Lesson 2: My Family

Wǒ de jiā rén

Prepared by: Kang Mei Feng

jiā tíng chéng yuán yī

FAMILY MEMBER (I)

jiā tíng chéng yuán èr

FAMILY MEMBER (II)

ASKING FAMILY MEMBER

Q:Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ gè rén？

How many family members do you have?

A:Wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ gè rén。

I have five members in my family.

NOTE:

Example:

jǐ gè？

Questioning

Word

Measure

Word

Noun ?

jǐ

How many

gè nǚ ér ér zi

daughter / son

?

NOTE:

Example:

liǎng èr

≠

Number Measure

Word

Noun 。

liǎng

Two

gènǚ ér ér zi

daughter / son

。

ASKING FAMILY MEMBER

Q:Tā men shì sheí？

Who are they?

A:Tā men shì bàba、māma、yí gè jiějiě

hé wǒ。

They are my father, mother, an elder sister

and me.

ASKING FAMILY MEMBER

Q: Nǐ yǒu gēge ma？

Do you have elder brother?

A1:Wǒ yǒu gēge。

I have an elder brother.

A2:Wǒ méi yǒu gēge。

I don’t have elder brother.

ASKING FAMILY MEMBER

Q:Nǐ bàba zài nǎ li gōng zuò？

Where are your father working?

A1:Personal

pronoun /

Noun

Preposition Place Verb

Wǒ bàba

My father

zài

at

Jílóngpō

Kuala

Lumpur

gōngzuò。

work.

ASKING FAMILY MEMBER

Q:Nǐ bàba zài nǎ li gōng zuò？

Where are your father working?

A2:Personal

pronoun /

Person

Already Verb le

了

Wǒ bàba

My father

yǐ jīng

already

tuì xiū

retired

le。

ASKING YOUR HOME

Q:Nǐ zhù zài nǎ li ？

Where do you live?

A:Wǒ zhù zài Guāndān。

I live in Kuantan.

DIALOGUE PRACTICE

A Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ gè rén？

B Wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ gè rén。

A Tā men shì sheí？

B Tā men shì bàba、māma、yí gè gēge、

yí gè mèimei hé wǒ。

DIALOGUE PRACTICE

A Nǐ zhù zài nǎ li ？

B Wǒ zhù zài Guāndān。

A Nǐ bàba zài nǎ li gōng zuò？

B Wǒ bàba yǐ jīng tuì xiū le。

Lesson 2: My FamilyResource: Yong Ying Mei, Cheng Ching Yee (2015) Mandarin 1, 3rd edition,Universiti Malaysia Pahang,Malaysia.

Prepared by: Kang Mei Feng