Pronouns
You
What is 你 ni
This means "teacher"
What is 老师 laoshi
Is/am/are
What is 是 shi
There are four of these.
What are the four tones
This is the capital city of China
What is Beijing
This translates to mean I or me.
What is 我 wo
This means classmate not student!
What is 同学 tongxue
You put this on the end of a sentence to make a question.
What is 吗 ma
This is know as the rising tone.
What is the second tone.
These are the two main rivers in China
What are the Yangtze and the Yellow River
When you hear this word it could mean he or she.
What is 她/他 ta
This literally means name.
You can say this to thank someone.
What is 谢谢 xiexie
This letter makes a sh or an s sound
What is 'x'
This is the longest wall in the world
What is the Great Wall of China
This is added onto the end of a pronoun like I/you/she/he to make it mean more than one.
What is 们
Student
What is 学生 xuesheng
Write this sentence in Chinese: She is my friend
她是我的朋友 ta shi wo de pengyou
These are the letters where the tones appear.
What are the vowels/finals
This is a place in Beijing Ms Brooks bought the postcards from
What is the Temple of Heaven
It is the possesive particle that is added at the end of a pronoun.
What is 的 de
This translates to "He is my friend"
What is 他是我的朋友，ta shi wo de pengyou
This is another way to ask how old someone is, and its not 你几岁？ni ji sui?
What is 你多大？ni duo da
Can you remember what the tongue twister Miss Brooks taught you in the first lesson?
Tongue Twister:
四是四 sishisi
十是十 shi shi shi
十四是十四 shisi shi shisi
四十是四十 sishi shi sishi
What is the Year of the Snake