Lesson 01~12

 

Lesson 6 – Snake (shé, 蛇)

Snake (shé, 蛇)Typically, people borned in 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 are of the Chinese zodiac, Snake (shé, 蛇). But it’s not always true. Exceptions do exsist and we have a special topic on that.

Highlights of Lesson 6: ‘tiger head and snake tail’; review of four Chinese tones of six basic vowvels; ‘Is it…?’; ‘I eat …’; ‘what do you eat?’.

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Lesson 5 – Dragon (lóng, 龙)

Dragon (lóng, 龙)Typically, people borned in 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 are of the Chinese zodiac, Dragon (lóng, 龙). But it’s not always true. Exceptions do exsist and we have a special topic on that.

Highlights of Lesson 5: white dragon, yellow dragon; It’s lovely weather today; ‘what day is today?’; Monday through Sunday; ‘what is this?’; this is; ‘what is that?’; that is.

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Lesson 4 – Rabbit(tù, 兔)

Rabbit(tù, 兔)Typically, people borned in 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 are of the Chinese zodiac, Rabbit(tù, 兔). But it’s not always true. Exceptions do exsist and we have a special topic on that.

Highlights of Lesson 4: good morning, long time no see; 4 tones for 6 basic vowels; numbers 0~10.

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Lesson 3 – Tiger(hǔ, 虎)

Tiger(hǔ, 虎)Typically, people borned in 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998 are of the Chinese zodiac, Tiger(hǔ, 虎). But it’s not always true. Exceptions do exsist and we have a special topic on that.

Highlights of Lesson 3: the pinyin system; phonetic tones; Chinese characters; Mandarin.

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Lesson 2 – Ox(niú, 牛)

Ox(niú, 牛)Typically, people borned in 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997 or 2009 are of the Chinese zodiac, Ox(niú, 牛). But it’s not always true. Exceptions do exsist and we have a special topic on that.

Highlights of Lesson 2: more first words; genders and plural forms of nouns; conjugation of verbs; quiz 2.

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