Lesson ONE: Greeting

by Hsin-Yun Yao
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Part One: Reading
Part Two: Vocabulary
Part Three: Sentence Patterns and Drills

Part One: Reading

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I. Reading

Mr. Wang : Good morning Mr. Lin. How are you?
Mr. Lin : I am fine, and you?
Mr. Wang : I am very busy.
Mr. Lin: Goodbye, Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang: Goodbye.


Part Two: Vocabulary

: Mr. Wang
: 1) a sure name; 2) king
: "mister"
: 1) a sure name; 2) forest
: 1) early; 2) good morning
: Goodbye; see you (again); so long
: again
: see
: How are you ?
: very
: good, fine, well
: busy
: you (polite form)
: first person singular: "I", "me" (Chinese does not distinguish between subject and object pronouns)
: you (informal form and person singular)
: indicate question (always tagged at the end of the sentence)
: sentence partical "and how about..." always tagged at the end of the sentence
: Greeting

Part Three: Sentence patterns and Drills

1. Simple sentences with Adverb (A) and Stative Verb (SV)

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Note for Stative Verbs (SV):

In Chinese, we just say(I busy), without the verb to be.

Thus, = I am busy

Stative Verbs such as , or are used in the same way.


2. Simple type of question ("Yes-No" question)

S SV QW

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Note for Question Word () :

We add in the end of a Chinese statement to make a question sentence without changing the words order.


3. "Tag-question" :

S (A) SV T.-Q
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Note:
"? " or " ? " is a "Tag-question"; usually we add it in the end of a sentence to form a short "counter-question".


4. Greeting : ""

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Note:
We say "" or " " as "Good morning" in English.

We can also say "" only.



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