Languages
Mandarin
Students from Year 3 to Year 6 participate in the Mandarin language program for 45 minutes per week. Students explore language structures and cultural similarities and differences between China and Australia through a variety of collaborative tasks. They develop basic conversational skills through role plays, short stories, songs and poems, vocabulary recognition games, and teacher/student discourse.
Through their study of the Mandarin language, students at Highgate Primary School develop an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity in a global society.
Everyday Mandarin - měirì hànyǔ 每日汉语
Counting to 20 in Mandarin
| 1 一 yī | 11 十一 shí yī |
| 2 二 èr | 12 十二 shí èr |
| 3 三 sān | 13 十三 shí sān |
| 4 四 sì | 14 十四 shí sì |
| 5 五 wǔ | 15 十五 shí wǔ |
| 6 六 liù | 16 十六 shí liù |
| 7 七 qī | 17 十七 shí qī |
| 8 八 bā | 18 十八 shí bā |
| 9 九 jiǔ | 19 十九 shí jiǔ |
| 10 十 shí | 20 二十 èr shí |
Verbs
| Listen | tīng 听 |
| Say | shuō 说 |
| Read | dú 读 |
| Write | xiě 写 |
| Eat | chī 吃 |
| Drink | hē 喝 |
Social
| Me | wǒ 我 |
| We/Us | women 我们 |
| You | nǐ 你 |
| You (plural) | nǐmen 你们 |
| He | tā 他 |
| She | tā 她 |
| Them/They | tāmen 他们 |
| Hello | nǐhǎo 你好 |
| Goodbye | zàijiàn 再见 |
| Thank you | xièxie 谢谢 |
| You're welcome | bù kèqi 不客气 |
| Sorry | duìbuqí 对不起 |
| Don't mention it | méi guānxi 没关系 |
| Please | qǐng 请 |
