AC - Age and Coach Module Overview

 Age and Coach

Introduction 

This module will tell you how to ask and tell someone's age such as "Tā jīn nián duō dà ？ 他今年多大" which means how old is he？" Also we are going to learn how to say "happy birthday" in Chinese. If you want to ask someone about his/her favorite sports, you may say "nǐ xǐ huān shén me yùn dòng ？你喜欢什么运动？"

Please download the following attachment for your study that will help you to do well in assignments and test.

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Essential Questions

• How do you ask and tell someone's age?
• How do you inquire for someone or something you don't know?
• How do you make suggestions or inquire about someone's opinion?
• How do you express your opinion about someone's appearance?
• How do you ask and express someone's favorite sport?

In China, asking someone's age is not offensive. You may say "Nǐ jǐ suì你几岁" to a kid, or "Nǐ duō dà你多大" to someone your age, or "Nín duō dà nián ji ？您多大年纪？" to an elder person. If you want to identify someone, you could ask " nà wèi shì shuí ？那位是谁？". The proper way to express your opinion about someone's appearance is "Tā hěn shuài 他很帅" or "tā hěn piào liang. 她很漂亮" .

Use the presentation below to learn the keywords for this module.

A handout of keywords is also available to download here Links to an external site..

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