Unit 9 Guidebook: Introduce yourself and your classes


KEY PHRASES

Introduce yourself and your classes

你好,我是你的新同学。
Hello, I am your new classmate.

她是我的新老师。
She is my new teacher.

今天我有三节课。
Today I have three classes.

你有两个新老师吗?
Do you have two new teachers?

我叫李天美。
My name is Li Tianmei.
TIP

Measure Words

To talk about how many of something there is in Chinese, you need a measure word between the number and the noun. This is kind of like saying One piece of paper or Two cups of coffee. The most common measure word in Chinese is (ge).

三个学生
(sān ge xuésheng) three students
她有四个姐姐。
(Tā yǒu sì ge jiějie.) She has four sisters.

We also need a measure word after 这 (zhè, this), 那 (nà, that) and 哪 (nǎ, which).


(nà ge rén) that person
老师?
(Nǎ ge lǎoshī?) Which teacher?