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Basic Mandarin Chinese | Lesson 12 | Learn to talk about various Occupations!
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2. Nǐ hǎo
Lesson 12 on Basic Mandarin!
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3. Revision
English
Mandarin
How many/a few
Jǐ
Measure word for number of
family members
Kǒu
Person/ people
Rén
And
Hé
One/ one item
Yí ge
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4. Let’s revise!
English
How many people are there in your
family?
There are four people in my family
My dad, mom, an elder brother and me
Mandarin
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
Wǒ jīa yǒu sì kǒu rén
Wǒ bàba māma yí ge gēge hé
wǒ
What about your family?
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
There are five people in my family
Wǒ jīa yǒu wǔ kǒu rén
My dad, mum, older brother, older
sister
and me
Wǒ bàba, māma, gēge, jiějie hé
wǒ
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6. What's in store today?
Today we will learn a few more occupations
and ask people about their work!
So let's get started!
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7. Today's conversation
English
Mark
How are you?
Lisa
Not bad! How are you?
Mark
I am also very good!
Lisa
This is my father
Mark
What does your father do?
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8. Today's conversation
English
Lisa
My father is a lawyer,and you?
Mark
I am an engineer
Lisa
What does your mother do?
Mark
My mother is a housewife
Lisa
What do you do?
Mark
I am a doctor
Lisa
Wonderful!
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9. Today's conversation
You will notice,that some of the sentences
mentioned have been covered before, while
others are new!
Let's go through the sentences
we already know!
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10. Today's conversation
English
Mandarin
Mark
How are you?
Nǐ hǎo ma?
Lisa
Not bad! How are you?
Bú cuò! Nǐ hǎo ma?
Mark
I am also very good!
Wǒ Yě hěn hǎo!
Lisa
This is my father
Tā shì wǒ bàba
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14. Grammar tip
What we really ask is
'Your father does what work?'
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15. Occupational conversation
What does your father do?
Nǐ bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò?
Literally, 'Your father
does what work?'
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18. Occupational conversation
My father is a lawyer
Wǒ bàba shì lǜshī
Literally, ‘My father is lawyer’
Note that articles are not translated
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21. Occupational conversation
What do you do?
Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò?
Literally,‘ You do what work?’
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22. Occupational conversation
I am an engineer
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23. Occupational conversation
I am an engineer
Wǒ shì gōng chéng shī
Note that ‘an’ is not translated
as Mandarin has no articles
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24. Tonal tip
Gōng is pronounced using a
high level tone, like Gōng
Chéng is pronounced using a mid rising tone,like
Chéng
We already know how to say Shī, so let’s try and
say it all together! It's ‘Gōng chéng shī’
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25. Let’s see if you remember…
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26. Pick the right option
How do you say
‘My father is a lawyer’?
1
2
Wǒ bàba shì lǜshī
Bàba zuò shénme
gōngzuò
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27. Solution
How do you say
‘My father is a lawyer’?
1
2
Wǒ bàba shì lǜshī
Bàba zuò shénme
gōngzuò
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28. Pick the right option
What does ‘Gōngzuò’ mean?
1
2
3
Work
Doctor
To do
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29. Solution
What does ‘Gōngzuò’ mean?
1
2
3
Work
Doctor
To do
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30. Let’s revise!
English
Mandarin
What does your father do?
Nǐ bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò
My father is a lawyer
Wǒ bàba shì lǜshī
What do you do?
Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò
I am an engineer
Wǒ shì gōng chéng shī
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31. Moving on...
The sentence 'I am a ...' can be filled in using
a lot of different professions!
Let's learn a few of them now!
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32. Occupational conversation
I am a doctor
Wǒ shì Yīsheng
Yīsheng is pronounced using
the first tone
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33. Occupational conversation
She is a manager
Tā shì Jīng lǐ
Jīng = first tone, high level
lǐ = third tone, falling rising
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34. Occupations
He is an accountant
Tā shì kuài jì
Aggregate = Kuài
To compute/calculate = Jì
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35. Pronunciation tip
Kuài and Jì are both pronounced with a
falling tone, also known as the fourth tone
Let’s hear you say, ‘Kuài Jì ’
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36. Occupations
I am retired
Wǒ shì tuì xiū le
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37. Tonal tip
Tuì carries the falling tone (4th tone)
Xiū carries the high level tone (1st tone)
Le carries the neutral tone (5th tone)
Let’s hear you say ‘Tuì xiū le’
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38. Let’s revise!
English
Mandarin
I am a doctor
Wǒ shì Yīsheng
She is a manager
Tā shì Jīng lǐ
He is an accountant
Tā shì kuài jì
I am retired
Wǒ shì tuì xiū le
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39. Pronunciation tip
Now let's look at the last part
of our conversation!
'What does your mother do?'
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40. Occupations
What does your mother do?
Nǐ māma zuò shénme gōng zuò?
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41. Occupations
My mother is a housewife
Wǒ māma shì jiā tíng zhǔ fù
Family member = Jiā tíng
Wife = Zhǔ fù
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42. Tonal tip
Jiā tíng uses the high level tone on ‘a’ and a mid
rising tone on ‘i’
Zhǔ fù uses the rising falling tone on the first ‘u’
and
a falling tone on the second ‘u’
Let’s hear you say ‘Jiā tíng zhǔ fù’
Did you notice? ‘Jiā tíng zhǔ fù’ is the first word
we've learnt that uses all four tones!
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43. Let's see if you remember…
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44. Pick the right option
How do we say 'Manager'?
1
2
3
Jīng lǐ
Yīsheng
Lǜshī
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45. Solution
How do we say 'Manager'?
1
2
3
Jīng lǐ
Yīsheng
Lǜshī
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46. Pick the right option
How do we say, ‘Housewife’?
1
2
3
Jiā tíng
zhǔ fù
Gōng
chéng shī
Tuì
xiū le
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47. Solution
How do we say, ‘Housewife’?
1
2
3
Jiā tíng
zhǔ fù
Gōng
chéng shī
Tuì
xiū le
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48. Pick the right option
How do we say
'I am an accountant’ ?
1
2
3
Wǒ shì
kuài jì
Wǒ shì
Jīng lǐ
Wǒ shì
yīsheng
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49. Solution
How do we say
'I am an accountant’ ?
1
2
3
Wǒ shì
kuài jì
Wǒ shì
Jīng lǐ
Wǒ shì
yīsheng
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50. Here is what we learnt today!
English
Mandarin
Mark
How are you?
Nǐ hǎo ma?
Lisa
Not bad! How are you?
Bú cuò! Nǐ hǎo ma?
Mark
I am also very good!
Wǒ Yě hěn hǎo!
Lisa
This is my father
Tā shì wǒ bàba
Mark What does your father do?
Nǐ bàba zuò shénme gōng zuò?
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51. Here is what we learnt today!
English
Lisa My father is a lawyer,and you?
Mandarin
Wǒ bàba shì lǜshī,nǐ ne?
Mark
I am an engineer
Wǒ shì Gōng chéng shī
Lisa
What does your mother do?
Nǐ māma zuò shénme gōng zuò?
Mark
My mother is a housewife
Wǒ māma shì jiā tíng zhǔ fù
Lisa
What do you do?
Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò ?
Mark
I am a doctor
Wǒ shì Yīsheng
Lisa
Wonderful!
Taì hǎo le!
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53. Culture leaf
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54. Culture leaf
Tetraphobia, or aversion to the number four,
is common in China
The Chinese word for four
(pinyin = sì), sounds quite similar to the
word for death (pinyin = sǐ), in many
varieties of Chinese
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55. Culture leaf
Special care may be taken to avoid
occurrences or reminders of the
number 4 during festive holidays,
or when a family member is sick
Similarly, 14, 24, 42, etc… are also to be
avoided due to the presence of the digit
4 in these numbers
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56. What's next?
In the next lesson we will learn
about measure words!
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57. Credits
Content
Team CultureAlley, Sunny Dang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia
Images
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Shan
haiMissingFloors.jpg
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58. See you at the Alley!
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