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 |