Reading and Writing
Stage 2: Learners who have studied the vocabulary at Stage 1
Chat Room on Discord Server
Please come and join us in 張老師’s Wednesday Chat Room on our Discord server. During each week, we’ll focus on a certain topic or story.
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Date | Topics/Storybook Canada Stories | Vocabulary | Grammar |
1/17 | Chinese New Year | Chinese New Year treats and customs | Expressing likes and dislikes Expressing experiences: Have or haven’t done something |
1/25 | School Clothes | Clothing | Classifiers adjectives for describing clothing
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2/1 | Cooking | Vegetables Verbs that describe food preparation | Verb + gan2 “verb+ -ing” Mui5 chi3… dou1 “Every time … intensifier” |
2/8 | Valentine | Vocabulary specific to this festival | Expressing experiences: Have or haven’t done something Expressing completed events |
2/15 | I like to read | Adverbs | The multippurpose verb bei2 The adverbial construction with dak1 Another meaning of dou1
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2/22 | Counting animals | Animals | The prsentational structure Hai2 + LOC + verb
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3/1 | Two | Body parts Action verbs | Lo2-lai4/lei4 consruction Verb + zyu6/ha5 |
3/8 | Goat, Dog, and Cow Part 1 | Time expressions Expressions for connecting sentences | Conjunctions in stories |
3/15 | Goat, Dog, and Cow Part 2 | More epxressions for connecting sentences | More conjuctions in stories |
An Example
Supplemented by extra vocabulary and grammar notes.
Jyutping | Yale | Chinese Characters | Gloss |
Soeng6bin6/bin1 (changed tone) | Seuhngbihn/bin1 (changed tone) | 上邊 | “on top of” |
Haa6bin6 | Hahbihn | 下邊 | “underneath” |
Cin4bin6 | Chìhnbihn | 前邊 | “In front of” |
Hau6bin6 | Hauhbihn | 後邊 | “behind” |
Jap6bin6/leoi5bin6 | Yahpbihn/léuihbihn | 入便/裏邊 | “inside” |
Ceot1bin6/ngoi6bi | Chēutbihn/ngoihbihn | 出邊/外邊 | “outside” |
Zung1gaan1 | Jūnggāan | 中間 | “in the middle” |
Deoi3min6 | Deuimihn | 對面 | “opposite” |
Gaak3lei4 | Gaaklèih | 隔離 | “next to” |
Zo2 bin6 | Jó bihn | 左邊 | “to the left” |
Jau6 bin6 | Yauh bihn | 右邊 | “to the right” |
Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 ngo5 go3 tau4 dou6. [dou6 is unspecific.] | Jek wūyīng hái ngóh go tàuh douh. | 隻烏蠅喺我個頭度
| “The fly is at your head (LOC).” |
Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 ngo5 go3 tau4 soeng6bin6. | Jek wūyīng hái ngóh go tàuh seuhngbihn. | 隻烏蠅喺我個頭上邊
| “The fly is on my head.” |
Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 ngo5 go3 tau4 soeng6bin6 ni1dou6. | Jek wūyīng hái ngóh go tàuh seuhngbihn nīdouh. | 隻烏蠅喺我個頭上邊呢度
| “The fly is here on your head.” |
Zek3 wu1jing1 hai2 keoi5 go3 tau4 soeng6bin6 go2dou6. | Jek wūyīng hái kéuih go tàuh seuhngbihn gódouh. | 隻烏蠅喺我個頭上邊嗰度 | “The fly is there on his head.” |
Keoi5 co5 hai2 ngo5 tung4 ma4ma1 zung1gaan3. | Kéuih chóh hái ngóh tùhng màhmā jūnggaan. | 佢坐喺我同媽媽中間 | “He sits between me and Mom.” |
Keoi5 co2 hai2 ngo5 zo2-bin6. | Kéuih chó hái ngóh jó-bihn | 佢坐喺我左邊 | “He sits to myr left.” |
Keoi5 co2 hai2 ngo5 gak3lei4. | Kéuih chó hái ngóh gaklèih. | 佢坐喺我隔離 | “He sits next to me.” |