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HSK1·Lesson 4

I have two children

我有两个孩子

Be able to understand and use the you sentence (1) to express possession of people or objects. | Master the use of A……, B ne? | Master the use of the numerals and measure words introduced in this lesson. | Understand how Chinese people ask and answer about age, and be able to use appropriate words for age-related questions and answers.

Text 1

在家里，刘明和王一雪在聊天儿。

zài jiā lǐ ， liú míng hé wáng yì xuě zài liáo tiān ér 。

At home, Liu Ming and Wang Yixue were chatting.

刘明 (Liu Ming)一飞忙吗？
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)她很忙。
刘明 (Liu Ming)她有多少个学生？
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)她有二十个学生。

Text 2

在公司里，王一雪和杨同乐休息时聊天儿。

zài gōng sī lǐ ， wáng yì xuě hé yáng tóng lè xiū xi shí liáo tiān ér 。

At the company, Wang Yixue and Yang Tongle were chatting during a break.

王一雪 (Wang Yixue)我有两个哥哥，你呢？
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)我没有哥哥。
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)你家有几口人？
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)我家有四口人，爸爸、妈妈、妹妹和我。

Text 3

在街上，王一雪带着儿子偶遇杨同乐。

zài jiē shàng ， wáng yì xuě dài zhe ér zi ǒu yù yáng tóng lè 。

On the street, Wang Yixue ran into Yang Tongle while she was out with her son.

杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)这是您儿子吗？
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)是的。我有两个孩子，一个儿子，一个女儿。
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)您儿子几岁？
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)他今年五岁。
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)您女儿多大？
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)她今年十二。
HanziPinyinEnglish
有yǒuhave
多少duō shǎohow many; how much
个gèa general measure word
哥哥gē gēelder brother
呢neused at the end of a question
没有méi yǒunot have
家jiāfamily
几jǐhow many

双人活动 Pair Work

两人一组，互相询问个人和家庭情况（年龄、家庭人口等），可虚拟。

Work in pairs and ask each other about personal and family information (age, number of family members, etc.). Feel free to invent details.

e.g. A: 你是哪国人？ B: 我是中国人。 A: 你家有几口人？ ……

口
kǒu
for family members, knives, etc.
爸爸bà bàfather
妈妈mā māmother
妹妹mèi mèiyounger sister
和héand
儿子ér zison
孩子hái zichildren
女儿nǚ érdaughter
岁suìyear (of age)
他tāhe; him
今年jīn niánthis year
多duōhow; to what extent
大dà(of age) old

yǒu Sentence (1) (有)

The word you in this lesson indicates possession. Its negative form is mei/meiyou.

  • 她有二十个学生。 (Tā yǒu èrshí gè xuésheng.)

    She has twenty students.

  • 她有一个姐姐。 (Tā yǒu yī gè jiějie.)

    She has an older sister.

  • 我没/没有姐姐。 (Wǒ méi/méiyǒu jiějie.)

    I don't have an older sister.

Expression of Numbers

In Chinese, numbers can be written in two forms: Arabic numerals and Chinese characters. The number 2 can be written as er or liang. Generally, er is used in ordinal numbers (e.g. di-er), while liang is used before measure words.

  • 零一二三四五六七八九十 (líng yī èr sān sì wǔ liù qī bā jiǔ shí)

    0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  • 一百=100, 一千=1000 (yī bǎi = 100, yī qiān = 1000)

    100 = one hundred, 1000 = one thousand

  • 两个人, 两口人, 两本书 (liǎng gè rén, liǎng kǒu rén, liǎng běn shū)

    two people, two family members, two books

Modal Particle ne (1) (呢)

The word ne in this lesson is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question, inquiring about the situation mentioned previously. Basic structure: A……, B ne?

  • 我有两个哥哥，你呢？ (Wǒ yǒu liǎng gè gēge, nǐ ne?)

    I have two older brothers. How about you?

  • 我叫白家月，你呢？ (Wǒ jiào Bái Jiāyuè, nǐ ne?)

    My name is Bai Jiayue. How about you?

  • 我是中国人，你呢？ (Wǒ shì Zhōngguó rén, nǐ ne?)

    I'm Chinese. How about you?

Nominal Measure Words and [Num+M+(N)] Structure

When expressing quantity, a Chinese numeral is generally followed by a measure word. In this lesson, we focus on nominal measure words that indicate the quantity of people or objects, such as kou and ge, and the [Num+M+(N)] structure, such as si kou ren and liang ge gege.

  • 四口 (sì kǒu)

    four (people, measure word)

  • 四口人 (sì kǒu rén)

    four family members

  • 两个 (liǎng gè)

    two (of something)

  • 两个学生 (liǎng gè xuésheng)

    two students