Chinese beginner courses
Lesson 1: 你 好！
Title: Hello！
Chinese Grammars.
1: Initials and Finals of Chinese Pinyin(1)
2: Tones(Four Tones)
3: Chinese Syllables
4: 你好
Lesson 2: 您 好！
Title: Hello(polite)！
Chinese Grammars.
1: Read the monosyllabic words aloud
2: Read the disyllabic words aloud
3: Tone Sandhi: 3st tone plus 3st tone
4: 您
Lesson 3: 对不起！
Title: I'm sorry！
Chinese Grammars.
1: Read the monosyllabic words aloud
2: Read the disyllabic words aloud.
3: Listen initials.
Lesson 4: 力波，你好
Title: Hello, lì bō
Chinese Grammars.
1: Initials and Finals of Chinese Pinyin(2)
2: Read the monosyllabic words aloud
3: Read the disyllabic words aloud.
Lesson 5: 谢谢 你
Title: Thank you
Chinese Grammars.
1: The Neutral Tone
2: Tone marking
3: Abbreviation
4: Tone sandhi of “不(bù)”
Lesson 6: 你 是 留学生 吗？
Title: Are you an international student？
Chinese Grammars.
1: Differentiation：pronunciation of initials j，q，x
2: Rules of Pinyin：ü or finals led by ü with j，q，x
3: Sentences with 是
4: The subject and predicate.
5: The object
Lesson 7: 你 是 哪 国 人？
Title: What nationglity are you?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Differentiation：pronunciation of initials z，c，s
2: Rules of Pinyin：use of y and w
3: The Interrogative Pronouns “哪”
4: About “呢”
Lesson 8: 老师，您 好！
Title: Teacher, Hello!
Chinese Grammars.
1: Differentiation：pronunciation of initials zh，ch，sh，r
2: Differentiation：pronunciation of the alveolar nasal n and the velar nasal ng
3: Tone sandhi of “一(yī)”
4: The Adverb 也
Lesson 9: 早上好！
Title: Good morning!
Chinese Grammars.
1: Pronunciation of finals beginning with i
2: Pronunciation of finals beginning with u
3: Pronunciation of finals beginning with ü
Lesson 10: 她 学习 汉语。
Title: She studies chinese.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Difference between Aspirated and Unaspirated Initials
2: The word order of a sentence with a verbal predicate is mostly S + V + O
3: In a sentence with a verbal predicate, the adverb is usually put in front of verb：S + Adv + V + O
Lesson 12: 你 叫 什么 名字？
Title: What's your name？
Chinese Grammars.
1: The Retroflex Final
2: The suffix “们”
3: The Interrogative pronoun “什么”
4: The Particle “的”
Lesson 13: 我 家 有 四 口 人。
Title: There are four people in my family.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The “有” sentence
2: The Interrogative Pronoun “几”
3: The attribute
4: Measure Word “口”
5: The position of the adverbs “也” and “都”
Lesson 14: 你 贵姓？
Title: What's your family name?
Chinese Grammars.
1: About “贵姓”
2: The Interrogative Pronoun “怎么”
3: The auxiliary “可以”
Lesson 15: 那 是 谁 的 书？
Title: Whose book is that?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The demonstrative pronouns “这，那”
2: Particular interrogative sentences using question words
3: Interrogative sentences with “吗”
Lesson 16: 安妮 有 一 支 笔。
Title: Anne has a pen.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Measure Words
2: One to ten in Chinese
3: Numbers 1 - 100
Lesson 17: 我 去 教室 上课。
Title: I go to the classroom to have lessons.
Chinese Grammars.
1: “去” + place + verb
2: Adverb “都”
3: The adverbial
Lesson 18: 汉字 很 难。
Title: Chinese characters are difficult.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentences with an Adjectival Predicate
2: The Adverb “太”
Lesson 19: 马丁 想 买 电子词典 和 电脑。
Title: Martin wants to buy an electronic dictionary and computer.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The Modal Verb “想”
2: Numbers above 100.
3: RMB, the Chinese currency
Lesson 20: 苹果 一 斤 多少 钱？
Title: How much is one jin of apples?
Chinese Grammars.
1: about “多少钱”
2: RMB spoken
3: The modal particle “吧”
Lesson 21: 图书馆 在 哪儿？
Title: Where is the library?
Chinese Grammars.
1: To be located at / in (some place)
2: The Interrogative Pronoun “哪儿”
3: Nouns of location (east, west, south, north)
Lesson 22: 学校 里 没有 中国银行。
Title: There is no bank of China in the school.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Existential sentences of “有”：
2: Nouns of location (front, behind, inside, outside, left, right)
Lesson 23: 你 女儿 多大了？
Title: How old is your daughter?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The interrogative Phrase “多 + 大”
2: The S-P predicate sentence
Lesson 24: 今天 几 月 几 号？
Title: What is the date today?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentences with a Nominal Predicate
2: Chinese from Monday to Sunday
3: Frequently used date expressions
4: Expression of the year
5: Expression of the month
Lesson 25: 今天 是 你 的 生日。
Title: Today is your birthday.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Expression of date
2: Date representation in Chinese
Lesson 26: 我们 上午 八点半 上课。
Title: We have classes at half past eight in the morning.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Expression of Time
2: Expression of Time (刻)
3: Expression of Time (半)
4: Expression of Time (差)
5: Time words used as an Adverbial
Lesson 27: 现在 几点？
Title: What time is it now?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Exercise Chinese time
2: Time segment representation
Lesson 28: 您 好，你 要 什么？
Title: Hello, what do you want?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The optative verbs “要”
2: Conjunction “和”
Lesson 29: 我 很 想 他们。
Title: I miss them very much.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Discrimination: 教师，老师
2: The preposition “在”
3: “想” + somebody/some animal
Lesson 30: 今天 是 你 的 生日，对 吗？
Title: Today is your birthday, isn't it?
Chinese Grammars.
1: “.....，对吗”
2: “怎么样？”
Lesson 31: 那边 就 是 地铁站。
Title: That's the subway station over there.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The Adverb “就”
2: Nouns of location (above, below, middle)
3: Orientation exercises
Lesson 32: 这 个 星期天 你 忙 不 忙 ？
Title: Are you busy this Sunday?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Affirmative-negative questions (1): Adj 不 Adj
2: Exercises “这” and “那”
Lesson 33: 吉田先生，你 喜欢 什么 运动？
Title: What kind of sports do you like, Mr. Yoshida?
Chinese Grammars.
1: “先生” after the name
2: Sentence pattern: subject + period word + Verb + frequency words + object
3: Sentence pattern: subject + [没有时间] + Verb + target word
Lesson 35: 请问，这 是 王小云 的 宿舍 吗？
Title: Excuse me, is this Wang Xiaoyun's dorm?
Chinese Grammars.
1: practice: a sentence with a verbal predicate
Lesson 36: 他 住 哪儿？
Title: Where does he live?
Chinese Grammars.
1: practice: a sentence with a verbal predicate 2
Lesson 37: 您 要 买 什么？
Title: What do you want to buy?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Review of basic structure of Chinese sentences 1
2: Summary of personal pronouns
Lesson 38: 在 北京大学 的 东边。
Title: At the east side of the Peking University.
Chinese Grammars.
1: 儿：A word used to express small or lovely words.
2: 儿：Verb, Adjective transformed into a noun.
3: 儿：Abstract the concrete things.
4: 儿：After the adjectives overlap or adverb overlap.
Lesson 39: 第四课 的 生词 不多。
Title: There are not many new words in the fourth lesson.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Ordinal numeral 【第】
2: Verb：请
3: The usage of punctuation marks (1)
4: Classroom expressions （1）
Lesson 40: 平时 我 在 学校 食堂 吃饭。
Title: I usually eat in the school canteen.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Preposition 在（2）
2: Structure： 从 ..... 到 .....
3: Structure: adverbials(time) + adverbials(place)
4: The usage of punctuation marks (2)
5: Classroom expressions （2）
Lesson 41: 下午 我 常常 去 图书馆 看 书。
Title: I often go to the library to read in the afternoon.
Chinese Grammars.
1: sentence pattern: “先.....，然后.....”
2: sentence pattern：“ 来 / 去 + O1 + V + O2 ”
3: sentence pattern：S + P [ (adverbial of time) + V + O ]
Lesson 42: 每天 几点 开 门。
Title: What time does the door open every day?
Chinese Grammars.
1: About word “几点”.
2: “都不” and “不都”.
3: Interrogative words “多少”.
4: Classroom expressions（3）
Lesson 43: 我 喜欢 学习。
Title: I like to study.
Chinese Grammars.
1: sentence pattern：S + 喜欢 + P [ V + O ]
2: Greeting：很高兴认识你！
3: Greeting：拜托了
Lesson 44: 我们 俩 同岁！
Title: We are the same age!
Chinese Grammars.
1: Chinese tradition: the Chinese zodiac
2: About word “俩”.
3: The usage of punctuation marks (3)
4: Classroom expressions（4）
Lesson 45: 我们 能 不 能 也 九点 上课 ?
Title: Can we have a class at nine?
Chinese Grammars.
1: sentence pattern：“ 还 ..... 呢 ”
2: The optative verbs：“得”
3: Adverb “才”
4: The Adverb “就” (2)
Lesson 46: 这 是 不 是 药？
Title: Is this a medicine?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The classifier “些” .
2: Practice: Sentences with an Adjectival Predicate (1)
3: Affirmative-negative questions (2): V 不 V
4: “的” -phrase
Lesson 47: 你 早上 跑步，还是 晚上 跑步？
Title: Do you run in the morning or do you run at night?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Preposition 对（1）
2: About “呢” (2)
3: Interrogative sentences：“还是”
4: Respond to thanks：“不客气”，“不谢”
5: Extended reading：这学期语言学校有六门兴趣课。
Lesson 48: 你 的 电话 号码 是 多少？
Title: Your phone number?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The Adverb “就” (3)
2: The modal particle “吧” (2)
3: How to express numbers
4: “几” and “多少” (1)
5: Extended reading：明天你有课吗？
Lesson 49: 我们 欢迎 大家 来 我们 宿舍 玩儿。
Title: We welcome everyone to our dorm.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The expression of a building number.
2: The expression of a room number.
3: Discrimination: “二”、“两”
4: Adverb “还” (1)
5: Discrimination：“还” 、“也”
6: Discrimination：“或者” 、“还是”
7: The question using “谁的”
8: sentence pattern：“ 又.....又.....”
9: Extended reading：你喜欢中餐还是西餐？
Lesson 50: 我们 认识 一下。
Title: Let's introduce each other.
Chinese Grammars.
1: About word “一下”
2: How to indicate the place or organization where one works.
3: About word “啊”.
4: “也”，“都” In a negative sentences.
5: “了” Indicating a Change.
6: Extended reading：她今年50岁了。
Lesson 51: 你 在 干 什么 呢？
Title: What are you doing?
Chinese Grammars.
1: sentence pattern：“（ 正在 / 在 ）.....呢 ”
2: “了” Indicating a Change.
3: The Modal Verb “会”
4: Extended reading：我会说汉语。
Lesson 52: 晚上 有没有 空儿？
Title: Do you have free time this evening?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Chinese description：Last, This, Next, Every + (week, month)
2: Analysis of 【subject + predicate】 predicate sentences
3: The Interrogative Pronoun “怎么样” (2)
4: The Modal Verb “会” (2)
5: Extended reading：我星期天要加班。
Lesson 53: 周末 她们 常常 一起 去 游览 北京 的 名胜古迹。
Title: On weekends, they often go to visit places of interest in Beijing.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The question using “哪”
2: The four seasons in China
3: Analysis of sentence with a nominal predicate
4: To enquire one's age
5: Discrimination：“经常” 、“常常”
6: About word “俩” (2).
7: The Interjection：“喂”
8: sentence pattern：没 (在) + Verb / Verb Phrase
Lesson 54: 你 认识 不 认识 他？
Title: Do you know him?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Supplementary vocabulary for major
2: Practice: The “有” sentence
3: Extended reading：这是不是你们家的照片。
Lesson 55: 有时候 去 商店 买 东西。
Title: Sometimes I go to the shop to buy things.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Noun: 以后
2: sentence pattern：“ 有时候.....有时候.....”
3: Adverb “比较” (1)
4: Time sequence
5: “了” Indicating Occurrence or Completion
6: Extended reading：你买了什么了？
Lesson 56: 前面 的 路口 左拐 吗？
Title: Shall I turn to the left at the intersection ahead?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The demonstrative pronouns “这里，那里，哪里”
2: “了” Indicating Occurrence or Completion. (2)
3: The Noun “后”
4: The modal particle “啊”
5: Extended reading：40分钟后回来。
Lesson 57: 我 想 去 豫园。
Title: I want to go to Yu Yuan Garden.
Chinese Grammars.
1: sentence pattern：“ 是.....的 ”
2: Extended reading：你们在哪儿认识的？
Lesson 58: 山田 想 租 一套 房子。
Title: Yamada wants to rent a house.
Chinese Grammars.
1: About “又”
2: Practise “了”, modal auxiliary, and sentence pattern.
Lesson 59: 你 星期日 有 时间 吗？
Title: Do you have time on Sunday?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Questions with “....., 好吗？”
2: Sentence description: 你怎么样？
3: Sentence description: 明天是星期几？
4: Sentence description：是吗？
5: Sentence description：你今年多大
6: Sentence description：属狗
7: Sentence description：他是哪儿人？
8: The Auxiliary verb “要”
9: The adverb of degree “最”
Lesson 60: 你们 外语系 有 多少 老师？
Title: How many teachers are there in your foreign language department?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentence description：太大了
2: Sentence description：祝你生日快乐！
3: Sentence description：我很喜欢吃烤鸭。
4: Sentence description：我们还吃寿面。
Lesson 61: 茶 还是 咖啡？
Title: Tea or coffee?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Word explain: “一点儿”
2: Interjection “啊”
3: About “呢” (3)
Lesson 62: 我 跟 你 一起 去，好吗？
Title: Shall I go with you?
Chinese Grammars.
1: The difference between “咱们” and “我们”
2: Expressions of approximate numbers : “几” and “多”
Lesson 63: 我 很少 看。
Title: I seldom see it.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Word description：“很少”
2: Questions Using “是不是”
3: The Pronoun “每”
Lesson 64: 从 你们 家 到 公司 远 吗？
Title: Is it far from your home to the company?
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentence pattern: subject + [还没(有)] + Verb + target word
2: Word [先生] means husband
3: The difference between [几岁了？] and [多大了？].
4: Structure： ..... 离 .....
Lesson 65: 银行 在 书店 的 东边。
Title: The bank is to the east of the bookstore.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Nouns of location (review)
2: Usage of Location Nouns
3: The Usage of “里” and “上”
4: Common Sentence Patterns of Location Words
Lesson 66: 我 的 爱好 是 听 音乐 和 弹 钢琴。
Title: My hobbies are listening to music and playing the piano.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The question using “什么” (2)
2: The Use of “以前” and “以后”
3: Adverb “特别”
4: Verb：“觉得”
Lesson 67: 我 正 听 课文 录音 呢。
Title: I am listening to the tape recording of the text.
Chinese Grammars.
1: “行” All right
2: The progression of an act: 在/正/正在 + v. + object
3: The Interrogative Pronoun “多”
Lesson 68: 她 教 我们 听力 和 阅读。
Title: She teaches us listening and reading.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The sentence with two objects.
2: The “的” Phrase
Lesson 69: 许多 外国 朋友 觉得 说 汉语 像 唱歌。
Title: Many foreign friends feel that speaking Chinese is like singing.
Chinese Grammars.
1: A number more than 100
2: Reading a percentage
3: The verb “像”
4: Sentence description：“挺.....的”
5: Word description：“比如”
6: Word description：“等”
Lesson 70: 小笼包 好吃 吗？
Title: Is xiaolongbao delicious ?
Chinese Grammars.
1: 好 + Verb
2: The Numeral Classifier “一下”
Lesson 71: 我 想 一 下课 就 去。
Title: I want to go after class.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentence structure：“一 ..... 就 .....”
2: Word description：“就”
3: Word description：“这么”
Lesson 72: 包房 贵 还是 大堂 贵？
Title: Is a private room expensive or a lobby expensive?
Chinese Grammars.
1: sentence pattern：“ 是.....的 ” emphasizing the agent of an action
Lesson 73: 我们 叫 外卖 吧。
Title: Let's call for home delivery.
Chinese Grammars.
1: “.....的时候” Indicating Times.
2: The Adverb of Time “已经”
Lesson 74: 餐厅 还 卖 茶，可乐，咖啡 等 饮料。
Title: The restaurant also sells tea, coke, coffee and other drinks.
Chinese Grammars.
1: The adverb of degree “最” (2)
2: “等” + noun
3: The subject-predicate phrase used as an attribute.
Lesson 75: 我 在 这儿 买 光盘。
Title: I buy CDs here.
Chinese Grammars.
1: “这”，“那” is used as an attributive.
2: Prepositional phrase
3: The Adverb “就” (4)
Lesson 76: 我 再 送 您 一个 苹果。
Title: I'll give you another apple
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentence description：先生，您要什么？
2: Sentence description：您好，师傅。
3: Sentence description：这个汉语怎么说！
4: Sentence description：您学习汉语，是不是？
5: Sentence description：一斤苹果多少钱。
6: Sentences whit double objects：“给” and “送”
Lesson 77: 北京 的 秋天 不 冷 不 热。
Title: The autumn in Beijing is neither cold nor hot
Chinese Grammars.
1: Sentence description：二十度。
2: Sentence description：不 A 不 B
3: The Modal adverb “还”
4: The Adverbial Modifier “有点儿”
Lesson 78: 我 打算 去 商店 买 东西。
Title: I'm going to the shop to buy something.
Chinese Grammars.
1: “还可以”： Not bad
2: The sentence with serial-verb construction：S + VP1 + VP2
3: Reduplication of Measure words.
Lesson 79: 我们 的 主食 是 饺子，因为 大家 都 爱 吃 饺子。
Title: Our main food is dumplings, because everyone likes dumplings.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Review of word “了”
2: sentence pattern “因为.....所以.....”
Lesson 80: 我 一共 花 了 四十八块六毛钱。
Title: I spent a total of 48.6 Yuan.
Chinese Grammars.
1: Collective noun
2: The adverb “一共”
3: Sentence description：大门口照了一张相