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Level 1 - Lesson 6

我学习汉语

Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ

I Study Chinese

This lesson is set around school. You practice study words, school words, and student roles while keeping the sentences short and concrete.

Blue Chinese study notebook with pencils and bamboo in watercolor style

Lesson goal

You will learn to say what people study and identify groups of students in different kinds of schools.

Talk about some people and identify school stages and student roles.

  • Ask and answer what someone studies.
  • Say someone studies Chinese.
  • Talk about some classmates or students.
  • Identify university, primary-school, and middle-school students.
Contents
01Vocabulary02Key phrases03Dialogues
01

Vocabulary

New words

01

Some and Unspecified Groups

Contains 4 words

有的

yǒude·pronoun phrase

some

有些

yǒuxiē·pronoun phrase

some

些

xiē·measure word

some; a few

一些

yìxiē·measure phrase

some; a few

02

Study and Learn

Contains 10 words

学

xué·verb
02

Key phrases

有些学生学习汉语。

Yǒuxiē xuésheng xuéxí Hànyǔ.

Some students study Chinese.

一些同学学习汉语。

Yìxiē tóngxué xuéxí Hànyǔ.

Some classmates study Chinese.

有的学生学汉语。

Yǒude xuésheng xué Hànyǔ.

Some students study Chinese.

你学习什么?

Nǐ xuéxí shénme?

What do you study?

我学习汉语。

Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.

I study Chinese.

03

Dialogues

01

A University Student Profile

Situation: Two classmates establish whether one is a university student and what she studies.

A

美美

Meimei

你是大学生吗?

Nǐ shì dàxuéshēng ma?

Are you a university student?

to study; to learn

学习

xuéxí·verb

to study; to learn

学校

xuéxiào·noun

school

大学

dàxué·noun

university; college

小学

xiǎoxué·noun

primary school

中学

zhōngxué·noun

middle school; secondary school

学生

xuésheng·noun

student

大学生

dàxuéshēng·noun

university student

小学生

xiǎoxuéshēng·noun

primary-school student

中学生

zhōngxuéshēng·noun

middle-school student

我学汉语。

Wǒ xué Hànyǔ.

I study Chinese.

她是大学生。

Tā shì dàxuéshēng.

She is a university student.

他是中学生。

Tā shì zhōngxuéshēng.

He is a middle-school student.

B

方方

Fangfang

是,我是大学生。

Shì, wǒ shì dàxuéshēng.

Yes, I am a university student.

A

美美

Meimei

你学习什么?

Nǐ xuéxí shénme?

What do you study?

B

方方

Fangfang

我学习汉语。

Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.

I study Chinese.

02

A Sister's School Profile

Situation: Two classmates establish a younger sister's school stage and what she studies.

A

王老师

Teacher Wang

你妹妹是小学生吗?

Nǐ mèimei shì xiǎoxuéshēng ma?

Is your younger sister a primary-school student?

B

美美

Meimei

不是,她是中学生。

Bú shì, tā shì zhōngxuéshēng.

No, she is a middle-school student.

A

王老师

Teacher Wang

她学习什么?

Tā xuéxí shénme?

What does she study?

B

美美

Meimei

她学习汉语。

Tā xuéxí Hànyǔ.

She studies Chinese.

03

Identifying the Woman

Situation: Two classmates correct a mistaken identity and establish the woman's name.

A

美美

Meimei

她是王老师吗?

Tā shì Wáng lǎoshī ma?

Is she Teacher Wang?

B

方方

Fangfang

不是,她是大学生。

Bú shì, tā shì dàxuéshēng.

No, she is a university student.

A

美美

Meimei

她是你朋友吗?

Tā shì nǐ péngyou ma?

Is she your friend?

B

方方

Fangfang

是,她是我朋友。

Shì, tā shì wǒ péngyou.

Yes, she is my friend.

04

Who Is a Student?

Situation: Two classmates identify which people in a visible group are students.

A

美美

Meimei

他们是学生吗?

Tāmen shì xuésheng ma?

Are they students?

B

方方

Fangfang

有些是学生。

Yǒuxiē shì xuésheng.

Some are students.

A

美美

Meimei

谁不是学生?

Shéi bú shì xuésheng?

Who is not a student?

B

方方

Fangfang

王老师不是学生。

Wáng lǎoshī bú shì xuésheng.

Teacher Wang is not a student.