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Lesson 3 Ni Jiao Shenme Mingzi

This document provides a lesson on introducing one's name in Mandarin Chinese. It includes sample dialogs where Person A asks "What is your name?" and Person B responds with their name. Several new vocabulary words are introduced related to names, occupations, and nationalities. Examples are provided to demonstrate using interrogative sentences with "ma" to ask yes or no questions.

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Lesson 3 Ni Jiao Shenme Mingzi

This document provides a lesson on introducing one's name in Mandarin Chinese. It includes sample dialogs where Person A asks "What is your name?" and Person B responds with their name. Several new vocabulary words are introduced related to names, occupations, and nationalities. Examples are provided to demonstrate using interrogative sentences with "ma" to ask yes or no questions.

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Prepared By: Bradley Gaspar Invierno

MANDARIN FOR BEGINNERS: Lesson 3: What’s your name?

Lesson 3: Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? 你叫什么名字？

Learning Objectives: After the lesson, the students will be able to

a. Demonstrate ability to introduce their name and use simple greeting expressions and respond
appropriately to these greetings
b. Remember a list of vocabulary related to greetings, and simple introductions， and name
introduction
c. Construct simple declarative and interrogative Chinese sentences

Warm-up: VOCABULARY

Text 1:
Person A: Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? Person A: What’s Your name?

Person B: Wǒ jiào Lǐ Yuè. Person B: My name is Li Yue.

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Variations:

A: Nǐde míngzi shì shénme? What’s your name?

B: Wǒde míngzi shì Lǐ Yuè. My name is Li Yue.

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New Words:

1. 叫 jiào v. to call, to be called


2. 什么 shénme pron. what
3. 名字 míngzi n. name
4. 我 wǒ pron. I, me

Proper Noun: 李月 Lǐ Yuè name of a person


Prepared By: Bradley Gaspar Invierno

MANDARIN FOR BEGINNERS: Lesson 3: What’s your name?

Discussion : The Interrogative Pronoun “shénme 什么”

Examples :

a. Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme? (What do you want to eat?)


b. Nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme? (What do you want to do?)

Text 2:
Person A: Nǐ shì lǎoshī ma? Are you a teacher?

Person B: Wǒ búshì lǎoshī, wǒ shì xuésheng. No, I'm not. I’m a student.

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New words:

5. 是 shì v. to be
6. 老师 lǎoshī n. teacher
7. 吗 ma part. Used at the end of a question
8. 学生 xuésheng n. student

Discussion: The “shì 是”

- Used as a verb “to be” (am, is are)


- The negative form, just add “bu 不”

Examples:

a. wǒ shì Fēilǜbī rén. (I am Filipino.)


b. Wǒ shì lǎoshī. Wǒ bú shì xuésheng. (I am a teacher. I am not a student. )

Text 3:
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MANDARIN FOR BEGINNERS: Lesson 3: What’s your name?

Person A: Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén ma? Are you Chinese?

Person B: Wǒ bú shì Zhōngguó rén, wǒ shì Měiguó rén. No, I'm not. I’m American

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New Words:

9. 人 rén n. human, person


10. 中国 Zhōngguó n. China
11. 美国. Měiguó n. the United States of America

Discussion: The “ma 吗”

- Indicates an interrogative mood. When “ma” is added into a declarative sentence, it becomes a
question answerable by yes or no.

Example:

Declarative sentence: Nǐ shì lǎoshī. (You are a teacher?)

Interrogatiüe sentence: Nǐ shì lǎoshī ma? (Are you a teacher?)

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