1. Lesson: Numbers 零 líng0 zero 一 yī1 one 二 èr2 two 三 sān3 three 四 sì4 four 五 wŭ5 five 六 liù6 six 七 qī7 seven 八 bā8 eight 九 jiŭ9 nine 十 shì10 ten 一百 yìb ă i100 one hundred 一千 yì qiān1,000 one thousand 一万 yí wàn10,000 ten thousand 十万 shí wàn100,000 one hundred thousand 一百万 yì b ă i wàn1,000,000 one million 一千万 yì qiān wàn10,000,000 ten million 一亿 yí yì100,000,000 one hundred million

2. Lesson : Greeting Vocabulary: Chinese characters pinyingrammarmeaning 你 nǐpronounyou 我 wŏpronounI, me 她 tāpronounshe 学生 xuéshēngnounstudent 老师 l ă oshīnounteacher 是 shìverbYes; am/are/is 也 yěadverbalso 不 bùadverbNo; not

3. Text: A: 你好！ B: 你好！ A: 你是学生吗？ B: 我是学生，你呢？ A: 我也是学生。 B: 她呢？她也是学生吗？ A: 不，她不是学生。她是老师。

4. Grammar 吗 is the interrogative particle. The most common way to turn a sentence into a question is to place the particle 吗 at the end of the sentence. 呢 is the modal particle. It is used after a noun, pronoun, or phrase to turn the sentence into a question. 是 is a linking verb. It acts like an equal sign between nouns, pronouns, or noun and pronoun. 也 is an adverb place before a verb. 也 cannot be placed at the beginning or end of a sentence. Chinese sentences usually consist of a subject and a predicate. e.g., 你好. 好 is an adjective. In Chinese, adjective are stative verbs that can be used as a predicate. 你，我，她（他） are pronouns. 不 is an adverb. It is used to form a negative.

5. Vocabulary: Chinese characters pinyingrammarmeaning 好 hăohăoadjectivegood, well 很 hěnadverbvery 谢谢 xièxie Thank you 马马虎虎 m ă m ă hu so 很好 hěn h ă o fine 还好 hái h ă o all right 不错 bú cuòadverbnot bad 再见 zài jiànadverbGood-bye

6. Text: A: 你好吗？ B: 很好，谢谢。你呢？ A: 马马虎虎 *, 谢谢，再见。 B: 再见. Grammar: 谢 is often used in the compound form (reduplicated form). The reduplicated form s are very common in Chinese. In fact, certain terms must be in such forms in order to covey meaning.

7. Vocabulary: Chinese characters pinyingrammarmeaning 请问 qǐng wèn may I ask 您 nínpronoun(polite) you 贵姓 guì xìng (polite) surname 名字 míng zì nounname 什么 shénme pronounwhat 叫 jiào verbto call 谁 shuí /sheípronounwho;whom

8. Text: A: 你好！ B: 你好！请问您贵姓？ A: 我姓黄。 B: 你叫什么名字？ A: 我叫小龙。 B: 他是谁？ A: 他是李杰。 B: 谢谢，再见！ A: 再见！

9. Grammar: 您 is the polite form of 你 (singular) It is normally used to address one's elders or those with a higher social status. 您贵姓 is the polite way to ask someone's surname. To answer this question it is commonly replies with his/her surname or his/her full name. 什么 is the interrogative pronouns. It can be used alone to ask "what?" It is commonly placed before a general noun when requesting more specific information. In Chinese, the question word (who, what, where, which, when, how) occurs where the expected answer would be e.g. 你叫什么名字 ? 我叫小龙。 谁 is the interrogative pronoun. It is used as 什么.

10. Core Vocabulary : 谁谢谢 名字贵姓我 请问再见什么叫你 他她学生老师也