#學漢語 Kids Learn Mandarin - Who is this and that? 這是誰？那是誰？| Beginner Lesson 1.7 | Little Chinese Learners

xiǎo péng yǒu，kuài lái zhè lǐ lái dào zhōng wén de tiān dì tīng gù shì、wán yóu xì kuài kuài lè lè dì xué xí wǒ men yī qǐ lái nǔ lì hàn zì biàn dé hǎo róng yì zài zhè lǐ ，wǒ hé nǐ biān wán biān xué xiào xī xī xué xí xué xí zhōng wén， xué xí zhōng wén，hǎo yǒu qù！ xiǎo péng yǒu，nǐ hǎo！ Welcome to Little Chinese Learners. Many of you sent me your recordings and they were excellent so I picked one to share with all of you. Huā Huā de bàba jiào Jacob. Huā Huā de bàba sānshíjiǔ suì Huā Huā de māmā jiào Grace Huā Huā de māmā sānshísān suì Great job! We’re ready to drop bà bà mā mā into our learning jar. Wait...Wait... I mean, we need to drop the Chinese characters of bà bà mā mā into the learning jar! bà mā Now, we have learned to introduce ourselves and our Moms and Dads. That’s a great way to meet new people but another way to meet new friends is to ask someone to tell us who they are. For example, if we see Xiǎo Tiān playing with someone we’ve never met before, we can ask him, Who is that? Let’s learn to say that in Mandarin. To ask "Who is this?" in Chinese, we say: zhè shì shuí？ Who is this? zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì shuí？ Can you try it? zhè shì shuí？ Great! zhè shì shuí？ Now, that works for someone near to us but for someone who is further away from us, we say, nà shì shuí？ Who is that? nà shì shuí？ nà shì shuí？ Can you try it? nà shì shuí？ Wonderful! nà shì shuí？ zhè shì shuí？ nà shì shuí？ Let’s compare the two sentences. Both of them end with the character shuí, which means who. If you look closer, the only difference between zhè shì shuí and nà shì shuí is the first character - zhè and nà We use zhè for people or things closer to us and we use nà for people or things further away from us, similar to the way we use this and that in English. Let’s try to use sentences together. zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì Xiǎo Tiān。 Xiǎo Tiān jǐ suì？ Xiǎo Tiān bā suì。 nà shì shuí？ nà shì Xiǎo Tiān de mā mā。 Xiǎo Tiān de mā mā jǐ suì？ Xiǎo Tiān de mā mā sān shí bā suì。 Fantastic. Do you remember how we use the word de to mean belonging to someone or something. Well, we can add it to this sentence as well. zhè shì shuí de？ Whose is this? zhè shì wǒ de。 This is mine. nà shì shuí de？ Whose is that? nà shì tā de。 That is his. Good job! Let’s try a few more. zhè shì shuí de xiǎo māo？ zhè shì Huā Huā de xiǎo māo。 xiǎo māo jǐ suì？ xiǎo māo wǔ suì。 nà shì shuí de xiǎo gǒu？ nà shì Xiǎo Tiān de xiǎo gǒu。 xiǎo gǒu jǐ suì？ xiǎo gǒu sān suì。 nà shì shuí？ nà shì Cindy lǎo shī。 Cindy lǎo shī jǐ suì？ Hmm….. Let me think… I think I am 37… but wait, maybe I am 38. Oh no, I’m not too sure! When people get older, they forget things quickly and one of the hardest things to remember is how old we are. Ooh… Culture gem alert! Culture gem alert! What do we have today? Whoa…. That’s a lot of animals. shǔ、niú、hǔ、tù、 lóng、shé、mǎ、yáng、 hóu、jī、gǒu、zhū Oh, I get it! It’s the twelve zodiac animals. When people get older like Cindy lǎo shī, we sometimes forget important things like how old we are... so to help people keep track, the Chinese people came up with the zodiac system a long time ago. The Chinese Zodiac, or shí èr shēng xiāo are 12 animals that each represent one year in a 12-year cycle. People born in the same year have the same zodiac. 2010 was the year of the Tiger. 2014 was the year of the Horse. 2019 was the year of the Pig. Some Chinese people associate each animal with different characteristics like the Tiger is known to be more fierce and the Monkey is known to be smart but a little mischievous. I think all twelve animals are special because they help old people like me remember our age! But… there are so many animals out there… how were these twelve animals selected? Hmm... It’s time for a story! shí èr shēng xiāo de gù shì nǐ zhī dào wéi shí me yǒu shí èr shēng xiāo ma？ hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，rén men cháng cháng wàng jì jīn tiān shì nǎ yī nián yě bù zhī dào zì jǐ jǐ suì le，yú shì tā men qù qǐng cōng míng de yù huáng dà dì bāng máng yù huáng dà dì jiào dé dòng wù shì rén de hǎo péng yǒu rú guǒ yòng bù tóng de dòng wù dāng zuò nián de míng zì shí èr nián lún yī cì，dà jiā yī dìng néng jì dé bù guò ，yǒu zhè me duō dòng wù ，yào xuǎn nǎ shí èr zhī ne？ yù huáng dà dì jué dìng bàn yī chǎng bǐ sài shuí pǎo dé zuì kuài jiù shì dì yī míng xiān dào zhōng diǎn de shí èr zhī dòng wù jiù bèi xuǎn chū lái dāng shí èr shēng xiāo bǐ sài de xiāo xī gōng bù zhī hòu ，suǒ yǒu de dòng wù dōu xī wàng néng dāng shàng shí èr shēng xiāo zài nà gè shí hòu，māo hé lǎo shǔ shì zuì yào hǎo de péng yǒu tā men měi tiān yī qǐ chī fàn、yī qǐ shuì jiào，dào nǎ ér dōu zài yī qǐ tā men qù bài tuō shuǐ niú yī qǐ hé zuò，yī qǐ yíng dé bǐ sài shuǐ niú yě dá yīng le kě shì dào le bǐ sài nà tiān，lǎo shǔ què gù yì bù jiào xǐng māo tiān hái méi yǒu liàng jiù zì jǐ tōu pǎo chū qù zhǎo shuǐ niú le bǐ sài yī kāi shǐ，suǒ yǒu dòng wù dōu shǐ chū quán lì xiàng qián pǎo shuǐ niú zǎi zhe lǎo shǔ pǎo ya pǎo tù zǐ nǔ lì de tiào ya tiào shé quán lì dì xiàng qián niǔ ya niǔ yǒu xiē dòng wù tài màn le，méi duō jiǔ jiù bèi táo tài le shuǐ niú kuài pǎo dào zhōng diǎn de shí hòu lǎo shǔ tū rán tiào guò qù zhōng diǎn xiàn，dé dào le dì yī míng shuǐ niú dǐ dá hòu，lǎo hǔ yě gǎn dào le zhè shí，tiān biān juǎn qǐ yī zhèn kuáng fēng，lóng cóng tiān kōng jiàng xià lái kě shì jiù zài lóng kuài dào shí xiǎo tù zǐ tiào guò le zhōng diǎn xiàn，dé dào dì sì míng lóng jiā kuài jiǎo bù，chéng wéi dì wǔ míng méi duō jiǔ，pīn mìng pǎo zhe de mǎ、yáng、hóu zǐ、jī hé gǒu yě lái le yǎn kàn jiù kuài yào dào zhōng diǎn le shé què cóng cǎo cóng lǐ zuàn chū lái，qiǎng le dì liù míng bǐ sài kuài yào jié shù le yǐ jīng dào dá de dòng wù，dōu xiǎng kàn shuí huì shì zuì hòu yī míng guò le hǎo yī huì ér，dà jiā tīng dào zhū jiào de shēng yīn qí guài，zuì lǎn de zhū zěn me yě lái le hái gǎn shàng le zuì hòu yī gè wèi zǐ？ yuán lái zhū yǐ wéi yíng le bǐ sài huì yǒu dōng xī kě yǐ chī！ bù jiǔ hòu，yù huáng dà dì kāi shǐ xuān bù bǐ sài de jié guǒ shí èr shēng xiāo de pái míng shì： shǔ、niú、hǔ、tù、lóng、shé、mǎ、yáng、hóu、jī、gǒu、zhū zhè shí hòu，māo jí jí máng máng de gǎn dào le kě shì yǐ jīng tài wǎn le māo méi yǒu pái jìn shí èr shēng xiāo，shēng qì de māo shēn chū lì zhǎo yào zhuā lǎo shǔ hài pà de lǎo shǔ zhī hǎo gǎn jǐn duǒ dào dòng lǐ qù le cóng cǐ yǐ hòu，lǎo shǔ hé māo zài yě bù shì péng yǒu le Welcome back! Now you know how the zodiac animals came to be. Let’s see if you remember some of them. zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì niú。 nà shì shuí？ nà shì tù zǐ。 zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì hóu zǐ。 nà shì shuí？ nà shì gǒu。 zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì mǎ。 nà shì shuí？ nà shì lǎo shǔ。 Fantastic! I know the twelve zodiac animals is quite a lot to learn and their order is even harder to remember so let’s listen to one of my favorite songs to help you learn them! jīn tiān lái sài pǎo，xuǎn shí èr shēng xiāo shuí huì zuì xiān dào，shuí hái zài shuì jiào nǔ lì xiàng qián pǎo，quán lì xiàng qián pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo de pái míng jiù yào jué dìng le kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo sài pǎo jiù yào jié shù le shǔ、niú、hǔ、tù、lóng、shé、 mǎ、yáng、hóu、jī、gǒu、zhū jīn tiān lái sài pǎo，xuǎn shí èr shēng xiāo shuí huì zuì xiān dào，shuí hái zài shuì jiào nǔ lì xiàng qián pǎo，quán lì xiàng qián pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo de pái míng jiù yào jué dìng le kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo sài pǎo jiù yào jié shù le shǔ、niú、hǔ、tù、lóng、shé、 mǎ、yáng、hóu、jī、gǒu、zhū jīn tiān lái sài pǎo，xuǎn shí èr shēng xiāo shuí huì zuì xiān dào，shuí hái zài shuì jiào nǔ lì xiàng qián pǎo，quán lì xiàng qián pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo de pái míng jiù yào jué dìng le kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo sài pǎo jiù yào jié shù le shǔ、niú、hǔ、tù、lóng、shé、 mǎ、yáng、hóu、jī、gǒu、zhū kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo shí èr shēng xiāo sài pǎo jiù yào jié shù le shǔ、niú、hǔ、tù、lóng、shé、 mǎ、yáng、hóu、jī、gǒu、zhū kuài pǎo kuài pǎo，kuài pǎo kuài pǎo I love this song. I hope you enjoy it too. If you still don’t remember the twelve zodiac animals, no worries. The only one you really need to know is YOUR zodiac so for today’s homework, take this worksheet, find the year you were born in, circle it, and color in your zodiac! After you finish coloring, show this worksheet to nǐ de bà bà mā mā or anyone who speak Mandarin, point to one of these animals and ask zhè shì shuí？nà shì shuí？ Have fun finding your zodiac and don’t forget to send your homework to me. I’ll see you next time! zài jiàn!