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Lesson 1-1 Study Guide
Exchanging Greetings
Exchanging Greetings
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Dialogue:
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Objectives:
- Exchange basic greetings.
- Request a person’s last name and full name and provide your own.
- Determine whether someone is a teacher or student.
- Ascertain someone’s nationality.
- Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 21 characters introduced in lesson 1-1.
- Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 1-1. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | |
| 你 | nǐ | you | |
| 好 | hǎo | fine; good; nice; O.K.; it's settled | |
| 请 | qǐng | please (polite form of request); to treat or invite someone | |
| 问 | wèn | to ask (a question) | |
| 贵 | guì | honorable; expensive | |
| 姓 | xìng | (one's) surname is...; to be surnamed; surname | |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me | |
| 呢 | ne | (question particle) | |
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | Miss; young lady | |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called; to call | |
| 什么 | shénme | what | |
| 名字 | míngzi | name | |
| 先生 | xiānsheng | Mr.; husband; teacher | |
| 李友 | lǐ yǒu | (a personal name) | |
| 李 | lǐ | (a surname); plum | |
| 王朋 | wáng péng | (a personal name) | |
| 王 | wáng | (a surname); king |