Hello again, parents! We are back with part 2 of our Peppa Pig session. Last week, the Chinese expressions learnt from one classic line in Peppa Pig, were well received by parents and children.
Hopefully your child has had a chance to practice the phrases from the previous lesson. Remember, repeat, repeat, repeat! There is no better way for your children to improve their Mandarin listening and speaking skills.
Peppa Pig is one of the best cartoons for Chinese beginners. The language is rather simple and repetitive, and it uses a lot of day-to-day vocabulary in its sitcom-like episodes, which make learning the basics very entertaining!
Now, one of our teachers has put together a simple video, to equip your child with a basic understanding of some new phrases, and expressions. Let’s get started:
Zhū bàba kuài lái, gāi qù shàngbān le.
猪 爸爸 快 来，该 去 上班 了。
Come along, Daddy Pig. It’s time to go to work.
kuài lái
快来
coming
gāi
该
should
qù
去
go
shàngbān le
上班 了
to work
shàngxué
上学
go to school
xué hànyǔ
学汉语
learn Chinese
chīfàn
吃饭
eat
yóuyǒng
游泳
swim
Gāi qù shàngxué le.
该 去 上学 了。
It’s time to go to school.
Gāi qù xué hànyǔ le.
该 去 学 汉语 了。
It’s time to learn Chinese.
Gāi qù chīfàn le.
该 去 吃饭 了。
It’s time to eat.
Qiáozhì xǐhuān bāng māmā zuò bǐnggān, dànshì tā gèng xǐhuān gēn Pèiqí yìqǐ wán.
乔治 喜欢 帮 妈妈 做 饼干，但是 他 更 喜欢 跟 佩奇 一起 玩。
George likes to help his mother make cookies, but he prefers to play with Peppa.
xǐhuān
喜欢
like
bāng
帮+sb
help +sb
zuò bǐnggān
做饼干
make cookies
dànshì
但是
but
gèng xǐhuān
更喜欢
prefer
gēn
跟+sb
with +sb
yìqǐ wán
一起 玩
play with
dǎsǎo wèishēng
打扫 卫生
cleaning
cā zhuōzi
擦桌子
wiping the table
chuān yīfú
穿衣服
dressing
wán yóuxì
玩 游戏
play games
dǎ pīngpāng qiú
打 乒乓 球
play table tennis
kàn diànshì
看 电视
watch TV
xiě zuòyè
写 作业
do homework
Gēge xǐhuān bāng bàba cā zhuōzi.
哥哥 喜欢 帮 爸爸 擦 桌子。
My brother likes to help Dad clean the table.
Dànshì tā gèng xǐhuān gēn wǒ yìqǐ kàn diànshì.
但是 他 更 喜欢 跟 我 一起 看 电视。
But he prefers to watch TV with me.
Thank you parents! Todays session helped our students to break the barriers to more extensive conversations, and use more grammatical elements. This is what learning languages is about, moving along the trajectory and progressively understanding more and more sentence structures!
Now, perhaps you could watch Peppa Pig with your child, and see whether or not they have learned these expressions?
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