Beginner Lessons
In this first section of beginner lessons you will learn to talk about yourself in Chinese. You will practice useful sentences that let you introduce yourself, talk about your family and discuss your work.
Lesson One: How are you?
This first lesson begins with some simple greetings that you can use at any time of day. Grammar focuses on two common forms of asking questions. Explanations are given for writing the eight new characters taught in this lesson. Read more »
Lesson Two: What's your name?
Taking up where we left off, this lesson shows you how to introduce yourself as well as explaining some important things to bear in mind when speaking to those you respect. Some of the more common Chinese family names are introduced, which will help increase your vocabulary as well as add to the number of characters you should be able to write. Read more »
Lesson Three: What country are you from?
The topic of lesson three is nationalities and countries. The dialogue introduces some new pronouns and lists the names of various countries. There are three new grammar points in this lesson including the introduction of plurals. Read more »
Lesson Four: What do you do?
Lesson four covers the topic of work and occupations. Using the examples in this lesson's dialogue you will be able to form sentences to explain what you do and what you are doing in China. A list of major cities in China is also provided. Read more »
Lesson Five: How many people are there in your family?
In lesson five we will be talking about our families and members of our families. New grammar introduces counting as well as the verbs have and have not. This lessons are more extensive than everything so far. Read more »
Lesson Six: Making an international phone call
Lesson Six presents a conversation with people in Chinese on the subject of making an international phone call. You are going to learn some very useful verbs and a few more new words in Chinese. Towards the end of the lesson are a few exercises you should do to consolidate the information you learned. Read more »
Lesson Seven: Changing Money
The dialogue in lesson deals with a situation all travelers to China will face sooner or later, changing money. In China the local currency is known as ÈË Ãñ ±Ò , which means literally People's Money. Foreign currency is generally exchanged at banks or large hotels. Read more »