Lesson+13-14

Part 1:** Study these characters for a few seconds: 个两内白的. Print off this handout and write in the pinyin, the English and then the characters while watching this lesson : media type="custom" key="4050095"
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Part 2

Grammar : The word 个 is a //__**measure word**__//. When you speak Chinese, you use measure words for nouns. In English we have "measure words" too. For example, in English we say a **__gaggle__** of geese, or a **__pod__** of whales, or a **__school__** of fish, a **__herd__** of horses, or a __**pad**__ of paper. Each "measure" word helps the listener know what you are talking about. You would never say a **__gaggle__** of whales. In Chinese, however, measure words are used all the time. There are many measure words, but the one you learned 个 is sometimes referred to as the __**universal measure word.**__ It can be used for any nouns for which you don't know the correct measure word. For now, it is the only measure word we will use. Measure words are used after the words "这", "that" or a number as in 三个人 （3 people) or 一百个人 (100 people).

** Take time to study the combining of the characters below. Think of reasons the two characters combine make a word. Once you have an idea for each new word, continue on to the next part. **

**明白 understand** **白天** daytime 的 is one of the most used characters! It is analagous to 's in English--as in The dog 's    bone or Shelby 's  talents or the house  **'s**   deck. In Chinese it would be  dog 的   bone or Shelby 的  talents or the house  **的**   deck.
 * 这个**This

Read this language weave and have fun. You are learning a lot of chinese! There is 一个大人who is a 文人and who 明白 numbers very well. He is a mathematician. His name is Einstein. He is 太 smart! Have you heard of him? Was he Newton 的 朋友？ No, they were 两个very smart 人，but they didn't live at the same time. Newton would look up into the ** 天 ** and watch the 日 and the 月. During 白天 he would watch nature--and apples falling down from trees. He came to 明白 gravity. Einstein 明白 relativity. He also looked unto the 天 and tried to understand laws. Newton was born in 一六四二 year and died in 一七二七 year. Eintein was born in 一八七九 year and died in 一九五五 year. They never met. Did you notice how the Chinese say years? They don't say 一千六百四十二，they don't say 十六四十二. They simply say the year by saying each digit and then they add the word "year" afterwards (年nian). It's much easier than English, you don't have to be Einstein or Newton to understand it!

Lesson 14: Review Review these characters.

Part 1: Click on this file:

Review all the characters that you now know. If you are not sure about what each character means, or how to say it, go back to its lesson and review it until you feel comfortable to move on. You're doing 太 good!

Lesson 1: 人大天太 vocabulary 人人 大人 天天 太太 Lesson 3: 日月明朋 vocabulary: 明天 天明 明明 Lesson 6: 又友文 **这**  vocabulary: 文 文人 朋友 **这天 or** **这日 Lesson 8 and 11: 一二三四五六七八九十百千 Vocabulary words: 一月 二曰 三月 四月 五月 六月 七月 八月九月 十月 十一月 十二曰 and counting from 1-1,999 Samples: 一=1 十一=11 一百一十一= 111 ** 一千一百一十一=1,111 WOW! Can you believe how consistent Chinese numbers are? GOOD WORK!

