn ho. N ho ma ma Hn ho. N ne? W y hn ho. W jio... W sh.... Hn go xng rn shi n. go xng rn shi W hn go xng.

I'm called.... /My name is.... I am.... Nice to meet you. happy, glad, delighted know I'm happy.

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N jio shn me (mng z) What's your name? mng z

name

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w n t Practice

I you(single) he, she, it

1. Practice greetings with your tutor/a partner.

2. Choose the correct one to put into the blanks: ma hn y Im good. Im also good. How are you? How about you? ne

a. W ________ ho. b. W ________ hn ho. c. N ho________? d. N _______? 3. T: N jio shn me?

S: w jio_______________. _____________?(How about you?) T:________________.

4. Answer questions base on the pictures. T: A: T jio shn me (mng z)()? B:___________________________.

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A: T sh Jackie Chan ma? Jackie Chan B: __________________________ A: T sh Bruce Lee ma? Bruce Lee B:___________________________

A: n rn shi t ma? Hint: rn shi=to know B:____________________.

_______________________________(Whats his name?)

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