CHN101: Elementary Mandarin I

by Carl Polley

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This OER textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course. This text is used for the course CHN101: Elementary Mandarin I, taught at Kapi'olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

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Publisher
Kapi'olani Community College
Subjects
Humanities, Languages
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Title Page
  3. Info Page
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Introduction
  8. 1.1: The Sound System of Mandarin
  9. 1.2: Review Mandarin Tones on Memrise
  10. 1.3: Practice and Review Sounds of Mandarin
  11. 1.4: Self-Assess Your Understanding of Pinyin
  12. 1.5: Basic Writing Strokes
  13. 1.6: Stroke Order
  14. 1.7: Radicals, the Building Blocks of Characters
  15. 1.8: Learn Chinese Radicals on Memrise
  16. 1.9: Choose or Request a Chinese Name
  17. 2: First Contact
  18. 2.1: Lesson 1 Overview - First Contact
  19. 2.2: Lesson 1 Writing Worksheets
  20. 2.3: Lesson 1 Vocabulary Review
  21. 2.4: Lesson 1 Vocabulary Discussion
  22. 2.5: Lesson 1 Vocabulary Quiz
  23. 2.6: Lesson 1 Grammar - Connecting Nouns with the Verb 是 (shì)
  24. 2.7: Lesson 1 Grammar - Expressing Belonging with 的 (de)
  25. 2.8: Lesson 1 Grammar - Questions Ending with 呢 (ne)
  26. 2.9: Lesson 1 Grammar - Question Pronouns
  27. 2.10: Lesson 1 Grammar - The Adverb 也 (yě)
  28. 2.11: Lesson 1 Grammar - The Verb 叫 (jiào)
  29. 2.12: Lesson 1 Grammar - The verb 姓 (xìng)
  30. 2.13: Lesson 1 Test
  31. 3: Origins and Language
  32. 3.1: Lesson 2 Overview - Origins and Language
  33. 3.2: Lesson 2 Writing Worksheets
  34. 3.3: Lesson 2 Vocabulary Review
  35. 3.4: Lesson 2 Vocabulary Quiz
  36. 3.5: Lesson 2 Grammar - Basic sentence order
  37. 3.6: Lesson 2 Grammar - Indicating location with 在 (zài) before verbs
  38. 3.7: Lesson 2 Grammar - Standard negation with 不 (bù)
  39. 3.8: Lesson 2 Grammar - Yes-no questions with 吗 (ma)
  40. 3.9: Lesson 2 Homework Exercises
  41. 3.10: Lesson 2 Supplementary Videos
  42. 3.11: Lesson 2 Test
  43. 4: Family
  44. 4.1: Lesson 3 Overview - Family
  45. 4.2: Lesson 3 Writing Worksheets
  46. 4.3: Lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz
  47. 4.4: Lesson 3 Flipgrid Self-Introduction
  48. 4.5: Lesson 3 Speaking Practice and Review
  49. 4.6: Lesson 3 Grammar - Expressing "and also" with 还 (hái)
  50. 4.7: Lesson 3 Grammar - Expressing close possession without 的 (de)
  51. 4.8: Lesson 3 Grammar - Expressing existence with 有 (yǒu)
  52. 4.9: Lesson 3 Grammar - Expressing possession with 有 (yǒu)
  53. 4.10: Lesson 3 Grammar - Measure Word 个 (ge)
  54. 4.11: Lesson 3 Grammar - Structure of numbers in Chinese
  55. 4.12: Lesson 3 Grammar - The adverb 都 (dōu) for "all" and "both"
  56. 4.13: Lesson 3 Homework Exercises
  57. 4.14: Lesson 3 Test
  58. 5: Ordering Food and Drink
  59. 5.1: Lesson 4 Overview - Ordering Food and Drink
  60. 5.2: Lesson 4 Writing Worksheets
  61. 5.3: Lesson 4 Vocabulary Review
  62. 5.4: Lesson 4 Vocabulary Quiz
  63. 5.5: Lesson 4 Grammar - Auxiliary verb 要 (yào) and its multiple meanings
  64. 5.6: Lesson 4 Grammar - Chinese word order with time, place, and attributives
  65. 5.7: Lesson 4 Grammar - Expressing "would like to" with 想 (xiǎng)
  66. 5.8: Lesson 4 Grammar - Measure words for counting
  67. 5.9: Lesson 4 Grammar - Structure of dates
  68. 5.10: Lesson 4 Grammar - Structure of times
  69. 5.11: Lesson 4 Grammar - Suggestions with 吧 (ba)
  70. 5.12: Lesson 4 Grammar - Verbs preceded by 给 (gěi)
  71. 5.13: Lesson 4 Homework Exercises
  72. 5.14: Midterm Exam Review
  73. 5.15: Oral Midterm Exam
  74. 5.16: Written Midterm Exam
  75. 6: At the Restaurant
  76. 6.1: Lesson 5 Overview - At the Restaurant
  77. 6.2: Lesson 5 Writing Worksheets
  78. 6.3: Lesson 5 Vocabulary Quiz
  79. 6.4: Lesson 5 Grammar - Expressing "or" in statements
  80. 6.5: Lesson 5 Grammar - Offering choices with 还是 (háishì)
  81. 6.6: Lesson 5 Grammar - Separable verbs
  82. 6.7: Lesson 5 Grammar - Simple "noun + stative verb" sentences
  83. 6.8: Lesson 5 Grammar - Tag questions with 吗 (ma)
  84. 6.9: Lesson 5 Grammar - Wanting to do something with 要 (yào)
  85. 6.10: Lesson 5 Homework Exercises
  86. 6.11: Lesson 5 Speaking Practice
  87. 6.12: Lesson 5 Supplementary Videos
  88. 6.13: Lesson 5 Test
  89. 7: At the Hotel
  90. 7.1: Lesson 6 Overview - At the Hotel
  91. 7.2: Lesson 6 Writing Worksheets
  92. 7.3: Lesson 6 Vocabulary Quiz
  93. 7.4: Lesson 6 Grammar - Directional complements
  94. 7.5: Lesson 6 Grammar - Expressing "must" with 得 (děi)
  95. 7.6: Lesson 6 Grammar - Negative commands with 别 (bié)
  96. 7.7: Lesson 6 Grammar - Using the verb 去 (qù)
  97. 7.8: Lesson 6 Homework Exercises
  98. 8: Shopping
  99. 8.1: Lesson 7 Overview - Shopping
  100. 8.2: Lesson 7 Writing Worksheets
  101. 8.3: Lesson 7 Vocabulary Quiz
  102. 8.4: Lesson 7 Grammar- Asking why with 怎么 (zěnme)
  103. 8.5: Lesson 7 Grammar- Descriptive complements
  104. 8.6: Lesson 7 Grammar- Expressing "a little too" with 有点 (yǒudiǎn)
  105. 8.7: Lesson 7 Grammar- Expressing earliness with 就 (jiù)
  106. 8.8: Lesson 7 Grammar- Expressing lateness with 才 (cái)
  107. 8.9: Lesson 7 Grammar- Ordinal numbers with 第 (dì)
  108. 8.10: Lesson 7 Grammar- Verbs that take double objects
  109. 8.11: Lesson 7 Homework Exercises
  110. 8.12: Lesson 7 Speaking Practice
  111. 8.13: Lessons 6-7 Test
  112. 9: Review and Conclusion
  113. 9.1: Vocabulary Review for All Lessons
  114. 9.2: Oral Final Speaking Practice
  115. 9.3: Oral Final Exam
  116. 9.4: Written Final Exam
  117. Back Matter
  118. Index
  119. Glossary
  120. Detailed Licensing