Week 1 – numbers, introduction
一yi 1
二er 2
三san 3
四 si 4
五 wu 5
六 liu 6
七 qi 7
八ba 8
九 jiu 9
十shi 10
你多大? ni duo da? (How old are you?)
我十八岁wo shi ba sui. (I am 18 years old)
我叫wo jiao… (I am called)
你叫什么？ni jiao shen me? (What are you called?)
你呢？ni ne? (and you?)
你好ni hao
再见zai jian
Week 2 – family, greetings
妈 mama
爸 baba
姐 jieije
哥 gege
妹 meimei
弟 didi
我家有四口人，爸妈姐和。Wo jia you si kou ren. Wo baba, wo mama, wo jiejie he wo.(There
are 4 people in my family. My dad, my mom, my older sister and
me.)
你家有几口人？ni jia you ji kou ren? (How many people are in your family)
姓xing (surname)
她ta (she)
他ta (he)
也ye (also)
你好吗ni hao ma?
我很好wo hen hao.
（马虎）mamahuhu
不太好 bu tai hao.
Week 3 – countries, places
英国ying guo UK
中国Zhong guo China
法国fa guo France
美国mei guo America
韩国han guo South Korea
, 日本ri ben Japan
英国人ying guo ren (English person)
你是哪国人？ni shi na guo ren? (Which country are you from?)
我是中国人wo shi Zhong guo ren. ( I am from..)
我也是中国人。Wo ye shi Zhong guo ren. ( I am also from..)
你们nimen (you)
我们women (my)
他们 tamen
哪里 nali (where)
住zhu (live)
在zai (exist/at)
你住在哪里？ni zhu zai nali? (where do you live?)
我住在考文垂。Wo zhu zai kao wen chui.( I live in..)
Week 4 – job, careers
老师lao shi (teacher)
律师 lv shi (lawyer)
护士hu shi (nurse)
医生yisheng (doctor)
学生xuesheng (student)
记者jizhe (reporter)
你是老师吗？ni sh laoshi ma?
我是老师wo shi laoshi.
我不是老师wo bu shi laoshi.
你是不老师？ni shi bu shi laoshi?
我是老师。Wo shi laoshi.
你做什么工作？ni zuo shen me gong zuo? (what do you do?)
Robin 和 Chloe 都是学生。Robin he chloe dou shi xue sheng.(robin and chloe and
both students)
学校xue xiao (school)
医院yi yuan (hospital)
办公室ban gong shi (office)
大学da xue (university)
你在哪里工作？ni zai nali gong zuo? (where do you work?)
我在医院工作。Wo zai yiyuan gong zuo? (I work at the hospital)
Week 6 – days, date, birthday
月 month
日 sun, date
号date, number
Sentence structure: Telling the date
Month, day
十二月五日shi er yue er shi wu ri(25th December)
一月日 Yi yue yi ri (1st January)
生日sheng ri (birthday)
一yi 1
二er 2
三san 3
四 si 4
五 wu 5
六 liu 6
七 qi 7
八ba 8
九 jiu 9
十shi 10
你多大? ni duo da? (How old are you?)
我十八岁wo shi ba sui. (I am 18 years old)
我叫wo jiao… (I am called)
你叫什么？ni jiao shen me? (What are you called?)
你呢？ni ne? (and you?)
你好ni hao
再见zai jian
Week 2 – family, greetings
妈 mama
爸 baba
姐 jieije
哥 gege
妹 meimei
弟 didi
我家有四口人，爸妈姐和。Wo jia you si kou ren. Wo baba, wo mama, wo jiejie he wo.(There
are 4 people in my family. My dad, my mom, my older sister and
me.)
你家有几口人？ni jia you ji kou ren? (How many people are in your family)
姓xing (surname)
她ta (she)
他ta (he)
也ye (also)
你好吗ni hao ma?
我很好wo hen hao.
（马虎）mamahuhu
不太好 bu tai hao.
Week 3 – countries, places
英国ying guo UK
中国Zhong guo China
法国fa guo France
美国mei guo America
韩国han guo South Korea
, 日本ri ben Japan
英国人ying guo ren (English person)
你是哪国人？ni shi na guo ren? (Which country are you from?)
我是中国人wo shi Zhong guo ren. ( I am from..)
我也是中国人。Wo ye shi Zhong guo ren. ( I am also from..)
你们nimen (you)
我们women (my)
他们 tamen
哪里 nali (where)
住zhu (live)
在zai (exist/at)
你住在哪里？ni zhu zai nali? (where do you live?)
我住在考文垂。Wo zhu zai kao wen chui.( I live in..)
Week 4 – job, careers
老师lao shi (teacher)
律师 lv shi (lawyer)
护士hu shi (nurse)
医生yisheng (doctor)
学生xuesheng (student)
记者jizhe (reporter)
你是老师吗？ni sh laoshi ma?
我是老师wo shi laoshi.
我不是老师wo bu shi laoshi.
你是不老师？ni shi bu shi laoshi?
我是老师。Wo shi laoshi.
你做什么工作？ni zuo shen me gong zuo? (what do you do?)
Robin 和 Chloe 都是学生。Robin he chloe dou shi xue sheng.(robin and chloe and
both students)
学校xue xiao (school)
医院yi yuan (hospital)
办公室ban gong shi (office)
大学da xue (university)
你在哪里工作？ni zai nali gong zuo? (where do you work?)
我在医院工作。Wo zai yiyuan gong zuo? (I work at the hospital)
Week 6 – days, date, birthday
月 month
日 sun, date
号date, number
Sentence structure: Telling the date
Month, day
十二月五日shi er yue er shi wu ri(25th December)
一月日 Yi yue yi ri (1st January)
生日sheng ri (birthday)
