[MUSIC]
[Nǐ hǎo！Huānyínɡ láidào HSK hànyǔ kètánɡ.] Hello,
welcome to Chinese for HSK.
My name is Yu Bin.
Nice to meet you.
[Wǒ jiào Yú Bīn. Hěn ɡāoxìnɡ rènshi nǐ.] For the first week of your Chinese
study we will talk about greetings and numbers.
In this lesson, we are going to learn how to greet people and
how to ask somebody's name in Chinese.
Firstly, let's watch a short video and
see what people say when they meet for the first time.
Here, come Xudong and Tingna.
>> [Nǐ hǎo!] >> [Nǐ hǎo!]
>>
>> [Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?]
>> [Wǒ jiào Tínɡnà. Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?] [Wǒ jiào Xùdōnɡ. Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ!] [Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ!]
>> Can't understand much?
Don't worry.
I'm sure you'll be okay at the end of this
lesson. You may have known that the most commonly
used phrase for greetings in Chinese is [Nǐ hǎo!],
hello. [nǐ] means you.
[hǎo] means good.
So [Nǐ hǎo！] literally means you good.
However, [Nǐ hǎo！] is rarely used among
very close friends or families. [nǐ] and
[hǎo] are both third tones. When two third tones are read in sequence,
the first syllable turns into the second tone.
So [Nǐ hǎo！] is read [ní hǎo] rather
than [nǐ hǎo]. Although you need to mark it as
third tone in writing. Follow me please.
[FOREIGN]
One day, when we meet up somewhere in the world,
how do you greet me?
You may say [FOREIGN].
And I could say to you, for example,
[FOREIGN], Jenny, [FOREIGN],
Lucy, [FOREIGN], David.
To ask somebody's name in Chinese is,
[Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?]
Literally, you're called what name.
[jiào] means to call, [shénme] is what,
[mínɡzi] is name.
To respond, you say, [wǒ jiào] followed by your name.
Unlike English, the question word [shénme]
is usually placed after the verb in the sentence.
Sometimes a noun such as a person, a book, or a name follows it.
Now read with me.
[FOREIGN]
Let's do an exercise now.
Match the Chinese words with pictures or English words.
Let's do it together.
[FOREIGN], which one?
Yeah, here.
[FOREIGN] [FOREIGN]
This one.
[FOREIGN]
Did you get it?
One more sentence for you is, [Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ!] nice to meet you!
Literally, it means very happy to know you.
Read after me, please.
[FOREIGN]
Read the text of the video with me please.
[FOREIGN]
Now listen to a conversation between two people.
Two questions for you.
>> [FOREIGN]
>> Okay, let's see the answers.
The man's name
[Bǐdé , Bǐdé] , and
the woman's name,
[Mǎlì, Mǎlì]
Are you correct?
That's all for today.
Hope you enjoyed the lesson.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
[Xièxie! Zàijiàn!]