Unit 1

Learning Objectives

S V O
S sub j ect V
ver
Ssub
ver b O o b je c t
1

jio

Ln

Xnmi.

sh

Wnzhng.

His name is Wenzhong Lee.

My name is Xinmei Lin.

Wh -qu e s t io n

S V QP

V
S s u bje c t V
ve rb Q p question
question phrase
1

Tmen

sh

nl

Nmen

rn?

sh

nl

rn?

Where are you guys from?

Where are they from?

Tag -q ues ti on

on
S V O Tag-question
S sub j ect V
ver
SN
Ssub
ver b O o b je c t Tag - q u e s t io n
SNe
1

sh

Yunnrn,

ne?

Im from Vietnam, and you?

sh

Tigurn,

You are from Thailand, and he?

ne?

Common Chinese Sentence Patterns

Basic Word Order

jio

Wng Tishng.

call

Taisheng Wang

My name is Taisheng Wang.

sh

am

I am Taiwanese.

sh

nl

rn?

you

are

where person

Where are you from?

Tag question

jio

Bi

call

nn,

ne?

you
+
question particle

Annie Bai

My name is Annie Bai, and you?

Wmen
2

we

sh
are

Tag question

Migurn,

ne?

you
+
question particle

Americans

We are Americans, and you?

Tiwnrn.
Taiwanese

Self-Introduction

ho!
W jio Bi
nn.
Hello! My name is Annie Bai.

ho!
W ji Wng Tishng.
Hi! My name is Taisheng Wang.

Dialogue

sh

Tiwnrn,
n
I am Taiwanese, and you?

ne?

W sh
Migurn.
I am from the United States.

sh
nl
rn?
Where are you from?

Vocabulary

you (N)

jio

call; to give
a name (VA)

people (N)

rn

N sh
Migurn
Are you an American?

W jio Wng Tishng.

My name is Taisheng Wang.

W sh
Hurn.
I am a Chinese.

ma?

good; fine (Adv/VS)

ho

ne

final particle
expression doubt (P)

America (N)

Migu

N ho!
How are you?/Hello!/Hi!

W de b
ne?
Where is my pen?

T sh
Migurn.
He is an American.

I (N)

W sh
L
Xiolng.
I am Bruce Lee.

where (N)

nl

N sh
nl
rn?
Where are you from?

Taiwan (N)

Tiwn

W sh
Tiwnrn.
I am a Taiwanese.

Common Chinese Sentence Patterns

Word Bank

L Wnzhng
Wenzhong Lee

Wng Tishng
Taisheng Wang

Ln
Xnmi
Xinmei Lin

Mo Xioyng
Xiaoying Mao

w
I

xngmng
name

Bi
nn
Annie Bai

t
he

Dng Dtng
Datong Ding

n
you

dimngc
pronoun

nmen
you

Ynn
Indonesia

Tiwn
Taiwan

tmen
they
wmen
we

Migu
the United
States

Filbn
the Philippines

dmng
place name

Fgu
France

Yunn
Vietnam

Exercise

Tigu
Thailand

Zhnggu
China

Intonation Practice

Speaking Drill

Wng Tishng

Migurn

jio Wng Tishng.

sh

Migurn.

jio Wng Tishng.

sh

Migurn.

Role Play

3
2

(a)

(a)

(b)
(c)

(b)
(c)

Common Chinese Sentence Patterns

(a)

(b)
(c)

Unscramble & Write

I am from Taiwan.

My name is Taisheng Wang, and you?

Word Order Practice

1.

Put these words in the most natural order to make a sentence.

2.
3.