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Lesson7
My Family 我的家
Chapter Objectives:
• Describe about your family
• Ask about someone’s family
• Use “Where” question and ask where someone is
Dialogue
Lin Jun: 大山,你家在哪儿?
Dàshān, nǐ jiā zài nǎr?
Li Dashan: 我家在中国。
Wǒ jiā zài zhōnggó.
Lin Jun: 你家有几个人?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ ge rén?
Li Dashan: 我家有四个人:爸爸, 妈妈, 弟弟和我。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sì ge rén: bàba, māma, dìdi hé wǒ.
Lin Jun: 他们在哪儿?
Tāmen zài nǎr?
Li Dashan: 我爸爸和妈妈都在中国工作。我和我弟弟在美国学习。
Wǒ bàba hé māma dōu zài zhōngguó gōngzuò. Wǒ hé dìdi zài měiguó xuéxí.
Lin Jun: 你弟弟也是大学生吗?
Nǐ dìdi yě shì dà xuéshēng ma?
Li Dashan: 不是,我弟弟是中学生。你工作吗?
Búshì. Wǒ dìdi shì zhōng xuéshēng. Nǐ gōngzuò ma?
Lin Jun: 对,我工作。
Duì, wǒ gōngzuò.
Li Dashan: 你在哪儿工作?
Nǐ zài nǎr gōngzuò?
Lin Jun: 我在书店工作。
Wǒ zài shūdiàn gōngzuò.
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English Translation of the dialogue
Lin Jun: Dashan, where is your home?
Li Dashan: My home is in China.
Lin Jun: How many are there in your family?
Li Dashan: My family has four people: father, mother, younger brother and me.
Lin Jun: Where are they?
Li Dashan: Both of my father and mother work in China.
Me and my younger brother study in the US.
Lin Jun: Is your younger brother also a college student?
Li Dashan: No, my younger brother is a middle school student. Do you work?
Lin Jun: Right, I work.
Li Dashan: Where do you work?
Lin Jun: I work in a bookstore.
Reading Practice
你好,我叫林君。我是大学生。我有工作,我在书店工作。我的同学李大山是中国人。他
的家有四个人,爸爸,妈妈, 弟弟和他。他的爸爸妈妈都在中国工作。 大山和他的弟弟
在美国学习。 大山是大学生,他的弟弟是中学生。
Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào Lín Jūn. Wǒ shì dà xuéshēng. Wǒ yǒu gōngzuò, wǒ zài shūdiàn gōngzuò. Wǒde
tóngxué Lǐ dàshān shì zhōngguó rén. Tāde jiā yǒu sì ge rén, bàba, māma, dìdi hé tā. Tāde bàba
māma dōu zài zhōngguó gōngzuò. Dàshān hé tāde dìdi zài měiguó xuéxí. Dàshān shì dà
xuéshēng, tāde dìdi shì zhōng xuéshēng.
Vocabulary
Simplified
Character
Traditional
Character
Pinyin English Meaning
1. 家 家 jiā N. Home
2. 在 在 zài Prep. At, in, on
3. 哪儿
在哪儿
nǎr (nǎ ér)
zài nǎr (zài nǎ ér)
Pron. Where
At where?
(Used in Northern China)
4. 爸爸 爸爸 bàba N. Father
5 妈妈 媽媽 māma N. Mother
6.弟弟 弟弟 dìdi N. Younger brother
7. 和 和 hé Conj. And
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8. 都 都 dōu Adv. Both, all
9. 大学生
中学生
大學生
中學生
dà xuéshēng
zhōng xuéshēng
N.
N.
College student
Middle school student
10. 工作 工作 gōngzuò V.
N.
Work
Work
11. 书店
店
書店
店
shūdiàn
diàn
N. Bookstore
Store
Supplementary Vocabulary
Simplified
Character
Traditional
Character
Pinyin English Meaning
1. 在哪里 在哪裡 zài nǎ lǐ Pron. Where
(Used in Southern China)
2. 家人 家人 jiā rén N. Family
Pinyin Exercise
1. Listen and repeat and following sound.
Finals: ai / ia / ian / uo / ong
1. ai: bái hái tái
2. ia: jiā xiā qiā
3.ian: diàn liàn xiàn
4.uo: duò huò zuò
5.ong: dōng gōng zhōng
2. Listen and repeat and following sound.
1. jiā jiá jiǎ jià
2. diān dián diǎn diàn
3. dōu dóu dǒu dòu
4. gōng góng gǒng gòng
5. zuō zuó zuǒ zuò
3. Repeat the following phrases.
1. Nǐ zài nǎr gōngzuò?
2. Nǐ zài nǎr xué zhōngwén?
3. Wǒde shū zài nǎlǐ?
4. Nǐde chē zài nǎlǐ?
5. Zhōngwén kèběn zài nǎlǐ?
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Grammar
1. Question word “where” 哪儿 (nǎr) and 哪里 (nǎlǐ)
哪儿 (nǎr) and 哪里(nǎlǐ) has no difference in meaning. Both words are from 哪 (nǎ), the
question word “which”. Adding ending 儿(ér) / 里(nǎlǐ) to 哪 (nǎ) makes 哪儿(nǎr) /哪里 (nǎlǐ)
meaning “where.” The difference in pronunciation is often regional, and the suffix 儿 (ér) is
commonly occurs at the ending of a word in northern China. In southern China and Taiwan, the
phrase for “where” is simply 哪里 (nǎlǐ) without the 儿(ér).
2. Sentence order for asking where a person or an object is.
Where a person or an object is?
A person (or an object) + 在 + 哪儿?
A person (or an object) + 在 + 哪里?
To answer the question
A person (or an object) + 在 + _______。
他在哪儿?
Tā zài nǎr?
他在哪里?
Tā zài nǎlǐ?
他在中国。
Tā zài zhōngguó.
你的中文功课在哪儿?
Nǐde zhōngwén gōngkè zài nǎr?
你的中文功课在哪里?
Nǐde zhōngwén gōngkè zài nǎlǐ?
我的中文功课在我家。
Wǒde zhōngwén gōngkè zài wǒ jiā.
3. Sentence order for asking where an action is happened.
Where a person or an object is happened?
A person + 在 + 哪儿 + Verb?
A person + 在 + 哪里 + Verb?
To answer the question
A person + 在 + Place+ Verb。
你在哪儿工作?
Nǐ zài nǎr gōngzuò?
你在哪里工作?
Nǐ zài nǎlǐ gōngzuò?
我在中国工作。
Wǒ zài zhōngguó gōngzuò.
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4. The Conjunction 和(hé)
和(hé) is a conjunction for nouns and pronouns. It means “and”, or “with”. Note that in
Chinese, the “with” part is placed at the same position of “and”, so 和 (hé) is never placed at
the end of a sentence. In English, “and” is often used to connect two sentences or clauses.
However, in Chinese, 和(hé) is not used to connect two sentences.
他和他的弟弟都是学生。 (和(hé) is used to connect two pronouns.)
他是中国人, 他会说中文。(和(hé) is not used in between the two sentences.)
5. The Adverb 都 (dōu)
都 Dōu means “all”, or “both”, it refers to people or objects that has a total number of two or
more. The position of 都 dōu is placed after the subjects or before a verb. Not like English word
“both”, 都(dōu) is not placed before the subject.
他们都是中国人。(都(dōu) is placed after the subject, and before the verb.)
他和大山都会说中文。
Daily Expression
Meaning Pinyin Simplified
Characters
Traditional
Characters
1. Over here zài zhèr
zài zhèlǐ
在这儿
在这里
在這兒
在這裡
2. Over there zài nàr
zài nàlǐ
在那儿
在那里
在那兒
在那裡
Word Building
哪儿
在哪儿
你在哪儿
你家在哪儿
你在哪儿工作?
和
弟弟和我
我和同学
老师和学生
我们的老师和同学
都
我们都是中国人
他们都学中文
我们都会说中文
他们都在中国工作