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Lesson 6 – Elementary – Greeting and Introduction

If you want to learn Chinese online free, this website is the best place for you. Today the teacher of Chinese learning programs provides a Chinese lesson for students in elementary level.

Let’s look at some useful sentences first. 
你好! nǐ hǎo Hello!
你叫什么名字? nǐ jiào shén me míng zi? What’s your name?
我是美国人,你呢?wǒ shì měi guó rén , nǐ ne ? I’m American, and you?
你是学生吗?nǐ shì xué sheng ma ? Are you a student?
——对。/不。duì 。 / bú 。 ——Yes, I am./No, I’m not.
我在银行工作。 I work in the bank.
对不起。 Sorry!
我们有课。 We have a class.
再见! Good-bye!

The following situations can use these sentences when you learn Chinese in China.

一、 在学校,在教学楼门口Both Mike and Kim are students who learn Mandarin. They meet each other in school, at the gate of the teaching building.
迈克:你好! mài kè : nǐ hǎo !
金美玉:你好! jīn měi yù : nǐ hǎo !
迈克:你叫什么名字? mài kè : nǐ jiào shén me míng zi ?
金美玉:我叫金美玉,你呢? jīn měi yù : wǒ jiào jīn měi yù , nǐ ne ?
迈克:我叫迈克。我是美国人,你呢?mài kè : wǒ jiào mài kè 。 wǒ shì měi guó rén , nǐ ne ?
金美玉:我是韩国人。 jīn měi yù : wǒ shì hán guó rén 。

二、 李东骑自行车过来 Li Dong is Mike’s friend and they met each other when Mike and his brother study in China. 
Li Dong came by bicycle.
李东:迈克,你们好! lǐ dōng : mài kè , nǐ men hǎo !
迈克:是李东啊,你好! mài kè : shì lǐ dōng ā , nǐ hǎo !
李东:这位小姐是…… lǐ dōng : zhè wèi xiáo jiě shì … …
迈克:她叫金美玉,是我的同学。 mài kè : tā jiào jīn měi yù , shì wǒ de tóng xué 。
李东:你好!我叫李东。 lǐ dōng : nǐ hǎo ! wǒ jiào lǐ dōng 。
金美玉:你好!你是中国人? jīn měi yù : nǐ hǎo ! nǐ shì zhōng guó rén ?
李东:对。 lǐ dōng : duì 。
金美玉:你是学生吗? jīn měi yù : nǐ shì xué sheng ma ?
李东:不,我在银行工作。 lǐ dōng : bú , wǒ zài yín háng gōng zuò 。
迈克:对不起,我们有课…… mài kè : duì bù qǐ , wǒ men yǒu kè … …
李东:好,再见。 lǐ dōng : hǎo , zài jiàn 。
The two dialogues can help you study Mandarin Chinese in real contexts.

Here are some new words and phrases for students who want to learn Chinese expressions for free.
你 nǐ(pronoun)you Example: 你好!Hi! 你是……You are…
叫jiào(verb)be called/ named Example: 我叫迈克。My name is Mike.
什么shén me(pronoun)what Example: 什么名字?what’s your name? 什么课?what class? 什么事what’s the matter?
名字míng zi(noun)name Example:你的名字 your name
我wǒ(pronoun)I / me
呢ne(auxiliary word) Example: 你呢? And you?/ what about you?
是shì(verb)to be Example:我是…… I am… 你是……You are…
These words are the most common in daily life and in order to help you learn the specific usages of the words, our teacher of HSK Preparation Program in China gives some examples.
人rén(noun)person 你们nǐ men(pronoun)you
这zhè(pronoun)this 位 wèi(quantifier)to say the number of person
小姐xiáo jiě(noun)miss 她tā(pronoun)she
的de(auxiliary word) 同学tóng xué(noun)classmate
对duì(adjective)correct/right/yes 学生xué sheng(noun)student
吗ma(auxiliary word)convert sentences to a question 不bú(adverb)not/no
在zài(prep.)be in some place 银行yín háng(noun)bank
工作gōng zuò(noun/verb)work/job 
Please try your best to memorize these words picked from the text, for they can help your study Chinese better.
对不起duì bù qǐ sorry 有yǒu have 课kè class/lesson 好hǎo good 再见zài jiàn good-bye 
Our free Chinese lesson will provide more useful materials to help you learn Mandarin Chinese. Please keep an eye on our website and hope you can make great progress in Chinese learning.
 

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