Week 3

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Week 3

• By Shirley Zhang

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This week we learn 1.How to introduce yourself.

• You can say ?? (name). to tell others your
  name, which means My name is ..
• When you want to know other peoples name, you
  can ask ?????, which means Whats your name?.

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This week we learn 2.How to introduce someone
to others.

• You can say ?/?? (his/her name) , which means
  His/Her name is ..
• To ask, you can say ?/?????, which means
  Whats his/her name?.

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This week we learn 3.Chinese culture Chinese
names

• Chinese names are composed of two parts the
  surname and the given name, and the surname
  comes before the given name.
• E.g. John Smith (American order) ----- Smith
  John (Chinese order)
• Long Cheng (American order) ----- Cheng
  Long (Chinese order)
• Most Chinese names have special and good
  meanings.
• The given name is usually composed of one or two
  Chinese characters.

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This week we learn 3.Chinese culture Chinese
names

• Girls name usually contain some meanings of
  beautiful things.
• E.g. ?---beautiful ?---precious
  ?---colorful
• ?---cloud ?---phoenix
• Boys names have meanings of grand things and
  generosity.
• E.g. ?---sea ?---mountain
  ?---dragon
• ?---great ?---navigate

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• Chinese is interesting!

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