Lesson+27-28

Lesson 27 Review View this power-point to review the characters and radicals:

Now for vocabulary words! 人口 --population 中文--Chinese language 小説--novel, especially fiction 沒有--don't have/without 有沒有--Is there or are there ?

Read this little story: 一月有沒有 New Years? 中文有沒有 radicals? China's 人口大! One Chinese 人wrote "Dream of the Red Chamber." It's a novel. It 沒有English, only 中文. 我的朋友read that novel. She said the book 又 long 又 famous. 有的人think it's the most famous novel in 中文. 我沒有heard of it. Do you think "Dream of the Red Chamber" 是不是a novel you would like to read? Do you think that book is 在 the library? What do you think the 上下文 is?Would you like to 找 the library to see if they have that book in 中文? 我 wish you good luck!

Now you write a story using all the characters you can--and all the vocabulary words. You may print this page out. It will give you all the words you've learned so far along with the vocabulary words. Remember, you also know the months of the year. 二月三月四月五月六月七月八月九月十月十二月 十一月 我的


 * rén ||  人  ||  person  ||   ||
 * dà ||  大  ||  big  ||  大人adult  ||
 * tài  ||  太  ||  too  ||  太太wife  ||
 * tiān ||  天  ||  Heaven/day  ||  天天daily  ||
 * rì ||  日  ||  sun/day  ||   ||
 * yuè  ||  月  ||  moon/month  ||   ||
 * míng  ||  明  ||  clear/bright  ||  明天or明日 tomorrow，天明--daybreak, 明了 clear， 明明 very clear  ||
 * péng ||  朋  ||  friend  ||   ||
 * yòu ||  又  ||  again  ||   ||
 * yǒu ||  友  ||  friendship  ||  朋友 friend, 好朋友 good friend，男女朋友 boy/girl friend  ||
 * wén ||  文  ||  writing  ||  文人--scholar  ||
 * zhè ||  这  ||  this  ||  这天this day  ||
 * yī ||  一  ||  one  ||   一月 ||
 * èr ||  二  ||  two  ||   ||
 * sān ||  三  ||  three  ||   ||
 * sì ||  四  ||  four  ||   ||
 * wǔ ||  五  ||  five  ||   ||
 * lìu ||  六  ||  six  ||   ||
 * qī ||  七  ||  seven  ||   ||
 * bā ||  八  ||  eight  ||   ||
 * jǐu ||  九  ||  nine  ||   ||
 * shí ||  十  ||  ten  ||   ||
 * bǎi  ||  百  ||  hundred  ||   ||
 * qiān ||  千  ||  thousand  ||   ||
 * ge ||  个  ||  marker word  ||  这个, 个人--individual  ||
 * nèi ||  内  ||  within  ||   ||
 * liǎng ||  两  ||  a couple  ||   ||
 * bǎi  ||  白  ||  white  ||  明白 understand, 白天 daytime， 不明不白 don't understand  ||
 * de ||  的  ||  possesive  ||   ||
 * bù ||  不  ||  negator  ||     ||
 * xiǎo ||  小  ||  small  ||  小朋友 young child (elementary age), 小人--villian，大小 size  ||
 * shàng ||  上  ||  above/on top  ||   天上 In heaven (Literally Heaven top)  ||
 * xià ||  下  ||  under/below/down  ||  上下文 context，天下 below the sky/heaven，以下--below  ||
 * shān ||  山  ||  mountain  ||  山上 mountaintop  ||
 * yǒu ||  有  ||  have  ||  有的--some， 有一天--there was/will be one day  ||
 * yě ||  也  ||  also  ||   ||
 * tǔ ||  土  ||  ground/earth  ||   ||
 * dì ||  地   ||  ground/floor  ||  土地 ground, 小天地--one's own little world，地下--underground  ||
 * shì ||  是  ||  to be  ||  是不是 is it?, 也是 also is  ||
 * zài ||  在  ||  at  ||  内在 within  ||
 * shǒu ||  手  ||  hand  ||  二手 second hand  ||
 * gē ||  戈  ||  weapon  ||   ||
 * zhǎo ||  找  ||  seek  ||   ||
 * wǒ ||  我  ||  me/I  ||   ||
 * sāndiǎnshuǐ ||  radical  ||  water  ||   ||
 * měi ||  没  ||  haven't/there isn't  ||  没有 without/ don't have  ||
 * kǒu ||  口  ||  mouth/opening  ||  人口--population  ||
 * zhōng ||  中  ||  middle  ||  中文 Chinese language  ||
 * yán ||  言  ||  words  ||   ||
 * shuō ||  说  ||  speak  ||  小说--novel, esp. fiction 说明 clarify  ||
 * mián ||  radical  ||     ||   ||
 * nǚ ||  女  ||  female  ||   ||
 * ān  ||  安  ||  peace  ||  不安--ill at ease  ||

You are done for the day! Are you going to check out "Dream of the Red Chamber" from the library?

** Lesson 28 Print off this page Write in the pinyin, the definition and follow along with the video to write each character. After the video is over, finish filling out the page while repeating a way to remember each character. ** media type="file" key="12word_speak_roof_female_peace.avi" width="300" height="300"

Here are vocabulary words from the characters that you know now: 不安 ill at ease 小説 a novel female Here is a list of all the vocabulary words you have learned. You know many more words from all the characters that you now know. Write each vocabulary word in a language weave sentence or challenge yourself and write a story. Use the words you know from the characters. You may print off this file to see all the characters you have learned so far. After that, you are done for the day.

大人 adult 太太 wife 天天 everyday 明天 明日 tomorrow 明白 understand 明明 clear 朋友friend 文人 scholar 個人 individual 白天 daytime 不明不白 don't understand 小朋友 young friend 小人 thief 大小 size 天上 In heaven 上下文 context 山上 Mountain top or on the mountain 山下 bottom of the mountain 有的 some 有一天 One day 土地 ground 地下 below ground 地上 above ground 是不是 Is it? 也是 It also is 二手 second hand--as in a second hand store 内在 有沒有 Do you have 沒有 don't have 人口 population 中文 Chinese language 小説 novel 不安 ill at ease