This week we learned “的” (de) which indicates possession.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We practiced making sentences using possessive 的

Mary’s little cat

 

Luke is my older brother.

 

 

 

In class we practiced briefly introducing ourselves  and our family. Read along to review our introduction.

 

 

 

 

 

We also met some new family members.

 

 

 

 

This week we learned a new sentence structure “我／你／他（subject）有（have）…….” and a new set of vocabulary.  Please remember we use different counting articles for animals 隻 and for fish 條.

I have a little dog.

 

 

You have a little cat.

He has a peacock.

 

 

Mark has a fish

 

She has a dinosaur

 

 

There is a fly in her house.

 

 

 

They have a seagull.

 

 

 

We have a spider.

 

 

 

 

You have a hedgehog.

This week we start learning Pinying, a system of writing Mandarin Chinese  that uses the Latin alphabet. Knowing Pinyin will allow students to read any Chinese text that is accompanied by Pinyin and will also help students remember a character’s pronunciation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today we start learning about family members and continue to count all the way to ninety-nine.

 

Mother

 

 

 

 Father

 

Older Sister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Older Brother

 

 

 

 

 

 

Younger brother

 

 

 

 

 

 

Younger Sister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are six people in my family.  Father, mother, older brother, older sister, younger sister and I.

 

 

 

Let review some numbers we learned in class.

20, 25

 

 

30, 35, 40