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Lesson 7 When is Your Birthday

Objectives: 1. 2. 3. 4. Say numbers 0-100 Find out someones age and state your own Find out someones birth date and state your own Find out someones Chinese zodiac sign and state your own

Part 1: Numbers 0-100


0=lng 1=y 2=r 3=sn 4=s 5=w 6=li 7=q 8=b 9=ji 10=sh 11=10+1 sh y 12=10+2 sh r 13=10+3 sh sn 14= 15= 16= 17= 18= 19= 20=r sh 21=r sh y 22=r sh r 23= 24= 25= 26= 27= 28= 29= 30=sn sh 31=sn sh y 42=s sh r 53= 64= 75= 86= 97= 98= 99=ji sh ji 100=y bi

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Part 2: Finding out someones age and stating your own


.years old .su .. I am. years old. W..(number) su . I am 20 years old. W r sh su Note: when asking about or giving age, the number alone + su suffices. No verb sh is required. However, in the negative, a verb is always required: w b sh sn sh w su, w sn sh li su(Im not 35, Im 36) Asking about age: How old are you? Asking the age of a child N j su le? J=how many Asking the age of an N du d le? adult, or people of the same generation as you du + A(adjective) is used to raise a question, meaning how A(adjective)? d means big, here it refers to age. So du d is how big? le is a filler word at the end of the sentence, no meaning here. Asking the age of an Nn du d su sh le? elderly person su sh=su =....years old Sometimes, (jn nin) which means this year is also added in the question when asking about age: N (jn nin) j su le? N (jn nin) du d le? Nn (jn nin) du d su sh le? Practice: match the Chinese and English below a. n du d le? b. w r sh b su le. . c. , n r sh b su le. d. n ne? ? 1. Im twenty-eight years old. 2. Oh, youre twenty eight. 3. Im 28 years old too. 4. How old are you? http://www.wangwaychinese.com

e.w y r sh b su le.

5. How about you?

Part3 Chinese Zodiac


The Chinese Zodiac, known as Shng Xio, is based on a twelve year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. The 12 animals in order are: 1. sh (rat 2. ni (ox) 3. h (tiger) 4. t (rabbit) 5. lng (dragon) 6. sh (snake) 7. m (horse) 8. yng (sheep) 9. hu (moneky) 10. j (chicken) 11. gu (dog) 12.zh (pig) In Chinese zodiac, the year of your birth links to your birth sign, and you symbolically take on the characteristics of the associated animal. If you are an ox, for example, youre hard working, loyal, and sincere. Some Chinese people, especially the older generations, would look at the zodiac signs of a couple to decide whether the couple will be compatible or not. Sometimes, Chinese people indirectly inquire age by asking one persons animal sign, since one can guess the year a person was born if one knows the persons birth sign. This is how you ask: Whats your zodiac sign? N sh shn me? Sh=belong to Shn me=what Literally: You belong to what? W sh..(animal)

My zodiac sign is

..

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Part 4 Finding out someones birth date and stating your own

year this year the year of 2013 This year is 2014. This year is the year of horse month day

birthday January February March April May June . Decemeber January 1st

nin jn nin r lng y sn nin Jn nin sh r lng y s nin. Jn nin sh m nin. yu r OR ho or r is more formal, ho is more casual. shng r y yu r yu sn yu s yu w yu li yu sh r yu y yu y ho (common) y yu y r (formal)

February 14 April 1 July 4 December 25 When, what time When is your birthday? My birthday is shn me sh hou N de shng r sh shn me sh hou? N de shng r sh j yu j ho? W de shng r sh____yu_____ho. http://www.wangwaychinese.com

In which year were you born? I was born in 1984.

N sh n nin shng de? W sh 1984 nin shng de. It was in 1984 that I was born.

Practice: Abraham Lincoln Year: 1809 Month: February Day:12

Jackie Chan Year: 1954 Month: April Day:7

Zhang Ziyi Year: 1979 Month: February Day:9

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